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March 11, 2016
Shipbuilding workers in Spain are celebrating after the Turnbull Government announced it would build two supply ships valued at $2billion overseas rather than in Australia. It is estimated that the contract would create 3000 Spanish jobs.
March 11, 2016
The Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union ("AMWU") has blasted Clive Palmer for treating workers like "play things" as the Queensland Nickel saga took a turn for the worse today.
March 04, 2016
The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union’s (AMWU) has condemned the Turnbull government’s savage cuts to support for Australian apprentices which has seen enrolments continue to nosedive.
February 25, 2016
The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) welcomes the Federal Government’s decision to implement its pre-election promise to build 12 submarines to secure Australia’s future defence but remains deeply concerned about Malcolm Turnbull’s failure to announce a local build for the $50 billion submarine project.
February 12, 2016
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has been labeled the Grim Reaper of Australian shipbuilding jobs as a second shipyard nears closure in the space of a fortnight.
February 03, 2016
The Forgacs Shipyard in the Hunter is now desolate after 150 workers were marched off the site yesterday in a cruel blow for the shipbuilding industry and the region.
January 22, 2016
The Federal Government’s plan to reform naval shipbuilding and begin a continuous build program is being placed at risk by the scale of job losses in the industry, with more jobs lost at ASC in Adelaide.
November 17, 2015
Press Conference 9:20am Front of Adelaide Convention Centre (North Terrace, Adelaide)
November 13, 2015
SHIPBUILDING RALLY 1:30PM WORKERS WILL MEET AT THE OFFICE OF MICHAELIA CASH (44 OUTRAM STREET PERTH) FOLLOWED BY A MARCH TO PARLIAMENT HOUSE
November 13, 2015
Australia’s shipbuilders and the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union have been warning for more than two years that jobs in the industry would be on the line unless new naval shipbuilding orders were brought forward. But the Federal Government has refused to listen.
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