Our key priorities for SA Unions are:
Growth in union membership, power and solidarity
In order to ensure that workers rights are protected we need strong union workplaces with well trained delegates and union representatives. We will be working together to continue to build union membership in our state as a major priority for the next twelve months.
Making work fairer and safer
The "Your Rights at Work" Campaign is fundamental to ensuring we build fairer and safer work in the future.
At the same time we will be working to improve and strengthen state laws and policies where we can to protect SA workers from the attack of the federal government.
SA Unions will continue to play a leadership role in the issues facing young workers and women workers as these groups will be most vulnerable to these groups will be most vulnerable to the new federal laws.
Australia’s recent record in injury and death at work is not one to be proud of and we will work with the state government to significantly improve worker safety.
Working towards an economically strong, environmentally sound and socially just SA
SA Unions will continue to connect with and influence the SA strategic planning process.
SA UNIONS Work - Secretary's Report
SA Unions has been actively involved in the ‘Your Rights at Work” Campaign which aims to defeat the new federal industrial relations laws which represent the biggest threat to workers rights in 100 years.
This action included rallies outside every office of federal Liberal members of Parliament last July, delegates and members meetings across unions and the state, raising community awareness and holding the biggest workers meeting in many years in Elder Park to watch a national sky channel broadcast about workers’ rights.
The next twelve months will continue to be a challenge as we keep the campaign momentum up as well as ensuring we do all we can to defend workers in our state against the impact of the new laws.
Already we have examples of sackings and unfair individual contracts. Strong union organisation is fundamental to protect workers from these laws. That means we also need to keep our unions strong and increase our numbers, density and power.
The good work of the last 12 months in building community networks and raising community awareness means that we can now effectively target our action to marginal electorates and ensure that rights at work becomes the key issue at the next federal election.
To do this we must remain strong, focussed, united and organised.
