TODAY'S UNIONS ARE CHANGING TO MEET THE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE
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The following are improvements made to Members' wages and conditions over the past decades.
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| 8 hour day - 1950s |
Minimum Living Wage set - 1900 |
| Compensation for sick and injured workers - 1920s |
40 Hour week with the weekend off - 1940s |
| Rights for Apprentices - 1960s |
Equal pay for women - 1970s |
| Holiday Pay - 1970s |
Superannuation for all workers - 1980s |
| Paid education leave - 1990s |
Training Wage for young workers - 1990s |
Independent research proves that union member earn more than non-members in the same industry.
Active workplaces with a Union Delegate earn 17% more - that's $68 a week extra for someone on $400 a week.
TOGETHER WE ARE STRONGER - that's why 2 million people choose to belong to their union. As a Union member, you have strength in numbers.
