Australian labour news from LabourStart- Australia : Hospital cuts the beginning of the end
- Australia : Women's cricket team has won a pay rise that means some players will be able to quit their day jobs
- Australia : Mine in central Queensland town of Moranbah to employ 1000 workers on FIFO roster
- Australia : CFMEU attacks BHP for ignoring Central Queensland region's needs
- Australia : Shellhabour council spat over nurse numbers and nurse union campaign
- Health and Safety NewsWire from Hazards and LabourStart
- Australia : Grocon opposes CFMEU appearance at coronor's inquiry. Police investigating why wall debris was removed from collapse site
- Australia : Supreme Court decision limits public knowledge of OHS offences
- Australia : Workplace needle danger worse in Australia for nurses than Europe or US
- Australia : Independent MP says Qld workers need travel compensation
- Australia : New workplace bullying laws seen as gamechanger â maybe
- Australia : Important survey: What has the attack on NSWâs Workers Compensation laws meant for you?
- Australia : Domestic violence victims denied dedicated support by Charles Sturt University.
- Australia : Panel beater found guilty over sacking man with incurable cancer
- Australia : Australian Nursing Federation calls for state government action over hospital violence
- Australia : Ambos warn of lives in danger
- LabourStart Working Women News
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Monthly Archives: September 2011
Union News
In the news tonight: Unions target casual jobs Stop the prosecution and harassment of public workers in South Korea Coal mine workers celebrating a long-running campaign to protect and ensure their long service leave Customs and Quarantine officers take action … Continue reading
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Our World Today, let’s hope it’s a better one than yesterday’s
Sometimes it’s easy to read the news and feel like there is nothing but bad news. But, according from Chris Campbell from Our World Today, is just a matter of looking harder. He joined Your Rights at Night and Yesha … Continue reading
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Tagged Chris Campbell, news, Yesha Joshi, your rights at night, yran
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Janet Giles explains why nothing is more important to SA Unions than Worker Safety
State Parliament are currently debating the changes to the Worker Health and Safety Bill, which are part of a push for consistent workplace laws across the states. A report by consultancy firm Hudson Howells, commissioned by the Housing Industry Association, … Continue reading
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Tagged Janet Giles, parliament, sa unions, union, union news, unions, workplace safety, your rights at night, yran
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Is this just a customary strike? An interview with Liz Temple from the CPSU
Customs and Quarantine inspection officers will walk off the job today (Thursday) for the second time in a week. Stop work meetings were be held at Sydney International Airport and more delays are expected tomorrow with Qantas workers striking at … Continue reading
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Tagged cpsu, customs, Philippines, sa unions, union, Yesha Joshi, your rights at night
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Vein reading? ASU says opt out
The Australian Services Union says the institution of a paperless rostering system shouldn’t mean you need profiling but that’s what Monash City Council would have workers volunteer for. The Monash City Council have approached staff with the proposal to introduce … Continue reading
Tute cutts, the SSAF and funding models at the University of Adelaide
The tertiary education sector is in a state of flux. As we heard earlier (see below) from Jeannie Ray from the National Tertiary Education Union there has been has been an ongoing back and forth between universities, staff and the government, … Continue reading
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Tagged auu, Raffaele Piccolo, student unions, unions, university, University of Adelaide, your rights at night, yran
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Jeannie Ray from the NTEU has a casual talk
You would think in a country like Australia where we value education and those who are educated that fair pay wouldn’t be too much to ask for. Unfortunately, those who teach at our universities are often exploited, with too many workers … Continue reading
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Workers going mobile with Tiffany Quinlan from Randstad
How was your day at work today? Did you work all day in a regular workplace or were you on the go? Maybe you’re still at work right now. Maybe you started work, before you even got there – made … Continue reading
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Union News
This week in the news: Union tells employers, ‘Fix management systems, don’t lower wages’ TWU expresses regret that Qantas customers had experienced airport delays this week Jobslost at South Australian Pulp Mill Union fights parking charge on health workers United … Continue reading
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Tagged Craig Thompson, HSU, qantas, TWU, union, union news, unions, your rights at night, yran
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The Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott, has yet again called for “more freedom” in Australian workplaces, mounting a case for non-union agreement-making between workers and their employers. This is despite the fact that Mr Abbott declared Work Choices “dead and buried” … Continue reading
