New protections and minimum standards will be better for all Australian workers
New minimum employment standards that come into effect on New Year's Day will be good for all Australian workers and represent a major step forward from WorkChoices, say unions.
View ArticleNew Years' Eve rang in new work place rights for AWU members
AWU members returning to work after the summer vacation may have queries about the new Modern Awards which came into place on New Years' Eve.
View ArticleAustralia's strategic interests threatened by refinery shutdown: AWU
Australia's strategic interests are threatened by the shutdown of the Caltex Lubricating Oil Refinery at Kurnell and should immediately be reconsidered, the National Secretary of The Australian...
View ArticleMeeting of Offshore Alliance rig workers in February
Oil rig workers are holding a meeting early in February to discuss the rig workers campaign in 2010 and the growth of the Off-Shore oil workers alliance.
View ArticleManufacturing workers and their families would take a big hit if Joe Hockey...
Joe Hockey's announcement that he wanted to slash subsidies to key Australian manufacturing industries would put at risk the security of hundreds of thousands of manufacturing workers and their families.
View ArticleReserve Bank has done the right thing by working families by keeping rates on...
The Reserve Bank has done the right thing by keeping interest rates on hold, with the recent sequence of rate hikes putting extra pressure on household budgets, say unions.
View ArticleRig workers meeting a great success
Workers from five rigs attended a meeting in Fremantle on the 2nd of February to hear reports from AWU/MUA Alliance officials on the many positive developments in the campaign to organise workers in...
View ArticleImported steel will cost 2000 jobs at Gorgon project
The announcement that Chevron intends to import 25 000 tonnes of steel for the Gorgon Project in Western Australia means an opportunity for 2000 jobs including 300 apprenticeships will be lost.
View ArticleUnion welcomes regulation of traffic control industry
The Australian Workers' Union will pursue a nationwide campaign to improve conditions in the safety industry following Minister for Main Roads, Craig Wallace's decision to regulate the Traffic...
View ArticleLeverage foreign investment into improved infrastructure, skills and secure jobs
Australian governments should leverage investment from foreign sovereign wealth funds to improve national infrastructure investment, skills and industry - through a new Sovereign Capital Trading...
View ArticleAWU leader warns of more bushfire tragedy ahead
Victorians continue to face devastating loss of lives because the state is not employing enough people to fight bushfires, the Australia Workers' Union Victorian State Secretary, Cesar Melhem, told the...
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