Tag Archives: MUA

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

Posted in Union News | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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

Posted in Union News | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Union News – 8/3/2012

In the news tonight:  1.    Unions look to increase female membership 2.     Women’s workloads and hours increasing 3.    Women are paid 18% less than their male counterparts at work according to the international trade union confederation 4.     Union aid abroad … Continue reading

Posted in Union News | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Union News – 1/12/2011

In the news this week: The MUA asks Chevron to keep jobs in Australia Half of all casual workers would prefer to have a secure job Beaconsfield workers devastated by mine closure  Two million public sector workers strike in the … Continue reading

Posted in Union News | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Maritime Union wins radiation testing for imported Japanese Cars

In early May, cars arriving in Chile from Japan were found to be contaminated with radiation.  Despite this, The Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA) refused to commit to scanning cargo for radiation levels. Niow, after long talks … Continue reading

Posted in Interviews | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Maritime Union stops work as pay negotiations fail

The Maritime Union commenced stopwork action this week after nine months of negotiations over not just pay, but safety on Australia’s docks reached an impasse. The stop work action has affected docks in Sydney, Brisbane and Fremantle and has affected … Continue reading

Posted in Interviews | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment