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
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Monthly Archives: March 2012
How insecure work is affecting young workers in SA
Often young people are confused about what rights they have at work, especially if they’re casually employed. The Young Workers’ Legal Service are a free service available to all workers under 30. To talk us through the differences between casual … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne Purdy, casual, Howe, Maxine Winkley, Peter Russell, sa unions, unions, your rights at night, yran, ywls
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CFMEU workers strike after BHP renege
CFMEU have accused BHP Billiton of deliberately bringing negotiations to a standstill in Queensland’s Bowen Basin as workers take industrial action. As we’ll hea Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) says that BHP have reneging on an agreement already … Continue reading
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Tagged BHP, Bowen Basin, Catherine Zengerer, CFMEU, coal, mines, Stephen Smyth, union, unions, your rights at night, yran
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How clean is your food court?
Westfield shopping malls all around the country were under the microscope today, when cleaners and concerned members of the public banded together to investigate the hygiene and cleanliness of Westfield food courts. It was a part of the Clean Start: … Continue reading
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Tagged clean start, Clean Start for Cleaners, SA, union, unions, United Voice, Westfield, your rights at night, yran
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Universities under pressure and workers get the squeeze
The Australian National University in Canberra has slated 140 jobs to go in an attempt to cut university expenditures by forty million dollars, including twenty-five million dollar reduction in staffing. To discuss the impact of this on staff at the … Continue reading
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Tagged ANU, Catherine Zengerer, National Tertiary Education Union, nteu, Tertiary Eduction, unions, university, your rights at night, yran
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Union News – 29/3/2012
In the news this week: Unions march to oppose Victorian WorkCover cuts CFMEU member Ark Tribe awarded We bring you the wrap from the union oscars and how sex workers are outing pressure on Spanish banks Download Audio
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Tagged ACTU, AMWU, Ark Tribe, ASU, Baillieu, Catherine Zengerer, CFMEU, ETU, facebook, Ged Kearney, Huffington Post, Maxine Winkley, ME Bank, Natural Disaster Relief Fund, sa unions, TWU, union, union news, unions, Victoria, workcover, your rights at night, yran
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Union News – 22/3/2012
In the news this week: 1. Nurses in Victoria chalk up a big win 2. Road Safety Remuneration Bill passes ther lower house 3. Minerals Resource Rent Tax 4. Miners win bravery award for going into burning mine to rescue … Continue reading
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Tagged ABCC, Baillieu, CFMEU, Fair Work Australia, FWA, Minerals Resource Rent Tax, MRRT, nurses, Nymboida, Road Safety Remuneration Bill, TWU
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Howe’s moving inquiry
This week the Howe Inquiry into insecure work visited Adelaide. The inquiry was instigated by the Australian Council of Trade Unions and began public hearings in Brisbane last month. South Australian Council of Social Services executive director Ross Womersley said short-term … Continue reading
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Tagged ACTU, Adelaide, Catherine Zengerer, Howe, Howe Inquirery, sa unions, union, your rights at night, yran
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Rethinking retail
There has been a lot going on in the retail industry of late. From a debate on public holiday trading hours, to wage disputes and of course the overarching threat of online shops to bricks and mortar retailers. This week … Continue reading
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Tagged ACTU, ARA, Australian Retailers Association, National Retail Association, NRA, Peter Malinauskas, retail, SDA
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Holden in SA to stay
Is the manufacturing industry sustainable? What about federal support for companies like Holden? Holden has come to an agreement with the South Australian and Federal Government that will secure it a $275 million assistance package, ensuring it will build two … Continue reading
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Tagged Catherine Zengerer, Holden, Janet Giles, Julia Gillard, sa unions, union, union news, unions, Young Workers Legal Service, your rights at night, yran
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Union News – 15/3/2012
In the news tonight: 1. BHP boss Marius Kloppers refuses to meet with Queensland mining families 2. Three former Health Services Union officials to face Federal Court action 3. Iranian unionist faces the death penalty Download Audio The International Union … Continue reading
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Tagged BHP, Catherine Zengerer, HSU, Iran, Marius Kloppers, Maxine Winkley, union, union news, unions, your rights at night, yran
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