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Sally McManus

@sallymcmanus.bsky.social
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Secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions

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Sally McManus @sallymcmanus.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Can guarantee this won’t end well for them
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Sally McManus @sallymcmanus.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
What we think of neo-nazis
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Sally McManus @sallymcmanus.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
The actions of Macquarie Uni are deplorable. They have also been dragged in front of Fair Work. The @nteunion.bsky.social uncovered they decided to go “all the way” in forcing 65 highly skilled ppl out of work when they could have achieved their objectives without this pain.
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Sally McManus @sallymcmanus.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Gerry Harvey was just asked if workers sould benefit from productivity gains by moving towards a four-day week. His response: — “No, no, no they need an eight-day week to lift productivity”. A reminder: Australians work some of the longest hours in the OECD.
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Sally McManus @sallymcmanus.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
The ACTU will taking to the economic roundtable these tax proposals: - limit neg gearing & cap gains discount to 1 property and grandfather existing for 5 years - 25% min family trusts - 25% min for all ppl with income over $1mil/pa - 25% on gas export revenue - limit fuel rebate to $20mil
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Sally McManus @sallymcmanus.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
I’ll be on Insiders tomorrow morning talking about proposals we will take to the economic roundtable
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Roy Green @profroygreen.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
“The government can’t legislate for better management but what it can do is introduce programs for management & enterprise improvement to build the innovative capability of companies” My take on #management practice & #productivity debate www.afr.com/work-and-car... @sallymcmanus.bsky.social
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Bosses blast union productivity comments as ‘a distraction’
Employers have roasted ACTU chief Sally McManus over her statement that poor management is driving poor productivity, describing it as “misguided” and “wrong”.
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Sally McManus @sallymcmanus.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
@rossgittins.bsky.social is not the only one to have these thoughts
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Sally McManus @sallymcmanus.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
It would be nice if it were true. Employers DO NOT automatically transfer extra money they get from higher productivity to workers. In fact they have been keeping most of it for decades now.
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Emily Mayo @emilymayo.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Fantastic interview by Sally Sara with @sallymcmanus.bsky.social about the minimum wage decision this morning. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
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'A great outcome': Union welcomes minimum wage boost - ABC listen
Australia's lowest paid workers will earn more from next month after the Fair Work Commission raised the minimum wage by 3.5 per cent. While that's one per cent lower than what the Australian Council...
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Sally McManus @sallymcmanus.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Pay is going up for millions of working people. Wouldn’t happen without unions.
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Sally McManus @sallymcmanus.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
ACTU statement on the appalling atrocities in Gaza
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Sally McManus @sallymcmanus.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
I think a lot of Liberals will be working from home
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Sally McManus @sallymcmanus.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Fair point
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Sally McManus @sallymcmanus.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Peter Dutton DOES NOT want people to see this
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Sally McManus @sallymcmanus.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Happy International Workers Day everyone!
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Sally McManus @sallymcmanus.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
The Wheel of Misfortune where every prize is a cut if you vote for Dutton has been making appearances at polling booths. There is even a “Gina Rinehart special prize” where you lose everything!
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Sally McManus @sallymcmanus.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Exclusive video of the good people of the south coast scoping out the area for a potential nuclear reactor which happened to be where Peter Dutton was to have his press conference. Siren, Geiger counter and all
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Sally McManus @sallymcmanus.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
This is absolutely happening across the country. Polling stations in marginal seats are being swamped by “Liberal volunteers” who are members of the Exclusive Brethren cult. www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
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Exclusive Brethren are secretly campaigning for Coalition
The Plymouth Brethren Christian Church don’t vote but are sending hundreds of their people to hand out how-to-vote cards.
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Sally McManus @sallymcmanus.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
So this is why Dutton called the ABC “hate media”
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Joanna Mendelssohn @oldlillipilli.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Excellent @sallymcmanus.bsky.social on #AfternoonBriefing deftly pointing out the absurdity of the LNP claiming HECS relief is “elitist”. The rich pay their children’s university fees upfront. The poor incur debts that can last their entire lives #auspol
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Sally McManus @sallymcmanus.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Rebranding alert: Peter Dutton as the all new smiley & warm Opposition leader
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Sally McManus @sallymcmanus.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Hundreds of thousands of working Australians will be getting penalty rates when working over Easter. The bosses are trying to remove them. Labor has just committed to changing the law to protect them forever.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
“Advance is a fake grassroots campaign run by fake ordinary Australians on behalf of extremely rich people.” @anthonyklan.bsky.social Must read piece on the agency that does the LNP's dirty work. With links to far-right climate denial, and where "facts are optional". archive.is/2025.04.17-1...
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Ewart, Dave @davidewart.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Liberals last
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Sally McManus @sallymcmanus.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
I can’t believe Peter Dutton now asking “Who do you trust?”After all the back flips, cuts & crazy nuclear policy, does he really want to know the answer?
