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- Australia : Crackdown at construction work sites to ensure apprentice safety
- Australia : MUA Welcomes SEACARE Review, Declares Workers On Sea And On Land Should Be Treated Equally
- Australia : Don't degrade miners' workers comp laws
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Monthly Archives: April 2012
Securing Secure Work, an interview with Jill Biddington
Our economy is performing well and unemployment stands at a 5 percent low, yet forty percent of Australian workers are employed in contract and casual work. And this number is on the rise. Last year the ACTU launched the first … Continue reading
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Tagged ACTU, Ged Kearney, Howe, Howe Inquirery, insecure work, Jill Biddington, Maxine Winkley, unions, your rights at night, yran
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Union News – 26/4/2012
In the news this week: ACTU supports government’s role in HSU saga 900 workers at risk at Ford in Geelong International Workers’ Memorial Day 2012 is celebrated this week Maritime Workers get results after nineteen months of negotiations United Kingdom … Continue reading
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Tagged ACTU, AMWU, Canada, ford, geelong, London, London 2012, Maxine Winkley, medals, MUA, Olympics, Rio Tinto, union news, unions, Yesha Joshi, your rights at night, yran
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The YWLS tell us about unpaid work
Recently the issue of unpaid work came up in the media when the Fair Work Ombudsm an announced that it had commissioned some research into the issue – there was a lot of media coverage at the time – the … Continue reading
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Tagged sa unions, unions, Yesha Joshi, Young Workers Legal Service, your rights at night, yran, ywls
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Bowen Basin gutted by miners, but not in the usual way
Your rights at night has been following the issues facing mining workers up in the Bowen Basin in Queensland, where union members have been campaigning to get BHP to come to the table and negotiate with them over issues like … Continue reading
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Tagged BHP, Bowen Basin, CFMEU, Maxine Winkley, Stephen Smyth, unions, your rights at night, yran
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Coalition government would look at cutting welfare and other entitlements
In a speech to the Institute of Economic Affairs in London this week Shadow treasurer Joe Hockey claimed we need to end what he called the era of entitlement. He says despite an ageing population and a higher standard of … Continue reading
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SA Government’s Shared Services Forget Ambo’s Pay
The Ambulance union has lodged a dispute with Fair Work Australia and is threatening industrial action unless concerns over pay are addressed by the South Australian State Government. Ambulance workers, who were payed late last week, say there has not … Continue reading
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350 positions go from Toyota’s Altona factory
Imagine you’ve been working at a company for 18 years, never taken a day off, but suddenly you’re told you’re not a good performer. Imagine you’ve been a team leader for 24 years, then you’re told you don’t have leadership … Continue reading
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The Union News
Your chance to question union leaders Australia’s mining tax a model for other nations Unions call for Rio Tinto to be dropped as a supplier to the London Olympics Download audio
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Union News – 12/4/2012
In the news this week: Howes calls former HSU official’s selfish AWU was to see a lower aussie dollar Employers look to cut wages and conditions AEU hopes Gonski gets a timetable at COAG Kosovar Union official still in jail … Continue reading
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Tagged australian workers union, AWU, Gonski, howes, Paul Howes, SA, sa unions, union, union news, unions, your rights at night, yran
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Industrial Action possible at Christie Tea
An 18-month long campaign by low paid, Adelaide tea manufacturers for their first union collective agreement is building steam. Workers at Christie Tea will vote later this month on possible industrial action in an effort to bring their management to the bargaining … Continue reading
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Tagged Adelaide, AMWU, Catherine Zengerer, Christie Tea, Peter Bauer, sa unions, tea, union, union news, unions, your rights at night, yran
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