Megabolt workers fight to get off minimum wage | Sep 02, 2010
Workers at Megabolt in Campbellfield have been forced to take protected action after negotiations ...

Collaborative approach needed for apprentice training | Sep 02, 2010
The construction industry needs to take drastic action to boost apprentice and trainee completion ...

Workers maintain resolve over job security at Bluescope | Aug 26, 2010
Workers at Bluescope Steel in Melbourne’s south east have voted to continue strike action for ...

Visa worker issue likely to re-emerge under an Abbott Government | Aug 26, 2010
The problems of temporary migrant labour could flare up again if an Abbott led coalition takes gover...

Election 2010: AMWU members campaign for jobs, security and rights at work | Aug 20, 2010
As Saturday’s vote approaches, AMWU members, delegates and officials are highlighting the st...

Bonus scheme will help relieve apprentice debt crisis | Aug 18, 2010
The Trades Apprentice Income Bonus Scheme announced by Prime Minister Julia Gillard this week will...

Sense of entitlements as poll approaches | Aug 18, 2010
Workers at ACL Gaskets in Brisbane have welcomed Julia Gillard’s commitment to introduce a &...

AMWU members campaigning for entitlements, against WorkChoices | Aug 12, 2010
With less than two weeks to the federal election, AMWU members are campaigning for the protection of...

WorkChoices `dead and buried`? Not in WA | Aug 10, 2010
West Australian workers are in danger from a secret plan by WA Liberal leader Colin Barnett and Fe...

Liberal tax policy announcement bad news for workers, good news for millionaires | Aug 10, 2010
The Liberal’s recently announced tax policy would mean that workers on average income would ...

Tony Abbott`s manufacturing policies will cost 100 000 Australian jobs | Aug 05, 2010
Tony Abbott’s plan to gut programs like Enterprise Connect centres will hurt innovation, emp...

CMI workers gain competitive edge | Aug 05, 2010
Workers at the West Footscray CMI Forge site have benefitted from a governmetn sponsored upskillin...

Gillard: "We will protect workers' entitlements" | Aug 04, 2010
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced that a re-elected Labor Government would protect worke...

Workers will be protected from company rip-offs under Labor’s Fair Entitlements Guarantee | Jul 25, 2010
The AMWU has welcomed Labor’s announcement of the ‘Fair Entitlements Guarantee’ as...

Abbott: WorkChoices not dead, just getting ‘tweaked’ | Jul 23, 2010
Tony Abbott has let the cat out of the bag on WorkChoices, only hours after declaring it ‘d...

Abbott: WorkChoices not dead, just getting ‘tweaked’ | Jul 23, 2010
Tony Abbott has let the cat out of the bag on WorkChoices, only hours after declaring it ‘de...

National Foods workers win improved redundancies | Jul 15, 2010
Twenty-seven AMWU members at National Foods in Morwell, whose jobs were outsourced, have voted to ac...

Call to connect climate change with jobs | Jul 15, 2010
The AMWU is encouraging members to get involved in the debate on Climate Change, by signing up to th...

Workers in fight for jobs at National Foods | Jul 08, 2010
Twenty-seven workers are protesting outside the National Foods plant in Morewell, south east of Melb...

CSR sale should fund asbestos compensation | Jul 08, 2010
Asbestos victims groups and unions are cautiously welcoming the announcement by CSR that it will p...

Let`s make Australia asbestos-free | Jul 02, 2010
Despite decades of litigation and lobbying, Australia is still riddled with asbestos and it’...

Return to second shift at Holden | Jul 02, 2010
AMWU members at Holden’s Elizabeth plant in Adelaide are breathing a sigh of relief after th...

Breakthrough on resources tax maintains benefits for workers | Jul 02, 2010
The AMWU has welcomed the government’s Minerals Resource Rent Tax, which will retain the fun...

Holden workers hopeful as second shift set to re-commence | Jun 28, 2010
Holden workers have this morning been told by management that the second shift at the company&rsqu...

Coalition calls for asbestos-free Australia by 2030 | Jun 28, 2010
The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU), the Australian Council of Trade Unions a...

AMWU welcomes Julia Gillard as Australia’s first female Prime Minister | Jun 24, 2010
The AMWU has paid tribute to Kevin Rudd and welcomed Julia Gillard as Australia’s first fema...

Action at Forgacs brings company back to the table | Jun 24, 2010
Over three hundred workers across four Forgacs sites in the Lower Hunter Valley region of NSW have...

New agreement boosts apprenticeships at Ford | Jun 23, 2010
Four hundred AMWU members at Ford in Geelong and Broadmeadows have won significant improvements to...

Landmark legal case to pursue boss to pay redundancies | Jun 22, 2010
The AWU and AMWU are taking landmark legal action against a company director personally to claim mor...

Six months in limbo at Griffin Coal | Jun 17, 2010
500 workers from Griffin Coal at Collie in Western Australia remain in limbo six months after the...

CSR demerger not so sweet for Asbestos victims | Jun 17, 2010
The AMWU and Asbestos Victims Support Groups are concerned a vote to split CSR into two separate ...

Paid Parental Leave ready for delivery | Jun 17, 2010
The Senate has today passed legislation implementing government’s universal Paid Parental L...

Mining’s gain fails to benefit manufacturing | Jun 17, 2010
Quarterly job figures released today, which show an alarming plummet in manufacturing jobs despit...

Manufacturing workers in the race for Green Jobs | Jun 10, 2010
Manufacturing workers could be big winners in the race for green jobs, according to a new report by ...

Sugar company won’t offer sweetener | Jun 10, 2010
AMWU members at seven sugar mills in northern Queensland have taken protection industrial action aft...

AMWU supports Equal Pay for Equal Work | Jun 10, 2010
The AMWU today supported community services sector workers in the fight for equal pay for women an...

Incolink Scholarship offers the study trip of a lifetime | Jun 09, 2010
Young workers in the building and construction industries have been given the chance to win the trip...

Mine bosses step up political campaign against tax | Jun 04, 2010
Mining bosses have spent another week playing politics over the government’s Resource Super Pr...

Links forged between unionists in France and Australia | Jun 04, 2010
Representatives from CGT, the French Metal Workers Union, are touring Australia to meet with Thales ...

AMWU welcomes $26 minimum wage increase | Jun 03, 2010
The AMWU has welcomed Fair Work Australia’s decision to lift the federal minimum wage by $26 a...

Did you work at Garden Island between 1970 and 1998? | May 31, 2010
If you worked at Garden Island Dockyard between 1970 and 1998 you may be able to assist in this case...

Tragic death followed by threats and intimidation | May 31, 2010
The AMWU is mourning the tragic loss of a young worker’s life, after he was involved in a sing...

AMWU slams announcement of QR buyout | May 27, 2010
AMWU State Secretary Andrew Dettmer has slammed yesterday’s proposed bid by the Queensland Coa...

Pensioners demand a fair go | May 27, 2010
Retired members of the AMWU joined pensioners at a rally at Victorian Parliament House today, to h...

AMWU seeking overtime compensation | May 26, 2010
The AMWU is preparing a test case to obtain compensation for workers who may lose out on overtime pa...

Build Them Here campaign launched | May 21, 2010
The AMWU is launching a 'Build Them Here' campaign to call on the New South Wales Government to awar...

AMWU stands up for global workers’ rights | May 21, 2010
The AMWU recently took part in the 9th Southern Initiative Global Trade Union Rights (SIGTUR) Congre...

Abbott can’t be trusted on WorkChoices | May 20, 2010
Tony Abbott has blown his credibility and admitted that he can’t be trusted not to bring back ...

Paid parental leave petition | May 20, 2010
You can sign the attached petition to help ensure that after many decades of campaigning, Australia ...

Fraser Coast manufacturing sector gets protection from new legislation | May 20, 2010
AMWU Queensland and Northern Territory Secretary Andrew Dettmer has welcomed anannouncement from Tre...

AMWU announces expansion of Manufacturing Matters campaign | May 20, 2010
AMWU Queensland Secretary Andrew Dettmer will announce the expansion of the successfulManufacturing ...

Update on legal issues for AMWU members at Pluto LNG | May 20, 2010
The AMWU has sent out letters to those people who are named as respondents by Employers from Pluto L...

Asbestos concerns justified by Fair Work Australia | May 18, 2010
The AMWU has welcomed the recent Fair Work Australia decision to allow workers at the Muja...

New legislation will lock in protection for local manufacturing | May 17, 2010
AMWU Queensland and Northern Territory Secretary Andrew Dettmer has welcomed an announcement&nb...

