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Tag Archives: AMWU
Union News – 15/11/2012
In the news this week: The Government opens up $27m for timber milling businesses in the State’s south-east Nurses find evidence of understaffing in Naracoorte 200 Ford workers to be fired in Victoria ACTU voices concer about employers interfering with … Continue reading
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Tagged ACTU, AMWU, ANMF, Carter Holt Harvey, CFMEU, Country Health SA, Dominic Mugavin, Europe, ford, forrests, Maxine Winkley, mount gambier, Naracoorte, SA Health, union news, unions, your rights at night, yran
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Union News – 01/11/2012
In the news this week: Jobs lost at aiAutomotive Armoured vehicle drivers go on strike at Chubb Tasmanian Unions want tender rethink CFMEU fears descrimination in Bowen Basin Queensland Teachers accept government pay offer US unions encourage workers to get … Continue reading
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Tagged AFL-CIO, aiAutomotive, AMWU, Autodom, Blair Athol, Bowin Basin, Campbell Newman, Catherine Zengerer, CFMEU, China Northern Rail, Chubb, Clermont, Dominic Mugavin, election, John Short, John-Paul Langbroek, manufacturing, obama, QTU, Queensland, Rio Tinto, SA, sa unions, SAparli, tasmania, TasRail, teachers, TWU, union news, unions, US, Wayne Hanson, your rights at night, yran
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Over 300 Caltex Cuts
Around 300 Sydney refinery workers are in shock today with Caltex announcing that they will close their Kurnell refinery in the second half of 2014. The move has caused anger, with Australian Workers Union’s Paul Howes saying both the NSW … Continue reading
Ford’s Future Undefined
Ford have announced that up to 440 jobs will go at their Geelong and Broadmeadowsplants in Victoria. The high Australian Dollar, decreasing demand for large vehicles and over reliance on handouts have all been raised in the debate over why … Continue reading
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Tagged AMWU, Catherine Zengerer, ford, geelong, Leigh Diehm, manufacturing, unions, your rights at night, yran
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Union News – 28/06/2012
In the news this week: The Red cross moves jobs from Adelaide to Melbourne Dads and partners get parental leave Unions ask for a National Asbestos Authority Australian banks are the most profitable in the world for second year running … Continue reading
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Tagged ACTU, AMWU, Andrew Forrest, Annual Survey of Violations of Trade Union Rights, Banks, Chevron, Clive Palmer, Colombia, Dave Oliver, Doug Cameron, Gina Rinehart, Guatemala, IRC, ITUC, Labor Party, MUA, National Asbestos Authority, NSW, paid parental leave, red cross, teachers
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Are newspapers still read all over?
As part of their announced changes, Fairfax is closing printing presses at Chullora and Tullamarine by June 2014. Hundreds of worker working may lose their jobs. We talked to Lorraine Cassin about the announcement and the future of printing in … Continue reading
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Tagged AMWU, Catherine Zengerer, fairfax, fairfax media, Lorraine Cassin, media, printing, unions, your rights at night, yran
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Union news – 24 May 2012
In the new this week: Death of a metal worker in Sydney’s west is a dark day for NSW manufacturing About 200 businesses in Adelaide will receive a visit from the Fair Work Ombudsman The AWU to take a five-point … Continue reading
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Tagged AMWU, fair work, Fair Work Ombudsman, free trade, free trade agreement, LNP, LNP QLD, Malaysia, manufacturing, QCU
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Letter to Clive – the AMWU invite Mr Palmer to visit Aussie maritime industries
The AMWU has written to Clive Palmer, inviting him to take a tour of local shipbuilding facilities after he said he was forced to build ships in China because shipbuilding didn’t happen in Australia. Mr Palmer announced recently he would build … Continue reading
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Tagged AMWU, Clean Energy Finance Corporation, Clive Palmer, maritime, Tim Ayres
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Manufacturing – worth more than you think
Continuing our special coverage of the ACTU National Congress now with Your Rights At Night reporter Catherine Zengerer. We all know the troubles the manufacturing industry has been facing here in Australia due to the high Aussie dollar and that … Continue reading
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Tagged ACTU, ACTU congress, AMWU, AWU, Catherine Zengerer, manufacturing, unions, your rights at night, yran
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