Our campaigns are driving change for workers across Australia. We're fighting for a stronger and secure future for workers and manufacturing.
The Force Behind Our Forces
Respect Defence Workers: Cuts Could Kill Our uniformed Defence Forces rely on a ‘silent army’ of civilian workers to support them. An ‘army’ of engineering and technical workers spend every day at work making sure that the equipment used by our armed forces is working, is safe and is ready to go. But a lack […]
Asbestos Free Future
Everyone deserves an asbestos free future. Did you know that globally: More than 100,000 people die each year from asbestos-caused cancer? Every 5 minutes someone dies from asbestos related disease? 2 million tonnes of asbestos are still mined and exported annually. Sign the petition to support a global asbestos ban – no more mining, no […]
Lower Limit Live Longer
The workplace exposure standard for welding fumes is now 1 mg/m³ AMWU members first campaigned to keep the workplace exposure standard for welding fumes before shifting our focus to lowering the limit. The old standard of 5 mg/m³ hadn’t been updated since it was set in the 1990s, leaving workers exposed to unsafe levels of […]
Support Aussie Made
We’re campaigning to grow our local manufacturing industry. It was manufacturing workers who kept food on the table, adapted to make ventilators, and produced masks and other PPE during the pandemic. A strong manufacturing sector creates high skill, high wage jobs, supports our economy, and is vital for Australia’s sovereign capability. The Support Aussie Made […]
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