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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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 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...

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 ...

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...

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...

$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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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...

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, ...

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...