Ford workers have had enough | May 13, 2010
AMWU members at Ford Australia plants in Geelong and Broadmeadows have taken protected industrial ac...

Robin Hood Tax targets G20 summit | May 12, 2010
The Robin Hood Tax is a global campaign aimed at levying corporate bank transactions in order to fun...

AMWU welcomes budget’s investment in skills and infrastructure | May 12, 2010
The AMWU has welcomed initiatives in the 2010-11 budget that invest in the manufacturing industry an...

AMWU Calls for Independent Testing at Muja A | May 10, 2010
The decision by Fair Work Australia to force employees at Muja A Power Station to workin areas that ...

Workers should have 100 per cent of their entitlements protected | May 10, 2010
Most people would remember the collapse of Ansett Airlines in 2001. Since then, Australian workers ...

Budget should invest to stabilise manufacturing for the long-term | May 10, 2010
Innovation, skills and income security will be the key items manufacturing workers are looking for i...

Golden parachutes and lead zeppelins | May 06, 2010
The AMWU is concerned that a new law aimed to curb excessive self-rewarding by corporate executives ...

Apprentices plan action to improve pay and conditions | May 05, 2010
Apprentices want better opportunities, transferable skill recognition, as well as more pay and mento...

AMWU provides asbestos expertise to Vietnam | May 05, 2010
The Vietnam - Australia Asbestos Awareness and Disease Prevention Project has been launched in Vietn...

Employment relocation programs must not lead to ‘revolving door’ of employment | May 05, 2010
Any potential relocation program to address skills shortages in regional Australia must avoid a &lsq...

Rally calls for end to Canadian asbestos trade | May 04, 2010
AMWU members in Sydney have joined with the Asbestos Diseases Foundation of Australia to protest out...

Air crew win better work/life balance | May 04, 2010
In a groundbreaking agreement for their industry, AMWU members within the Air Crew at CHC helicopter...

Superannuation and infrastructure investment welcomed by AMWU | May 03, 2010
  The AMWU has welcomed the changes to Australia’s tax system announced by the Rudd G...

A buyer found for Paragon Printing Ltd | Apr 30, 2010
AMWU Members are hopeful their jobs will be saved after an announcement by Print Media Group that it...

AMWU Members rally outside ASIC | Apr 30, 2010
Hundreds of workers who lost millions of dollars in redundancy, superannuation and other payments wh...

Workers to rally outside ASIC | Apr 29, 2010
Hundreds of workers who lost millions of dollars in redundancy, superannuaction and other payments w...

Mourning the dead and fighting for the living | Apr 28, 2010
AMWU members and other unions across Australia have marked International Workers’ Memorial Day...

Komatsu workers win first collective agreement | Apr 27, 2010
AMWU members at the Komatsu site in Fairfield, NSW have successfully negotiated a 19% pay rise in th...

$5000 scholarship for women in manufacturing | Apr 27, 2010
Women in the manufacturing and automotive industries have been given the chance to win $5000 towards...

Ceramics workers stand together to win pay rise | Apr 23, 2010
AMWU members at a Melbourne ceramics manufacturer have won a 13.25% wage increase, full back pay an...

AMWU wins dispute at Fair Work Commission | Apr 22, 2010
A company who claimed long-term casuals at its Scoresby site were fixed-term contactors and should n...

Members hope for jobs as company liquidated | Apr 22, 2010
After battling to save their jobs for almost two months, AMWU members at Paragon Printing Ltd in Wod...

Resource sector told to use local workers | Apr 21, 2010
The resource sector needs to start investing in long-term jobs, training, and skill development for ...

Government to reign in corporate cowboys | Apr 21, 2010
The Rudd government has endorsed the Productivity Commission's plan to crack down on executive pay, ...

Under 30 dole ban will not solve skills shortages | Apr 21, 2010
The AMWU has branded Tony Abbott’s plan to force young people to work in the mines of WA and Q...

Work more deadly than war | Apr 21, 2010
Remember the dead, fight for the living: International Workers’ Memorial Day on April 28.On We...

March on May Day 2010 | Apr 20, 2010
Sunday 2nd May 2010 is May Day, a day where working people, their unions and other organisations com...

Abbott and Liberals will go back to WorkChoices by removing protection from unfair dismissal | Apr 19, 2010
Tony Abbott has confirmed that the Liberal Party would slash protection from unfair dismissal for wo...

Tests reveal Kwinana Power Plant still riddled with asbestos | Apr 19, 2010
The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union says that new test results show that asbestos at K...

Workers strike after zero per cent wage offer | Apr 16, 2010
Workers at Morgan Technical Ceramics, in Notting Hill, Victoria, are striking after their employer o...

Workers locked out at Webforge | Apr 16, 2010
Workers at Webforge in Welshpool were disgusted and dismayed today to discover they had been locked ...

Court protects workers’ right to join union | Apr 15, 2010
The Federal Court has fined a Melbourne company for sacking a worker who wanted to join the AMWU.The...

Ford expansion driven by new funding | Apr 14, 2010
Ford Australia has announced a $20 million expansion of their casting plant in Geelong after receivi...

AMWU working to protect food manufacturing jobs | Apr 13, 2010
The AMWU is working to ensure that food manufacturing jobs remain in Australia, while building close...

Second mill closure a blow to Tasmania | Apr 13, 2010
The announcement that Australian paper maker Paperlinx will close its mill at Burnie in the north-we...

Listen to Jim Stanford discussing `Economics for Everyone` | Apr 12, 2010
If you tune out when you hear the finance report and you think that economics is technical and confu...

$10, 000 scholarship to study cutting-edge technology overseas | Apr 09, 2010
Skilled trades workers have been given the chance to improve their skills by studying overseas thank...

AMWU supports Robin Hood tax | Apr 07, 2010
The AMWU is supporting proposals for a ‘Robin Hood’ tax, so-called because it would fund...

Thales members forced to stop work | Mar 30, 2010
Union members at the Thales Benalla and Mulwalla sites in Victoria will stop work for four hours tod...

Union members get deal to resume work at Paragon Printing | Mar 29, 2010
After battling to save their jobs for the past two weeks, AMWU members have brokered a deal to allow...

Union prosecutes company after man suffers amputation | Mar 26, 2010
The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union has successfully prosecuted an employer on behalf ...

Queensland rail workers on track with MISTAS | Mar 26, 2010
Queensland Rail (QR) workers who recently underwent a job redesign exercise with MISTAS (Manufacturi...

Woodside imports asbestos again | Mar 25, 2010
Woodside has been caught red handed importing asbestos into Australia for the second time in three w...

Jobs boost at Holden’s Adelaide plant | Mar 24, 2010
The AMWU has welcomed signs that Holden may recommence the second shift as early as October at their...

Thales workers prepared to take industrial action | Mar 24, 2010
Union members at the Thales Benalla and Mulwalla sites in Victoria will meet management today in att...

Workers exposed to asbestos at Kwinana Power Plant | Mar 24, 2010
The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union says workers at the Kwinana Power Plant have been ...

Delegates ready for a year of campaigning | Mar 22, 2010
AMWU delegates are seizing the opportunity of a federal election year to campaign hard on securing w...

Make it here or jobs disappear | Mar 19, 2010
140 AMWU delegates in Queensland have marched across the Kurilpa Bridge in Brisbane to as part of th...

More pain and uncertainty for casual Drivetrain workers | Mar 18, 2010
The AMWU is seeking answers as to why 170 casual and fixed-term temporary staff were stood down at A...

Paragon Printing workers face losing over $9million in entitlements | Mar 17, 2010
140 workers at Paragon Printing Ltd and Moore Office Systems in Wodonga are being laid off for 48 h...

Workers owed up to $10m in entitlements to rally outside creditors meeting today | Mar 16, 2010
140 workers from Paragon Printing Ltd, owed up to $10 million of entitlements, will attend a meeting...

A double win for United members | Mar 16, 2010
AMWU members at United Rail Limited in NSW have won an increase in apprentice ratios, better redunda...

Queensland workers rally to reject privatisation | Mar 12, 2010
Thousands of Queensland workers have rallied this week in Brisbane to protest the Bligh government's...

Workers' exposed to asbestos at masive Pluto project | Mar 09, 2010
The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union says workers at the Pluto LNG Project near Karrath...

400+ jobs lost as Boeing closes NSW site and moves to Victoria | Mar 04, 2010
Boeing's announcement that it will close its Milperra aerospace engineering site, costing up to 400 ...

