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 act...

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

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 Wor...

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

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 add...

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 Governmentrsquo;s 4.8 billion payments to pensioners ...

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 solidar...

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 workersrsquo; battle for a union collective agreement has taken them to Canberra, where a d...

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 after t...

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 Newspaperrsquo;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 Magistratesrsquo; Court in Victoria fined Lakeside Packaging 100,000 for seven brea...

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 commit...

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 Toyotarsquo;s announcement this week that production of a new hybrid four-cyli...

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 Melbournersquo;s Fishermanrsquo;s Bend due to...

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
Australiarsquo;s auto and component industry is in need of a new plan for the next decade if the ind...

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