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September 17, 2015
Big numbers of auto industry workers can look forward to soon regaining their right to Accident Make-Up Pay to fully cover their base wage if they are injured at work, after a recent Fair Work Commission case.
September 17, 2015
The AMWU has continued to power along in the heavy vehicle industry with new union-negotiated agreements at Kenworth and Volvo an encouraging sign of a smooth road ahead.
September 11, 2015
The AMWU’s campaign to highlight serious staffing and skills shortfalls in technical and maintenance support for Australia’s defence forces has been vindicated.
September 11, 2015
Hundreds of concerned workers from across the mailing, print and postal industries rallied outside Australia Post Headquarters in Melbourne’s CBD on Wednesday.
August 28, 2015
AMWU members at the nation’s main supplier of blood products are stepping up protected industrial action as CSL continues a push to drive down their conditions despite its $1.89 billion profit.
August 27, 2015
The industrial clock is counting down at Gorgon after 94 per cent of workers voted up protected action to gain family friendly rosters on Australia’s biggest resource project.
August 27, 2015
The AMWU is backing maintenance members in outback NSW who are so frustrated at a two-year wage drought that they voted for industrial action that could potentially cut off the water.
August 18, 2015
AMWU members at the Heinz factory in Victoria are looking forward to a “baby bonus” after the company decided to meet booming demand for its infant food products by putting on more permanent workers and adding weekend shifts.
August 18, 2015
AMWU members at McCain’s in Tasmania are planning industrial action, which may begin within days. They are campaigning against the company’s strategy of trying to wind back their conditions and take-home-pay.
August 17, 2015
Paul Bastian - National Secretary It’s now clear that the Abbott Government must immediately disband its Royal Commission into Trade Unions, after revelations that Commissioner Justice Dyson Heydon has continued to dally with the Liberal Party.
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