Why was Australia the only OECD country that did not go into recession? | Mar 04, 2010
As the Global Financial Crisis threatened to engulf Australia, the Federal Government launched a ser...

`Superfriend` mental health service for union members | Mar 02, 2010
The 'SuperFriend' Industry Funds Forum Mental Health Foundation is a nation-wide initiative aimed at...

NSW Transport Plan Must Also Be a Jobs First Plan | Feb 26, 2010
The AMWU has welcomed the announcement of a new Transport Strategy for NSW, saying that investment i...

AMWU support leads to Kickstart campaign success | Feb 20, 2010
517 new apprentices have commenced work in AMWU workshops nationally due to union support of the Fed...

Jock Ferguson remembered as workers' hero, larrikin | Feb 19, 2010
AMWU National Secretary, Dave Oliver, paid tribute to Jock Ferguson, as hundreds gathered to remembe...

Workchoices always on Abbott`s agenda | Feb 16, 2010
Late last year, the Coalition refused to rule out bringing back WorkChoices. Since then, Tony Abbott...

AMWU mourns passing of former WA leader, Jock Ferguson | Feb 15, 2010
AMWU members across WA and Australia are mourning the passing of former state secretary, the Hon Joc...

Forgecast workers still fighting for entitlements | Feb 10, 2010
The protest outside Mitcham company Forgecast, where 57 workers are owed $4.4 million worth of redu...

Imported steel will cost 2000 jobs at Gorgon project | Feb 09, 2010
The announcement that Chevron intends to import 25 000 tonnes of steel for the Gorgon Project in Wes...

Permanent skilled migration changes welcome - more focus needed on temporary system | Feb 08, 2010
The AMWU welcomes the government’s attention to the problems associated with to the current pe...

AMWU seeks assurance on Cadbury jobs | Feb 03, 2010
The AMWU is working to ensure the jobs of almost 2000 Cadbury workers remain in Australia after the ...

The Age workers to stop work again today | Jan 28, 2010
Clerical workers at The Age are taking further protected industrial action after management at the n...

Manufacturing workers and their families would take a big hit if Joe Hockey became Treasurer | Jan 21, 2010
The Manufacturing Alliance union leaders, Dave Oliver of the AMWU, and Paul Howes, of The Australian...

New deal taking an Age | Jan 13, 2010
Clerical workers at The Age have taken protected industrial action outside the new headquarters in C...

Waving the flag at the Mitchell | Jan 06, 2010
The proud boilermakers and shipbuilders who carried their huge union banner through Sydney's streets...

Government must assist Griffin Coal workers facing grim new year | Jan 04, 2010
Hundreds of workers at Griffin Coal are facing a grim New Year with news of the appointment of admin...

Burnie and Wesley Vale Paper Mills cut 580 jobs | Dec 08, 2009
Yesterday’s announcement that Paperlinx intends to close its Tasmanian paper mills will devast...

Heinz baby foods locks out 70 workers in Echuca indefinitely | Dec 03, 2009
Workers at Heinz Baby Foods in Echuca were shocked and dismayed last night to discover they had been...

57 workers could lose all their entitlements as Forgecast appoints receivers | Nov 27, 2009
Workers at Mitcham company Forgecast are reeling from shock today after receivers were appointed on ...

Trans-tasman scholarship to foster activism | Nov 24, 2009
The AMWU and the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union have launched a scholarship to celebr...

Govt leaves book copyright laws unchanged | Nov 11, 2009
Proposals to remove the copyright laws that protect Australian authors and publishers have been reje...

Productivity Commission out of touch on jobs as Print 30 day rule kept in place | Nov 11, 2009
The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union today said that thousands of jobs in the printing and pub...

Thales constructive relationship agreement benefits workers and company | Nov 09, 2009
A new agreement will give workers more say and allow a company to focus on competing by improving pr...

Prestige car dealer won’t pay for dinner | Nov 05, 2009
“We want the company to show the same respect for its workers as it does for its expensive car...

Queensland manufacturing industry a cause for concern | Nov 03, 2009
Secretary of the AMWU Queensland Andrew Dettmer says that statistics showing Queensland’s manu...

No guarantee of cheaper books, the 30 day rule must stay to preserve jobs | Oct 30, 2009
Recent reports suggest that the Cabinet is split over the issue of abolishing the 30 day rule in Aus...

National roundtable eyes future for manufacturing | Oct 29, 2009
A national manufacturing roundtable in Canberra has seen key company, government and union leaders c...

Campaign to progress women in manufacturing | Oct 29, 2009
The AMWU is launching a campaign to assist women with career progression in the manufacturing indust...

Asylum seeker issue out of proportion | Oct 29, 2009
Australia's Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd is under mounting pressure over his handling of a group of Sr...

Bridgestone closure reveals continuing impacts of the global financial crisis | Oct 23, 2009
The decision by Bridgestone Tyres to close their last remaining Australian plant in Adelaide is a st...

Ivan leaves workers in a terrible situation | Oct 08, 2009
One hundred former workers from ACL and their families gathered for a barbecue outside former managi...

Tell ‘em they’re dreaming | Oct 08, 2009
Trading Post will cease to publish a printed edition, meaning nearly 280 workers will be made redund...

AMWU calls for further investigations of ACL Directors as 105 redundancies confirmed | Oct 01, 2009
As 105 redundancies are confirmed at ACL, the AMWU is demanding further investigations to determine ...

No WorkChoices in WA | Oct 01, 2009
The AMWU is part of a campaign to protect Western Australian workers from a WorkChoices style policy...

Manufacturing Alliance fights for WA jobs | Sep 29, 2009
The heads of Australia’s biggest blue-collar unions are in Kwinana, Western Australia, today t...

Lens-makers achieve long-held vision | Sep 25, 2009

Laboratory workers who make spectacle lenses for OPSM have won a union deal with a guaranteed...

Cardboard workers show company what they’re made of | Sep 25, 2009
Workers at Visy in Coburg, Victoria have voted to continue industrial action after being locked out ...

Hardies could happen again | Sep 25, 2009
The author of a new book on James Hardie says there is nothing stopping another rogue company from a...

AMWU Women get together to get organised | Sep 24, 2009
AMWU officials from across the country have spent three days working on an agenda to raise women&rsq...

Flexibility push by employers is about undermining collective agreements | Sep 22, 2009
Employers are seeking flexibility clauses in an attempt to undermine pay and conditions in collectiv...

Asbestos Exposure at NorthWest Mine | Sep 18, 2009
The AMWU says workers at the massive Sino Iron Ore project near Karratha have unknowingly ...

Up to 120 jobs to go at ACL components factory | Sep 17, 2009
Workers have again called for former ACL Directors to repay nearly $700,000 worth of severance payme...

How will changes to health and safety laws help or harm you? | Sep 16, 2009
Watch this short video on some of the changes that could affect you and join in the campaign.

$6.5million down, workers BBQ at boss’s house | Sep 15, 2009
Metaltec workers who lost $6.5 million when their company went into administration without money to ...

Deal or No Deal? Workers in the soup | Sep 15, 2009
Workers at Campbell’s Soups in Shepparton have been locked out by the company while taking pro...

‘How can you sleep at night?’ – workers ask ACL boss | Sep 10, 2009
Two former directors paid themselves nearly $700,000 in ‘redundancy payments’ before the...

Economic crisis not a free pass for wage cuts | Sep 10, 2009
Workers have every right to ask to see their company’s books to make sure workers are getting ...

Print industry rejects copyright free for all | Sep 10, 2009
Print workers and employers have urged the federal government to reject a proposal to scrap copyrigh...

Thousands march for better safety laws | Sep 04, 2009
AMWU members joined thousands of other workers in protests around Australia on Tuesday demanding tha...

Toyota commences production of hybrid Camry | Sep 04, 2009
Toyota began pilot production of its hybrid Camry this week - the first to be built in Australia.AMW...

Money and regulations alone won’t save miners lives | Sep 04, 2009
AMWU Western Australia Secretary, Steve McCartney, has cautiously welcomed the WA Government’s...

International Metalworkers Secretary in Australia | Sep 04, 2009
The International Metalworkers’ Federation (IMF) General Secretary, Jyrki Raina, is encouragin...

New book rules will cost jobs, hurt authors, do nothing for customers | Aug 29, 2009
The AMWU has warned that changes to book laws being promoted by large book retailers are aimed at in...

Jobs, entitlements must come first as auto factory goes into receivership | Aug 26, 2009
The AMWU has called for urgent meetings with administrators, major car companies, and the federal an...

