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September 05, 2024
5 SEPTEMBER 2024 - The AMWU is pleased to support today’s announcement of a $53.95 million joint commitment from the Federal and State Governments to establish a TAFE NSW Advanced Manufacturing Centre of Excellence at the Wetherill Park TAFE Campus.
September 03, 2024
3 SEPTEMBER 2024 - The AMWU welcomes today’s announcement around local content and procurement measures introduced by the NSW Government to support local jobs and businesses, as “a step in the right direction for manufacturing workers in the state”.
August 24, 2024
23 AUGUST 2024 - Maintenance workers on the new Sydney Metro service will be forced to take protected industrial action from this weekend, following private contracting company Alstom’s refusal to provide reasonable wage increases, industry standard allowances and nationally recognised classifications.
August 08, 2024
8 AUGUST 2024 - The AMWU has expressed disappointment at yesterday’s shock announcement of the closure of the QantasLink Tamworth Airport maintenance facility. This closure is likely to see the cutting of 41 permanent jobs and 10 contract roles.
February 21, 2024
19 FEBRUARY 2024 - Department of Parliamentary Services (DPS) AMWU members are undertaking protected industrial action at Parliament House in response to senior management's refusal to address pay disparities and rebuild the core capability of DPS trade staff.
September 28, 2023
Qantas Group is choosing to pay contractors more than double what they’re paying their own aircraft maintenance staff in Tamworth, with the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union NSW & ACT branch (AMWU) calling on the company to get back to the bargaining table with a fair wage offer for workers.
May 03, 2023
03 MAY 2023 – Maintenance workers at Tomago Aluminium’s smelter in the Hunter Valley have endorsed the right to exercise industrial action in support of their wage and conditions claims in a new enterprise agreement.
October 19, 2022
16 October 2022 – The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) and the Rail, Tram, and Bus Union (RTBU) welcome the announcement from NSW Labor leader Chris Minns that Labor is committed to building trains, buses, ferries, and trams in NSW.
September 24, 2022
The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union, the Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union, and the Electrical Trades Union met with Norco management on Thursday to discuss the company’s plans for its Lismore ice cream factory.
August 05, 2022
AUGUST 5, 2022 – Minister for Climate Change Chris Bowen today made the following announcement: “The next zone that I intend and expect to be consulting on is offshore wind in the Pacific region off the Hunter Valley in New South Wales, and then off the Illawarra, the Pacific Ocean region of Portland in Victoria… and Bunbury, of course, in Western Australia…This is good news for these communities.
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