While in Perth today Dave Oliver, Secretary of the ACTU joined UnionsWA and the Transport Workers Union of WA to call on WA and Australian Governments to do more in response to recent statistics pointing to an increase in road fatalities and serious injuries among truckies in WA.

UnionsWA today commented on the release by the Fair Work Ombudsman of an audit of WA, SA and NT residential building industry apprentices showing that half of the randomly selected employers in WA failed to comply with pay requirements.

UnionsWA today responded to the release by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of WA of a submission to the Economic Regulatory Authority Inquiry into Microeconomic Reform that calls on the Barnett Government to abolish the penalty rates on holidays for low paid hospitality and retail workers.

UnionsWA has commented on the recent release by the Australian Bureau of Statistics of new data on energy costs for homes and cars shows that WA and working people in general face high costs. 

UnionsWA has commented on calls by employers to further extend Sunday trading times and media reports that the Barnett Government is considering options to do so. 

UnionsWA has commented on the release today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics of data measuring the gap in earnings between women and men nationally as well as in WA.

UnionsWA today commented on the release by WorkSafe WA of workers’ compensation data showing a continuing rise in very serious work injuries in WA.

UnionsWA has commented on the release today by the WA Electoral Commission of financial returns for political parties and others in the lead up to the 2013 WA state election.  

UnionsWA today commented on an audit by the Fair Work Ombudsman of service stations in WA.  That report found that 40% of audited stations in WA were non-compliant for pay or in some way.  Twenty-one per cent of audited stations in Perth were found to have underpaid an average of $9,391 each.  

With the start of the financial year and the first pay fortnight following new minimum wage, award and superannuation increases, UnionsWA today urged all working West Australians to check their pay is now correct.