Cochlear Workers win their right to collectively bargain | Aug 20, 2009
Cochlear workers today have finally won the right to be represented by the union of their choice aft...

Steve Walsh takes on international role after 30 years with AMWU | Aug 07, 2009
AMWU Print Division National Secretary Steve Walsh is leaving the union after 30 years as an officia...

Looming deadline for rail manufacturing jobs in QLD | Aug 07, 2009
AMWU State Secretary Andrew Dettmer has warned that a secret deadline in the coming week could decid...

Auto-workers severely bashed after Ssangyong pulls out of talks | Aug 06, 2009
Police helicopters are dropping corrosive chemicals on striking auto-workers at Ssangyong Motors in ...

New program to support Australian workers and strengthen manufacturing | Jul 29, 2009
Businesses tendering for government contracts will need to comply with ‘fair work’ princ...

Pump making workers fighting for jobs to stay local | Jul 29, 2009
Workers at Flowserve in Castlemaine were told this week of a proposal by management to shut down the...

Workers hope company will find buyer after going into administration | Jul 29, 2009
Mining machine company, Waratah Engineering, in Newcastle, New South Wales, has gone into voluntary ...

New Alliance to protect and promote Australia`s manufacturing industry | Jul 24, 2009
The AMWU and AWU have launched a joint campaign to address the jobs crisis in the manufacturing indu...

Worker stood down over letter to newspaper | Jul 24, 2009
An AMWU member who was stood down from his job at the Gladstone Regional Council for writing a lette...

Apprentices night in Geelong a great success, with more to come | Jul 16, 2009
Last Friday, at the Geelong union office, apprentices, organisers and union affiliates gathered for ...

Productivity Commission continues its attack on Australia’s book publishing industry | Jul 15, 2009
The Productivity Commission’s final report on copyright restrictions for the parallel importat...

Collective agreements at QR may be undermined by privatisation push | Jul 14, 2009
The AMWU has recently completed negotiations in 18 collective agreements across Queensland Rail (QR)...

Company exploits old WorkChoices loop hole: terminated for operational reasons | Jul 10, 2009
Mills Elastomers, now trading as Mills Rubber Innovation in Dandenong, has terminated 7 workers on t...

Fears over new Food Industry Award | Jul 07, 2009
The AMWU will fight to ensure food process workers get a fair deal under the Federal Government&rsqu...

Fighting for Jobs at Downer EDI in Maryborough | Jul 07, 2009
The AMWU is fighting for the jobs of workers at Downer EDI in Maryborough after Queensland Rail (QR)...

Urgent strike assistance needed for Toshiba workers in Indonesia | Jul 06, 2009
More than 700 members of Federasi Serikat Pekerja Metal Indonesia (FSPMI) went on strike at Toshiba ...

AMWU seeks Canadian Consul ban on further exports of asbestos to impoverished nations | Jul 01, 2009
Paul Bastian, State Secretary of the AMWU, which was at the forefront of the campaign against James ...

AMWU intensifies calls for Federal Inquiry into BHP Mines after another accident | Jun 30, 2009
The Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union has intensified the call for a Federal Parliamentary Inq...

Visy pulps work rights in Tumut | Jun 29, 2009
The AMWU is calling on the Federal Government to reject a five-year, non-union agreement Visy is try...

BAE wins shipbuilding Defence contract for Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD) | Jun 29, 2009
The AMWU has welcomed the Government’s award of the AWD contract to local shipbuilder BAE Syst...

Industry works together to save ACL Bearings | Jun 29, 2009
Two hundred and eighty workers at Launceston will keep their jobs after the Federal government, the ...

Queensland Branch is campaigning against privatisation and Premier Bligh’s plans to sell off state assets worth billions | Jun 26, 2009
In a speech on June 2, Queensland Premier, Anna Bligh, said she would sell Queensland Motorways Limi...

AMWU campaigning against Paddle Pops made in China | Jun 24, 2009
The AMWU fears the future Australian production of iconic ice cream products could be under threat a...

Reaching out to 457 visa workers | Jun 23, 2009
A position dedicated to helping the union support 457 visa workers has been created in the AMWU. Mic...

Battle over QLD Privatisation continues | Jun 22, 2009
The AMWU is asking Queenslanders to take action, including by writing to QLD Premier Anna Bligh, to ...

Boosting local jobs the best way to avoid recession | Jun 19, 2009
AMWU National Secretary Dave Oliver said that the global financial crisis and ten years of Howard Go...

AMWU Welcomes NSW Government Plan to Buy Local | Jun 15, 2009
The AMWU has welcomed the announcement that the NSW Government will buy local when it awards new con...

BHP Rio merger puts hundreds of jobs at risk | Jun 11, 2009
The announcement that BHP Billiton is to merge with Rio Tintos Iron Ore operations is bad news for W...

Sweet factory workers locked out, entitlements at risk | Jun 11, 2009
A confectionery factory in Metford has an uncertain future and appears to be in financial trouble, w...

Unemployment hits 5.7 per cent - stimulus, infrastructure and training are best response going forward | Jun 11, 2009
The Australian Bureau of Statistics data released today shows unemployment has increased to 5.7% ...

Worker trapped at BHP Leinster underground mine | Jun 10, 2009
The AMWU has condemned BHP Billiton for not ensuring the safety of their workers after a BHP worker ...

Union vows to fight privatisation of Queensland Rail | Jun 08, 2009
The AMWU has vowed to fight State Government plans to privatise parts of Queensland Rail (QR) in the...

Privatising QR bad news for regions | Jun 05, 2009
Privatising QR bad news for regionsPrivatising Queensland Rail (QR) will have long-term and serious ...

Auto Industry plan saves jobs | Jun 02, 2009
Australian jobs have been secured and Holden has emerged unscathed by GM’s bankruptcy in the U...

AMWU big winners at QLD Labour Day Awards | May 28, 2009
AMWU members have walked away big winners from the QLD May Day Awards.The AMWU-led, Hastings Deering...

Regional cooperation to ban asbestos | May 28, 2009
The International Metalworkers’ Federation (IMF) has endorsed the establishment of regional ne...

Unions urge Rudd to abandon plans to lift pension age | May 26, 2009
The AMWU has condemned the government’s plans to lift the pension age from 65 to 67.The decisi...

Superior Pak workers go for superior conditions | May 21, 2009
Workers at Superior Pak in Queensland are entering negotiations for a new collective agreement after...

Union success on OHS laws, but more to fight for | May 21, 2009
Agreement between the federal and state governments on a framework for standard national occupationa...

WA Govt opposes national agreement on health and safety | May 21, 2009
The Western Australian Liberal Government of Colin Barnett is opposing new standards of  OHS la...

Company wants to cut working hours, won’t show why | May 21, 2009
AMWU members at Tenneco in South Australia have taken a stand against company plans to cut their pai...

Victory: 18 weeks paid parental leave | May 18, 2009
The AMWU has welcomed the announcement of an 18 week Paid Parental Leave scheme in this year’s...

Union effort to secure jobs for Newcastle pays off | May 12, 2009
Two hundred full time jobs will be created in Newcastle after Forgacs Engineering won a $400 million...

Union-Land Council agreement to protect rights in the Kimberley | May 11, 2009
The Kimberley Land Council (KLC) and WA Unions are fighting for the rights of local Indigenous peopl...

Qantas returns heavy maintenance to Australia to ensure highest quality | May 11, 2009
The AMWU has welcomed the move by Qantas to bring heavy maintenance of the A330 onshore and called f...

Asbestos victims seek Kevin Rudd’s help | May 11, 2009
The AMWU is asking the Rudd Government to step in and guarantee a $350million shortfall in the James...

Tieman workers take a stand against lay offs | May 06, 2009
Workers at Tieman in Melbourne’s north are protesting outside their workplace against the comp...

McCain's workers protest against ‘jobs for mates’ | May 06, 2009
Workers at McCain’s in Ballarat Victoria have brought management to the negotiation table afte...

Compact with Young Australians to prevent long-term unemployment | May 06, 2009
The AMWU has welcomed the Compact with Young Australians secured at the Council of Australian Govern...

Workers Memorial Day: Rising deaths another reason for ABCC to go | Apr 30, 2009
Union members commemorated workers who died at work or through work related injuries on Tuesday 28 A...

Concerns over Hardie’s ability to pay compensation | Apr 30, 2009
The AMWU is seeking an urgent meeting with the NSW Premier Nathan Rees to discuss the security of co...

