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February 16, 2018
Qualified Sheet Metal Workers are alerted that work is available and also soon to come online at Darwin's INPEX Ichthys Project. Qualified tradespeople seeking work and available to FIFO to Darwin are encouraged to apply.
February 12, 2018
Today in Sydney and Melbourne Australia, hundreds of unionists joined the ITCU International day of action rallied in support of jailed Korean trade union leader Han Sang-gyun.
January 25, 2018
The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) is concerned that the Turnbull Government’s latest Trans Pacific trade deal will sacrifice Australian sovereignty, bringing us closer to having the status of a ‘Third-world economy’.
January 22, 2018
Australia’s richest individuals recently gathered for the KPMG Couta Boat Classic in Victoria. The event has become an annual litmus test for what leading CEOs are prioritising for the following year. Last year’s classic was headlined by JB Hi-Fi CEO, Richard Murray, stating that the abolition of weekend penalty rates would be a priority for corporate Australia in 2017. Unsurprisingly, 700,000 retail and hospitality workers last year copped the biggest pay cut since the Great Depression when the Fair Work Commission stripped away weekend rates in that sector.
January 22, 2018
The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) has strongly welcomed news that GFC Alliance boss Mr Sanjeev Gupta is considering investing in an electric car plant at the Holden site in Elizabeth, South Australia.
December 21, 2017
Orders from the Supreme Court have stipulated that we, the AMWU must post the attached notice. Click here to view/download the notice.
September 21, 2017
The launch of the recently formed group the ‘Parliamentary Friends of Australian Books and Writers’ was held at Parliament House in Canberra last week. Distinguished guests included popular Australian authors and political heavyweights from both sides, including Opposition Leader Bill Shorten, Shadow Foreign Minister Tania Plibersek, and Government MPs Kevin Andrews and Tony Abbott all came to show their support for Australia’s most successful creative industry.
September 15, 2017
The next chapter in Whyalla’s rich history in Steelmaking officially started on the 1st September, with the official handover from Mark Mentha (KordaMentha) to Sanjeev Gupta (Liberty House).
September 08, 2017
A win over payment of a tool allowance turned out to be the catalyst for another win on Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for UGL boilermaker/welders at Alcoa alumina refineries in Western Australia.
August 25, 2017
Tasmanian Branch President Ian “Edna” Drake has dedicated his life to the cause of the worker. This week the AMWU has celebrated Ian’s service at a special dinner and ceremony for him at his home in the north of Tasmania.
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