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- Australia : Independent MP says Qld workers need travel compensation
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- Australia : Domestic violence victims denied dedicated support by Charles Sturt University.
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Union News – 22/11/2012
In the news this week: South Australia Remembers Rex Munn Carter Holt Harvey cuts workers 700 jobs go Railcorp Gillard asks Business and Unions to work together The ILO slams Fiji for trade union abuses Download Audio
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Tagged ACTU, ausunions, BCA, Carter Hold Harvey, Catherine Zengerer, CFMEU, Dave Oliver, fiji, ilo, Julia Gillard, Railcorp, Rex Munn, sa unions, Tony Shepherd, union, union news, unions, your rights at night, yran
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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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This is what a journalist looks like…
Devils’ Dust premiers this Sunday on ABC 1 – it’s the dramatisation of the book “Killer Company” by ABC journalist Matt Peacock, and tells the story of the struggle to get James Hardie to admit they knew asbestos was dangerous, … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews
Tagged ABCTV, Asbestos, Asbestosis, Bernie Banton, Catherine Zengerer, CFMEU, Devil's Dust, James Hardy, Matt Peacock, mesothelioma, 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 Catherine Zengerer, unions, sa unions, your rights at night, CFMEU, AMWU, SA, union news, TWU, yran, manufacturing, Dominic Mugavin, SAparli, Rio Tinto, teachers, Queensland, Campbell Newman, QTU, tasmania, aiAutomotive, Chubb, US, election, obama, Autodom, Wayne Hanson, TasRail, China Northern Rail, John Short, Blair Athol, Clermont, Bowin Basin, John-Paul Langbroek, AFL-CIO
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What’s wrong with Mining?
The loss of 400 mining jobs in Queensland has prompted the CFMEU to call for better planing in Industry. Ensham Resources yesterday announced the cuts would come from its open cut coal mining project at Emerald, West of Rockhampton. This … Continue reading
SA’s Forests sold down the river
This week SA Tresurer Jack Snelling annouced the sale of three forward timber rotations in the state’s south-east. The buyer is a consortium lead by the Campbell Group, which represents investors including the Australian Government’s Future Fund. The CFMEU’s Greater … Continue reading
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Tagged Brad Coates, CFMEU, forestry, future fund, Green Triangle, Jack Snelling, sa unions, SAparli, South Australia, unions, your rights at night, yran
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Olympic Dam put on hold: what it means for SA.
BHP Billiton has announced that it would put the expansion of Olympic Dam on hold. The mine had been set to become the biggest open cut mine in the world and a major employer for South Australia. BHP have said … Continue reading
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Tagged Aaron Cartledge, BHP, BHP Billiton, CFMEU, Maxine Winkley, Olympic Dam, sa unions, Tony Abbott, unions, your rights at night, yran
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Union News – 23/08/2012
In the news this week: BHP delays the Olympic Dam expansion Three timber rotations sold in SA’s south-east Vinnies cuts jobs Northern territory Unions warn voters not to make the same mistakes as Queenslanders Troubled mine reopens in South Africa … Continue reading
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Tagged BHP, BHP Billiton, CFMEU, NT, NT election, sa unions, South Africa, St Vincent de Paul, union news, unions, Vinnies, your rights at night, yran
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Desal Death finnaly get Day in Court
On July 16, 2010, 35 year old Brett Fritsch headed off to work at Adelaide’s desalination plant. He never came home. He was struck with a steel beam which fell from a crane, and was killed. Crane contractor, Ferro Con … Continue reading
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Tagged Aaron Cartledge, Adelaide, Adelaide Desalination Plant, Brett Fritsch, CFMEU, Ferro Con, OH&S
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