Man of steel remembered | Apr 30, 2009
Unionists and members of the Illawarra community have remembered the contribution of former AMWU off...

AMWU supports `Students at Risk` | Apr 23, 2009
Moranbah Secondary College has once again received a generous donation from the AMWU for their Stude...

RAC WA workers to lose jobs and conditions | Apr 23, 2009
The AMWU has condemned the Royal Automobile Club of WA’s move to close their vehicle inspectio...

Climate right for job creation | Apr 23, 2009
The AMWU has emphasised the importance of creating manufacturing jobs in hi-technology, climate frie...

‘Better options’ in apprenticeships | Apr 23, 2009
An AMWU co-ordinated program designed to secure training and apprentices for young people ‘at ...

Automotive industry has a bright future | Apr 17, 2009
AMWU National Secretary, Dave Oliver, has rejected a self-proclaimed expert's negative diagnosis for...

Ecowise workers strike first collective agreement | Apr 16, 2009
Workers at Ecowise have successfully negotiated their first union collective agreement after the wor...

Leaky boat needs six months in a Brisbane port | Apr 16, 2009
The AMWU has called on the Queensland Government to demand that the Pacific Adventurer be repaired i...

AMWU fights Webforge over ‘redundant’ union activists | Apr 16, 2009
A company in West Australia picked two young union activists for redundancies despite the fact that ...

Union fighting against deportation of sacked workers | Apr 16, 2009
The AMWU is trying to save four Filipino workers from deportation after they were sacked by their em...

Qantas must give job security guarantees from maintenance and engineering | Apr 14, 2009
The AMWU is writing to Qantas CEO Alan Joyce following the announcement today that 1750 jobs will be...

Maxitrans workers marched out after mass sacking | Apr 08, 2009
The AMWU is fighting back after fifty four workers were sacked and marched off site from Maxitrans i...

Removing print copyright restrictions not viable | Apr 07, 2009
A Productivity Commission recommendation to get rid of the print industry’s copyright restrict...

Car industry needs initiatives brought forward over the next 10 months | Apr 03, 2009
Holden’s announcement today to reduce production to a single shift has emphasised the need for...

Market based salaries key to ending visa rorts

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The AMWU has welcomed federal government changes to the 457 visa program, including the in-principle...

Bradken workers made redundant, while CEO gets 20 per cent pay rise | Apr 02, 2009
The AMWU is meeting with Bradken management with the view of retaining workers’ jobs at the Br...

Productivity Commission attack on print industry could cost 500 jobs | Mar 30, 2009
Australia’s print industry faces a drastic drop in annual revenue and 500 direct job losses ac...

Fair Work Bill begins new system of rights at work | Mar 26, 2009
After a tumultuous week in parliament, the Fair Work Bill was passed by the Senate last Friday.The n...

Fosters workers maintain pay and conditions | Mar 26, 2009
Workers who refused to accept contracts with a labour hire firm for less pay have returned to work w...

Workers donate to Children’s Ward | Mar 26, 2009
The Royal Darwin Hospital Children’s ward has received a $70,000 boost thanks to the generosit...

Manufacturing ‘doesn’t matter’ to QLD Liberal-National Party | Mar 19, 2009
The AMWU has launched a campaign called Manufacturing Matters aimed at combating the deepening manuf...

Doubling of GEERS budget confirms need for new system | Mar 19, 2009
The federal government has announced it will need to add $70 million to the current GEERS budget of ...

Lowest common denominator not the safest way to reform OHS | Mar 19, 2009
The AMWU is concerned that recommendations from a national review of Occupational Health and Safety ...

Financial crisis means high temporary skilled migration rates will increase exploitation of local and visa workers | Mar 17, 2009
Financial crisis means high temporary skilled migration rates will increase exploitation of local an...

DSI entitlements situation should not happen again | Mar 12, 2009
The AMWU has welcomed moves to ensure DSI workers who have lost their jobs and entitlements receive ...

Caterpillar refuses to level with workforce | Mar 12, 2009
Workers at Caterpillar in Burnie, Tasmania are angry that the company refuses to inform them about t...

Bushfire appeal still burning brightly | Mar 12, 2009
AMWU workplaces across the country are continuing to donate significant amounts of money to the Vict...

AMWU remembers champion unionist Steve Milne | Mar 12, 2009
The AMWU will commemorate the life and contribution of Darwin organiser Steve Milne, who passed away...

Victorian workers asked to bear the burden of hard times | Mar 09, 2009
Victoria is Australia’s manufacturing base. Now with global downturn and economic pressures, i...

Workers not willing to cut their pay sacked | Mar 05, 2009
Forty workers have been sacked from the Westgate Reconstruction project, after demanding to be paid ...

Maximise local jobs and content as Australian manufacturing faces its biggest challenge in 30 years | Mar 05, 2009
The Federal Government must maximise local jobs and content as Australian faces its biggest challeng...

Bosch still profitable, sheds 170 jobs | Mar 03, 2009
One hundred and seventy people stand to lose their jobs at Melbourne car parts maker Bosch, with the...

Apprentices recruitment campaign a success | Mar 03, 2009
Over ninety apprentices from different TAFEs in New South Wales have joined the AMWU in three weeks ...

Business should not be given free rein: AMWU tells NSW Treasurer | Mar 03, 2009
The AMWU has reacted strongly to NSW Treasurer Eric Roozendaal’s suggestion that the role of g...

AMWU rejects business call to delay on climate change | Feb 27, 2009
We cannot afford to delay important action on climate change, as it will risk tens of thousands of g...

Government should protect workers entitlements | Feb 27, 2009
The AMWU has called on the Federal Government to guarantee employee entitlements and take action to ...

IR laws must go further to restore full rights, AMWU tells Senate | Feb 27, 2009
The AMWU submission to the Senate Inquiry into the Fair Work Bill emphasised the need for the new la...

Drivetrain workers protest at loss of jobs and entitlements | Feb 26, 2009
Sacked workers at Drivetrain Systems in Albury, have been picketing outside their factory to protest...

Apprentices campaign fires up at WA conference | Feb 26, 2009
Apprentices have decided to form an apprentice network and fight for improved conditions, training a...

WA CCI 'out of touch' | Feb 18, 2009
The AMWU has condemned the WA Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) for being out of touch on the i...

AMWU renews calls for entitlements protection scheme as Drivetrain enters receivership | Feb 17, 2009
Drivetrain Systems International, an Albury-Wodonga based gearbox maker went into receivership yeste...

Workers vow to fight to keep their jobs at Foster’s | Feb 17, 2009
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Draft regulations for 457 visa workers released | Feb 17, 2009
The AMWU welcomed the draft regulations covering 457 visa workers that were released by the Rudd Gov...

ACL Bearing workers fight pay cuts | Feb 12, 2009
AMWU members at ACL Bearing in Launceston, are fighting an ultimatum that they either work a four-da...

AMWU support for bushfire victims | Feb 12, 2009
Two AMWU members lost their lives in the fires that devastated Victoria last weekend and a number mo...

PMP needs to come clean with workers about jobs | Feb 12, 2009
The AMWU is calling on printer PMP Limited to announce solid plans for its future viability followin...

Reinstated worker sacked for ‘un-Australian toilet break’ hit with redundancy | Feb 12, 2009
A 457-visa worker who was sacked then reinstated to his job in Townsville for taking an ‘un-Au...

AMWU calls for assurances following PMP job cuts | Feb 09, 2009
The AMWU is calling on printer PMP Limited to announce solid plans for its future viability followin...

Downturn causing job losses | Feb 06, 2009
Workers from Notley Engineering in Geelong, Victoria have been made redundant as a result of the eco...

Government must focus stimulus package on local jobs and products | Feb 05, 2009
The AMWU is calling on the Federal Government to ensure its $42 billion stimulus package will maximi...

Union on drive to sign up new generation | Feb 02, 2009
Young workers enrolling in their apprenticeship have been signing up to the AMWU across NSW.The NSW ...

End to ‘30-day rule’ threatens Australian publishers and printers | Feb 02, 2009
A Productivity Commission inquiry into a rule that ensures Australian publishers have exclusive righ...

Workers at Caterpillar fear more redundancies | Jan 30, 2009
Workers at Caterpillar's truck body plant at Tullamarine in Melbourne are worried about their job se...

Win for Cochlear workers as AIRC upholds original decision | Jan 23, 2009
The full bench of the Australian Industrial Relations Committee has upheld the original decision to ...

