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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 wonrsquo;t be paid for a ga...

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 Steelrsquo;s announcement to close its Somer...

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 Gillardrsquo;s moratorium to halt companies reduci...

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 workersrsquo; rights this week as workers from...

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