current campaigns

YOUR RIGHTS AT WORK

The Howard Government's radical industrial relations agenda hurt the quality of life of millions of Australians. Together, working people and the trade union movement rannbsp;a national campaign again...

SUPPORT COCHLEAR WORKERS

Cochlear workers in Sydney have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a union collective agreement several times, but their employer is using the WorkChoices laws to refuse negotiations with the workers a...

SKILLED TRADES

The AMWU is campaigning to improve standards and conditions for our members working in skilled trades and in particular, improving conditions and pay fornbsp;apprentices.Government and employer inacti...

PROMOTING MANUFACTURING

Australia's manufacturing industry provides well paid and rewarding jobs for Australian workers and is vital to our country's long term economic security and prosperity. The AMWU is campaigning to mak...

STOP 457 VISA EXPLOITATION

The 457 visa program, set up by the Howard Government, allows employers to import overseas workers on less pay than Australian workers, force them to sign individual contracts, pay dubious fees for im...

TMPCWA INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN

Toyota workers in the Philippines have been fighting for the right to bargain collectively with their employer since 1999. The workers have faced mass sackings, and a refusal by the company to recogni...

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & SAFETY

Unions save lives. Organised workplaces are safer workplaces.The AMWU knows that workplace health and safety is the one of the biggest issue for all workers. We also know that prevention is the key.Ou...

STOP THE SELL OFF

The NSW Government is planning to hand over the state's electricity to big business - taking power out of our hands.The experience in other states and overseas shows us private ownership leads to high...

past campaigns


year 2006 (1)

recent victories

TRISTAR WORKERS WIN REDUNDANCY

After 18 months of struggling against a company that tried to use WorkChoices to keep millions of dollars it owed them, Tristar workers have emerged victorious, with all workers recieving their redundancy entitlements.

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