Mining job losses highlight need for strong Australian manufacturing sector: AMWU | Jan 21, 2009
BHP Billiton’s decision today to close the Ravensthorpe nickel mine and cut 3,400 Australian j...

AMWU welcomes new rules to tackle employer abuse of apprentices | Jan 15, 2009
The AMWU has welcomed new rules introduced by the Victorian Government that will improve the ability...

AMWU calls for a Defence Department ban on the use of asbestos | Jan 08, 2009
The AMWU has expressed alarm at revelations this week that the Australian Navy continues to use and ...

Green jobs and renewable industries are the way forward to secure Australia’s future | Dec 16, 2008
Government investment in renewable industries offer huge job creation opportunities for Australian m...

"Best of times and worst of times" | Dec 09, 2008
National PIR Group Conference8 & 9 December, 2008Hyatt Hotel – CanberraDave OliverNational...

New system needed to secure $37 billion entitlements currently at risk | Dec 03, 2008
The AMWU is proposing a new system to protect 100% of worker entitlements after research by the unio...

QANTAS must guarantee Australian jobs and service in any merger | Dec 03, 2008
Qantas must guarantee that there will be no Australian jobs lost or any reduction in service for Aus...

Thousands rally for fair laws for construction workers | Dec 02, 2008
Thousands of construction workers rallied in every capital city yesterday and in Newcastle and Wollo...

Overhaul of 457 visa scheme urgently needed | Dec 01, 2008
The AMWU has called for a major overhaul of the 457 temporary working visa scheme, in accordance wit...

Union advantage pays off for Tieman workers | Nov 27, 2008
Service workers for Tieman in Campbellfield Victoria thought they could look after themselves as far...

Volvo cuts jobs for Christmas | Nov 27, 2008
AMWU members received the announcement of major job cuts at Volvo Commercial Vehicles Australia Waco...

Workers exposed to uranium | Nov 27, 2008
Workers on a mine about 260 kilometres east of Darwin who were exposed to uranium have since tested ...

Ford announcement shows government investment important | Nov 21, 2008
The AMWU has welcomed Ford Australia's announcement that it will continue production at its Geelong ...

457 visa workers should get same pay and conditions as Australian workers | Nov 20, 2008
Temporary overseas workers should receive the same pay and conditions as Australian workers, accordi...

A future for our steel industry in a low carbon environment | Nov 20, 2008
The AMWU joined metal unions from around the world in Tokyo early this month to discuss an internati...

Loss of jobs at BP Solar bad for renewable energy sector | Nov 20, 2008
The announcement of two hundred job losses at BP Solar in Olympic Park in Sydney has shocked the wor...

Visa workers speak out against exploitation | Nov 13, 2008
Boilermakers, nurses and construction workers visited Canberra this week to give MPs a first hand ac...

Roadside workers to take industrial action over pay rise | Nov 13, 2008
Roadside workers from the Royal Automobile Club of Tasmania (RACT) are planning to take industrial a...

Public Education - For Our Future | Nov 12, 2008
Australia’s public schools are among the best in the world. They deliver high quality educatio...

Cash injection fuels green auto industry | Nov 10, 2008
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Industry Minister Kim Carr have announced they will provide crucial in...

We must move to meet challenges posed by climate change | Nov 06, 2008
Climate change and globalisation are two major issues which must drive education and training policy...

HPM workers to vote on first EBA | Nov 06, 2008
Workers at HPM at Auburn in Sydney will vote on their first collective agreement since joining the A...

Obama recognises union role in win | Nov 05, 2008
After voting in Chicago on Tuesday morning Barack Obama made a final campaign stop: a United Auto Wo...

Mechanical Engineering Services in court again | Oct 30, 2008
La Trobe Valley company, Mechanical Engineering Services (MES), is about to face court again, after ...

Ballarat community rallies around John Valves workers | Oct 30, 2008
The people of Ballarat have rallied to help the 100 workers at John Valves while they wait to learn ...

Employers keen to retain skilled workers | Oct 30, 2008
Employers in Newcastle are offering incentives to retain their skilled workers, in case they are lur...

Don't blame transport workers for the state's woes | Oct 23, 2008
AMWU NSW Secretary, Paul Bastian has hit back at claims workers are to blame for the failures of the...

Quality work deserves fair pay | Oct 23, 2008
Workers at Geoscience Australia have taken industrial action for the first time in thirty years in o...

AMWU Welcomes $187 million boost to training | Oct 23, 2008
The AMWU welcomes the extra $187 million funding commitment from the Rudd Government to create an ad...

AMWU to advise government on printing workers’ concerns | Oct 23, 2008
The Printing Industry Working Group met for the first time in Canberra this week to deal with issues...

Retired workers demand fair go for pensioners | Oct 16, 2008
AMWU retired members have welcomed the Federal Government’s $4.8 billion payments to pensioner...

Urgent government action needed following job losses | Oct 16, 2008
The Federal Government must take action to shore up the manufacturing industry following news this w...

AMWU takes action to grow women membership | Oct 16, 2008
AMWU women members in Queensland will develop a formal activist network in the union to strengthen t...

International Indigenous Solidarity Gathering - 23-26 October, 2008 | Oct 15, 2008
The Latin American Solidarity Network (LASNET), Friends of the Earth - Australia (FoE) and other sol...

QANTAS workers push for local maintenance in negotiations | Oct 10, 2008
AMWU National Secretary Dave Oliver will address a mass meeting of Qantas maintenance workers at 1pm...

International unions call for an end to casual work | Oct 07, 2008
October 7 marked Precarious Work Day, organised by the International Metalworkers Federation and the...

New laws must deliver Rights at Work pledges | Sep 25, 2008
Members of the AMWU national council traveled to Canberra this week and delivered a clear message to...

Proper right of entry laws needed so workers can be represented | Sep 25, 2008
The right of union organisers to be able to speak to workers is being curtailed, the Australian Indu...

Cochlear workers take their fight to Canberra | Sep 25, 2008
Cochlear workers’ battle for a union collective agreement has taken them to Canberra, where a ...

Dairy workers take action over low wage offer | Sep 18, 2008
One hundred and seventy AMWU members working for milk processor Murray Goulburn in Victoria have tak...

Greater protection needed for vulnerable workers on temporary migrant visas | Sep 18, 2008
The AMWU has called for greater legislated protection for vulnerable workers after a victory in the ...

Workers sue employer for the right to collectively bargain | Sep 11, 2008
Workers at aTruck trailer plant in Ballarat, Victoria are suing their employer for refusing to allow...

Unpaid Super spurs workers to join union | Sep 11, 2008
Workers at Stratton Engineering have joined the AMWU after the union intervened to have superannuati...

Qantas workers concerned over maintenance standards | Sep 10, 2008
Off-shoring, contracting out and cost-cutting by QANTAS is impacting on maintenance standards accord...

Victory for workers in electricity struggle, premier undone by his dirty tricks | Sep 05, 2008
Facing defeat on the floor of parliament over electricity privatisation last Thursday, the NSW Gover...

Action from government demanded to curb job losses | Sep 04, 2008
After a week of job cuts across auto component companies in Victoria, the AMWU is calling for urgent...

Australians have a right to know the full findings of the CASA report | Sep 01, 2008
The AMWU has called on CASA to release the full report of a review into Qantas maintenance operation...

Boost in funding a great step forward for skills reform, despite concerns | Aug 28, 2008
The AMWU has welcomed the increase in funding to expand the number of Victorians with qualifications...

Boeing should reverse unnecessary decision to sack over 300 | Aug 28, 2008
The AMWU has called on aircraft manufacturer Boeing to reverse its unnecessary decision to make over...

Cadbury management keep workers in the dark | Aug 28, 2008
Workers at Cadbury in Tasmania want straight answers from the company since being told last week tha...

Auto industry needs stability in uncertain times | Aug 21, 2008
The AMWU has urged the federal government to act with caution and reject the proposal to further sla...

Amcor workers in WA take industrial action for new union agreement | Aug 21, 2008
Stalled negotiations for a new union collective agreement at Amcor Beverage Cans in Canningvale, Wes...

43 per cent pay rise for apprentices at AGC delivers surge in union membership | Aug 21, 2008
Apprentices employed by engineering outfit, Ausclad Group of Companies (AGC) won a 43% pay rise afte...

Revise laws to cane opportunistic ‘carbon-offsets’ | Aug 14, 2008
AMWU delegates from the sugar industry in Queensland have called for a moratorium on a scheme which ...

