Events and Actions Last year, union members took the Change the Rules campaign to new heights. The electorates of Swan, contested by Hannah Beazley, and Pearce, contested… Read More »Change the Rules – 2019 Launch Events
See the attached for a media release by Equality Australia on new figures on public opinion on discrimination in faith-based schools.
The following resources are from the Victorian Trade Hall Council’s Union Women’s website on stopping gendered violence. Please attribute any use of these materials to… Read More »Gendered Violence – Resources from Victorian Trades Hall Council
The IEUA WA Branch joins with other Australian unions in supporting the United Nations’ 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence campaign which commences on Sunday 25 November and runs until Monday 10 December, Human Rights Day.
This comes as the ACTU’s survey on sexual harassment in the workplace is in progress, as well as the Human Right Commission’s inquiry into sexual harassment.
The preliminary results of the ACTU’s survey, published earlier this month, showed that more than 1 in 2 women have been sexually harassed at work.
In a media release, ACTU President, Michele O’Neil stated, “Employers have a huge role to play in ending sexual harassment. This is a systemic issue in the workplace and employers cannot sit on their hands.
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