Hawke honoured at AMWU National Conference 2010 | Jul 27, 2010
Ex-Prime Minister Bob Hawke was today presented with an honorary life membership of the AMWU at th...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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

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...

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 ...

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...

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

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...

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...

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.

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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