Industry policy essential in times of economic struggle | Aug 11, 2008
The AMWU has called for industry policy and assistance from the government to protect the interests ...

AMWU calls for review of Productivity Commission | Aug 08, 2008
The AMWU has called for an exhaustive review of the Productivity Commission, to look into its effect...

BHP Billiton trying to force 12 000 workers onto AWA-like agreements | Aug 07, 2008
BHP has used gaps in the new IR laws to create a new AWA like employment contract that will apply to...

No Goulburn Valley Gold this Olympics | Aug 07, 2008
Workers in the Goulburn Valley have suffered another blow with the announcement that a large number ...

CASA review must look at maintenance job losses and cost cutting | Aug 05, 2008
The AMWU is writing to the Civil Aviation Safety Authority review on QANTAS safety to ensure that fu...

Government investment can create jobs and tackle climate change | Jul 31, 2008
New government investment in communities that currently rely on greenhouse intensive energy is the k...

‘Right of entry’ must be re-instated | Jul 31, 2008
A series of situations where employers used WorkChoices laws to stop union organisers meeting with u...

Investment in sustainable manufacturing must assist transition to ETS | Jul 31, 2008
The AMWU has called on the Federal Government to commit specific investment for manufacturing develo...

QANTAS announces 1500 jobs cut across the airline | Jul 24, 2008
Qantas chief executive Geoff Dixon last week announced 1200 jobs will be cut from the Australian arm...

AMWU members want action on climate change | Jul 24, 2008
A new poll shows that workers in areas that rely on energy intensive industry overwhelmingly support...

Fairfax slashes jobs in Tassie | Jul 24, 2008
Fairfax has announced the closure of The Advocate Newspaper’s Harris printing centre in Burnie...

Power dispute escalates in Queensland | Jul 24, 2008
AMWU members in the Queensland power industry will escalate their industrial action this week as neg...

AMWU seeks to scure jobs at Qantas | Jul 18, 2008
The AMWU has sought guarantees that no maintenenace jobs will be lost from Qantas after the airline ...

AMWU organiser wins award for best campaign | Jul 17, 2008
South Australian AMWU organiser John Short has won an award for coordinating the Kingston Your Right...

Queensland Power workers stop for 48 hours | Jul 17, 2008
For the second time in two months, power workers in Queensland are taking industrial action in order...

Voters losing patience with delay in restoring workers’ rights | Jul 17, 2008
A major national poll is showing that the public is losing patience with the demands of business lob...

Lakeside cops $100,000 fine for visa worker exploitation | Jul 10, 2008
The Broadmeadows Magistrates’ Court in Victoria fined Lakeside Packaging $100,000 for seven br...

Power workers tell Old Macdonald ‘Don’t sell the farm’ | Jul 10, 2008
Power workers walked off the job at the Munmorah and Vales Point power stations on the NSW central c...

Workers will need suppoort in climate change | Jul 04, 2008
Tackling climate change offers huge job creation opportunities for Australian manufacturing but only...

Takeovers in the Victorian Dairy Industry | Jul 03, 2008
Workers at Nestle in Echuca, Victoria are hopeful that the purchase of the business by diary giant F...

Tough penalties for exploiting 457 visa workers | Jul 03, 2008
Harsh penalties for employers found abusing workers on the 457 visa program are being proposed by th...

Sensation Yachts workers fighting for lost pay | Jul 03, 2008
Steve Murphy would read articles in the media praising Sensation Yachts and scratch his head.The com...

Unions step up as Labor falters on collective bargaining | Jun 26, 2008
AMWU National Secretary Dave Oliver is urging the Federal Government to stand firm and deliver the i...

Boss prosecuted for forcing injured workers to work | Jun 26, 2008
The employer of two Chinese 457 visa workers who were forced to work with broken hands on unsafe equ...

600 jobs role offshore | Jun 26, 2008
South Pacific Tyres, one of only two remaining tyre manufacturers in Australia, has just announced i...

New employment standards a step forward from WorkChoices | Jun 19, 2008
The Federal Government has announced ten new National Employment Standards (NES) as part of its comm...

Workers forced to resign over safety | Jun 19, 2008
Fifty workers at Burrup Holdings in Karratha were forced to resign from their jobs over safety conce...

Forgacs workers take action over unfair offer | Jun 19, 2008
Workers at Forgacs in Brisbane and Newcastle took protected industrial action yesterday as negotiati...

Australia to make hybrid cars | Jun 12, 2008
The AMWU has welcomed Toyota’s announcement this week that production of a new hybrid four-cyl...

Intercast and Forge threaten lockout | Jun 12, 2008
Workers at Intercast and Forge in NSW were threatened with being locked out as negotiations for a ne...

Jobs to go at Holden | Jun 10, 2008
531 workers are set to lose their jobs at GM Holden at Melbourne’s Fisherman’s Bend due ...

Manufacturing Vital to Australian Economy | Jun 05, 2008
The Rudd Government has used national manufacturing week to outline its initiatives for the manufact...

Equal Pay for Equal Work | Jun 05, 2008
The AMWU is pushing for better pay for workers on 457 visas and improved requirements for employers ...

HECS on TAFE will worsen skills shortages | Jun 03, 2008
The AMWU has vowed to oppose any increases in fees for apprentices, including the imposition of an i...

Unions push for national paid maternity leave scheme | May 29, 2008
A paid maternity leave scheme for all Australian women would be of great benefit to families and bus...

Workers vote for new national campaign on car industry | May 29, 2008
Car manufacturing workers are embarking on a national campaign to save their industry following new ...

Better laws for asbestos victims in Victoria | May 29, 2008
Asbestos victims in Victoria will have improved access to compensation as the state government moves...

New car plan needed for changing world | May 22, 2008
Australia’s auto and component industry is in need of a new plan for the next decade if the in...

Hold on! The union is coming | May 22, 2008
Workers at a Western Sydney steel factory whose boss decided to keep the toilets locked at work coul...

We will fight on against privatisation | May 22, 2008
A state wide campaign to stop the privatisation of electricity in NSW is being planned after a meeti...

AMWU welcomes skills focus in budget | May 15, 2008
The AMWU has welcomed the enhanced focus on skills and workforce development in the first Labor budg...

Help for Mitsubishi workers | May 15, 2008
The AMWU has appointed an officer to assist former Tonsley Park Mitsubishi workers find news jobs an...

Construction commission given notice | May 15, 2008
The AMWU joined with other unions in the construction industry last week to discuss a national campa...

Union sticks with sacked worker | May 15, 2008
An AMWU delegate who was sacked for wearing a union sticker to work last week has been put back on t...

Manufacturing workers welcome budget skills focus but say there is more to do | May 14, 2008
Mr. Roe described the budget as a good first effort from Treasurer Wayne Swan, but went on to cautio...

Green light for green car initiative | May 08, 2008
The AMWU has welcomed a proposal by Toyota to build a hybrid car in Melbourne, and urged the Federal...

Innovation needs government intervention | May 08, 2008
The AMWU is urging the Federal Government to take a more proactive role in innovation, after a gapin...

Premier short-circuits ALP over privatisation | May 08, 2008
Despite a humiliating defeat of his electricity privatisation proposal at ALP State conference last ...

Local MPs face public backlash over privatisation | May 01, 2008
AMWU members in the Newcastle area have spent the week leading up to the Labor Party state conferenc...

Boeing workers return to work | May 01, 2008
Workers at Boeing subsidiary Hawker de Havilland returned to work yesterday morning after taking ind...

Lest we forget: Asbestos still killing | May 01, 2008
The AMWU has been joined by other unions in calling on the Federal Government to launch a national a...

Campaigning for growth and strength | Apr 28, 2008
The AMWU is reallocating its resources to grow the Union and strengthen our industrial and political...

Get serious about Health and Safety | Apr 28, 2008
The AMWU is serious about health and safety and is committed to securing the highest standards in th...

Pushed out of a job – but not beaten | Apr 28, 2008
The AMWU has won a legal victory against a Brisbane-based food can manufacturer after it forced a me...

I’m protected. I’m an AMWU member! | Apr 28, 2008
My name is Eduardo Fontanar. I am a 55 year old Fitter and I live in Brisbane. I am married with thr...

Union spirit burns bright after more than four decades | Apr 28, 2008
AMWU Queensland/Northern Territory Branch President, Kel Creedy has packed away his hammer and tongs...

Apprentices demand a better future | Apr 24, 2008
Apprentices from all over Queensland have met in Brisbane to demand better rights and improvements t...