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Sally McManus @sallymcmanus.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Now employers are saying minimum wage workers should not earn enough to pay $3.94/day for lunch or to afford to rent in big cities. Albanese supports a real wage rise for these workers, Peter Dutton does not.
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Thiel, Musk & Murdoch’s Influence in 🇦🇺🇬🇧 🇺🇸 Politics‼️ @dove333.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Dutton WILL GUT all workers rights, if given the opportunity. He proved it when his party last had control, and he proves it every day by association & his actions. His great friend is Gina Reinhart, who said Aussies should be happy to work for $2 a day. I sure as hell couldn’t be friends with that🤬
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AEU Federal @aeufederal.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
From slashing jobs in the Federal Department of Education, to witholding funding from schools not teaching what he wants taught, Peter Dutton's plan for education sounds eerily familiar...
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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
I don't trust Dutton's backflip. I think he has those anti-worker policies (and far worse) planned. When he says "We made a mistake." he means the mistake of telling the Australian people just some of what he has planned. Dutton is deceitful, incompetent and dangerous. #auspol #AusVotes25
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Sally McManus @sallymcmanus.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Yes - multiple things. I’m sure CEOs told him banning working from home would be popular
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Sally McManus @sallymcmanus.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Your rights at work at risk with Peter Dutton
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Sally McManus @sallymcmanus.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
It took less than 24 hours for Dutton to backflip & put big business wage cutting schemes back on the table. CEOs and “dear friend” Gina must have been furious & pulled him back into line
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Sally McManus @sallymcmanus.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Today the PM said he supports a real wage increase for Australia’s lowest paid workers. The Coalition does not. You can’t be serious about addressing the cost of living without supporting pay rises.
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lucy-123.bsky.social @lucy-123.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Dutton here's $14 for one year off your petrol, appealing largely to tradies who obviously can't work from home. At the same time "no working from home", to the partners of the tradies who now need to spend $$ and extra hours & stress. He really hasn't thought this through. Cut 40k jobs. Trump 2.0
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terry1956.bsky.social @terry1956.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Working from home saves people more money than Duttons petrol tax cut and those petrol tax cuts do nothing for people who catch trains who will actually be paying more to return to the office full time, Dutton doesn't want anyone working from home unless the Boss calls after hours and demands you do
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Sally McManus @sallymcmanus.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
There are multiple things Peter Dutton does not understand about people being able to work from home. He has obviously not had to get on packed public transport or roads at peak times when EVERYONE has to travel. Peak hour costs EVERYONE time, money & stress. #insiders
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Sally McManus @sallymcmanus.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Supermarkets have pumped up their prices to protect their profits & have not cared one bit about their customers who have been at their mercy when times have been tough. The ACTU exposed this in our Alan Fels inquiry, it is fantastic Albo has announced outlawing price gouging
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Sally McManus @sallymcmanus.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
30 min of Peter Dutton’s budget reply and no plan for wages or to support wage rises. You can’t address cost of living without a plan for wages. His only policy is cutting rights, jobs and a vision for young ppl to get extra shifts at the pub servicing business ppl lunches
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Sally McManus @sallymcmanus.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Who’s next?
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Sally McManus @sallymcmanus.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Michele O’Neil @australianunions.bsky.social President doing final prep for #NPC debate with the bosses starting soon on @abcnewsbot.bsky.social
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mhollandau 🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈🐈 @mhollandau.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Which one of his multitudes of homes would Dutton use?
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Sally McManus @sallymcmanus.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Belinda Gread is sure lifting her profile. Really catchy slogan “Standing up for myself”, could be a winner
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Sally McManus @sallymcmanus.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
What about how Dutton says public sector workers should “come back to work”, as if people who are working from their home desk and not a desk in an office are not working! So many LNP pollies do interviews FROM THEIR HOMES. Should they not be in their offices 100% of the time?
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Sally McManus @sallymcmanus.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
New analysis of ABS union membership stats show young people are driving the big upsurge of 12.5% 15-23 yo 📈 53% 24-35 yo 📈 22% Average age union member now 44 down from 46 Tradies, community & healthcare biggest growth.
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Sally McManus @sallymcmanus.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
The RBA has been known to make the wrong call a key moments - sitting on their hands in 2017, telling ppl interest rates will stay on hold 2021. Let’s hope they don’t stuff it up again.
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Sally McManus @sallymcmanus.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
I can assure Peter Dutton that his claims that working families will be concerned if the RBA cuts interest rates next week are entirely wrong.
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Sally McManus @sallymcmanus.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Is it true that Angus Taylor has eight long lunches programmed over just one week? If so, someone is getting dudded.
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Amante2 AmeliaBee7 @amante2ameliabee7.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Dutton will champion ‘the right’ of wealthy business elites to have tax payer subsidised gourmet lunches but fight against school children accessing a free, nutritious daily meal Think it’s pretty clear what this Trumpanzee is “a threat” to… #TemuTrump #DuttonIsAThreat #LNPNeverAgain
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