Issues These are some of the pressing issues affecting Australian workers and their families, workplaces and industry - which unions have expressed concern about and have developed policies or passed resolutions on:

Work and Family Balancing work and family life is essential for the wellbeing of our whole community and yet it is a balancing act that is becoming increasingly difficult.

Award Modernisation Unions are determined that no worker be left worse off as a result of award modernisation, and will pursue employers who use modern awards to cut pay.

Minimum Wages Case Each year the ACTU and unions claim a pay rise for Australian workers through the Minimum Wages Case.

Decent Work Australian unions believe that working life should be enjoyable and that it should give people the satisfaction of using their skills to the fullest measure, and making a contribution to the common good.

Executive PayWatch Executive PayWatch highlights the blatant hypocrisy of big business executives in pushing for industrial relations deregulation that would cut the pay, conditions and rights of Australian workers.

Indigenous Workers Unions are strongly committed to promoting equality in the workplace and in the broader society for Indigenous Australians, and promote the active participation of Indigenous peoples in trade unions.

Asbestos Unions have campaigned for decades about the dangers of asbestos and have successfully helped secure long term compensation for people affected by asbestos-related disease.

Superannuation Recognising that for many workers retirement incomes are still inadequate, the ACTU is campaigning for a lift in employer superannuation contributions from the current minimum of 9% to 12% by 2012.

Temporary Overseas Workers Unions believe that all workers in Australia, no matter where they’re from, should have equal rights to decent pay and conditions and be treated fairly at work.