Fisher pikes out of Brisbane plant | Apr 24, 2008
The AMWU has entered into negotiations with whitegoods manufacturer Fisher & Paykel to get impro...

Forum demands investment in jobs | Apr 24, 2008
More than eighty people attended a community forum on manufacturing jobs in Morphett Vale, South Aus...

No-show on Newcastle Show day | Apr 17, 2008
AMWU members in Newcastle are fighting their employer who says that they won’t be paid for a g...

Injured workers must not be disadvantaged | Apr 17, 2008
Workers in South Australia are at risk of losing entitlements under the SA WorkCover scheme and the ...

Flexibility does not mean bending over backwards | Apr 17, 2008
The AMWU is pushing for safeguards for workers so that they are not disadvantaged by flexibility cla...

New MPs ready to lift the veil | Apr 10, 2008
New Labor MPs Doug Cameron and Greg Combet have supported calls from the AMWU for the Federal Govern...

Health and Safety laws to get a check up | Apr 10, 2008
The AMWU has welcomed the announcement by Employment and Workplace Relations Minister, Julia Gillard...

450 000 new training places announced | Apr 10, 2008
The AMWU has welcomed the Federal Government’s release of a discussion paper regarding the ref...

Offside Woodside abandons onshore jobs | Apr 03, 2008
The AMWU has attacked Woodside Petroleum in West Australia over a decision to send the bulk of their...

AMWU welcomes road-map for auto review | Apr 03, 2008
The AMWU has welcomed the theme of a discussion paper published by former Victorian Premier, Steve B...

Amcor Fibre Packaging National Enterprise Agreement Endorsed | Apr 02, 2008
Members across Australia employed in 12 sites of Amcor Fibre Packaging endorsed by a majority vote t...

Doug Cameron defends union representation in the Labor Party | Mar 31, 2008
Former AMWU National Secretary, Doug Cameron, has defended the right of unions to be represented in ...

85 per cent block chocolate company’s bitter deal | Mar 27, 2008
More than 85% of Cadbury workers have voted against a non-union agreement offered by the company in ...

Easter occupation bid to save entitlements | Mar 27, 2008
Sixty five workers at SEP Print Australia occupied their workplace over Easter in a bid to secure th...

Rough deal for injured workers | Mar 27, 2008
The AMWU has stepped in to protect injured workers in response to employer attempts to offload them ...

Mitsubishi workers receive landmark payout | Mar 14, 2008
AMWU members made redundant by the closure of Mitsubishi in Adelaide will receive an improved payout...

Retired members hit the streets | Mar 13, 2008
The AMWU Retired Members in Victoria joined pensioners from around the state to march on State Parli...

AMWU pushing for fairer dispute system for apprentices | Mar 06, 2008
The AMWU is putting pressure on the Victorian Government to introduce a fairer system for apprentice...

AMWU focuses on women’s involvement in the union | Mar 06, 2008
The AMWU will specifically target the issues that affect women at work and focus on increasing women...

Collective bargaining the key to better wages and conditions | Mar 06, 2008
The need for fair bargaining laws will be at the top of the list of unions’ demands for b...

Visy uses WorkChoices to sack injured worker | Feb 28, 2008
The AMWU is fighting for Visy worker, George Kyridis after he was sacked because a work-related inju...

Workers not the cause of inflation | Feb 28, 2008
Other union leaders have joined AMWU National Secretary, Dave Oliver, to reject and discredit hypocr...

Electric rally shocks privatisation agenda | Feb 26, 2008
Thousands of power workers and community members have demonstrated at Parliament House warning of th...

New skills make chocolate a richer experience | Feb 21, 2008
Twenty-two AMWU members working at the Ferrero chocolate factory in Lithgow have benefited from a un...

Onesteel workers unsure about their future | Feb 21, 2008
Ninety workers are set to lose their jobs following One Steel’s announcement to close its Some...

Delegates come together: pressure must be kept on ALP | Feb 21, 2008
At Trades Hall in Melbourne, delegates traveled from regional centers to participate in discussion a...

AMWU seeks action on OHS from new Government | Feb 14, 2008
AMWU National Secretary Dave Oliver has called on the Rudd Labor Government to restore and improve t...

AMWU inquiry call backed by Labor | Feb 14, 2008
Industry and Innovation Minister Kim Carr made the announcement after meeting with AMWU National Sec...

Asbestos risk found in Adelaide | Feb 14, 2008
Large amounts of asbestos have been found on the construction site of grain silos in Adelaide, requi...

Australia's sorry day | Feb 13, 2008
The AMWU has welcomed the apology to the stolen generations made by Prime Minister Rudd today.AMWU N...

Workers devastated as plant closes | Feb 05, 2008
Mitsubishi workers are devastated after today’s announcement that the company will close its T...

Collective Agreement for Tenix Toll | Jan 25, 2008
AllowancesThe collective agreement for TenixToll (the CA) provides that certain cost-related allowan...

Now more than ever, employers must invest in skills and training | Jan 10, 2008
The recent announcement by the Australian Industry Group that manufacturing industry in Australia 'h...

Australian Hearing listening to employees | Jan 08, 2008
AMWU members at Australian Hearing are taking the chance to campaign for improved career opportuniti...

New members want their rights at work | Dec 20, 2007
It seems that the success of the Your Rights at Work campaign wasn't limited to the outcome of the f...

WorkChoices a law not even its mother could love | Dec 20, 2007
Opposition leader Brendan Nelson has announced the Liberal Party will abandon its WorkChoices laws, ...

Electricity campaign powers up | Dec 20, 2007
AMWU members have voted to campaign against the New South Wales Government's plans to privatise the ...

AMWU backs Gillard ban on safety cop-out | Dec 13, 2007
The AMWU has welcomed Acting Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s moratorium to halt companies reduc...

Boss takes snout out of trough to thumb nose at workers | Dec 13, 2007
Workers at Ai Automotive in Woodville, South Australia were presented with a 0% pay rise in negotiat...

Public power to fight power privatisation | Dec 13, 2007
The AMWU is preparing to launch a public campaign to oppose the privatisaton of the power industry i...

Vale Bernie Banton, a fighter to the end | Dec 06, 2007
Two thousand people attended the funeral of anti-asbestos campaigner Bernie Banton who died last wee...

AMWU fights for sick visa worker after boss leaves him to be deported | Dec 06, 2007
A 457 visa worker in Darwin has contracted a potentially fatal illness as a result of being forced b...

Big Australian lost for words | Dec 06, 2007
AMWU members have held a protest at the Annual General Meeting of BHP in Adelaide over the company's...

Merit awards for two great union members | Nov 27, 2007
Eric Robinson and George Robertson were presented with Gold and Silver Merit awards (respectively) a...

The Truth about Nuclear Energy - AMWU Film Screening | Nov 19, 2007
In Canberra in October, the AMWU contribution to Safety Week brought a special documentary screening...

OHS reps and union right of entry introduced in new NT OHS Act | Nov 16, 2007
In November, the Northern Territory Government passed new OHS legislation that brings the NT more in...

`Unfinished business’ a focus at Victorian H&S Reps conference | Nov 16, 2007
Over 150 AMWU health and safety representatives joined 1,200 from other unions in attending the annu...

Delegates raise RTW issues with Minister at NSW H&S conference | Nov 11, 2007
Over 150 AMWU Health and Safety committee members, reps and union delegates attended the NSW Annual ...

Big win in bullying case | Nov 11, 2007
An AMWU campaign supporting four members from the northern territory public service in their claims ...

Mesothelioma treatment at last on PBS | Nov 11, 2007
The union and asbestos groups campaign to get equal access to the cancer drug Alimta for mesotheliom...

South Australian H&S Reps at Holden focus on RSI | Nov 11, 2007
In a first for the AMWU South Australian Branch, AMWU Health and Safety coordinator Alan Sibbons, fa...

WorkChoices gatecrashes Cochlear AGM | Oct 25, 2007
Cochlear shareholders and board members got a dose of workers’ rights this week as workers fro...

`Dumbed Down` Apprenticeships Failing Young Workers | Mar 21, 2007
Skilled Trades workers from across Australia have gathered in Adelaide for the Australian Apprentice...

WorkChoice Legislation Rejected by Albury-Wodonga | Dec 20, 2006
The government's decision to hold one of the shortest ever Senate Inquiries into its 'WorkChoices' b...

Greg Combet`s Speech to the National Day of Community Protest | Nov 15, 2005
Greg Combet, ACTU Secretary, addresses union members and the community on the campaign to protect wo...