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December 02, 2015
Ship building workers have urged Victoria’s Andrews Government to make sure that the land at Williamstown shipyard be retained as a maritime industry site for the future if BAE closes down all production capacity early next year.
December 02, 2015
The stresses of FIFO lifestyles and inflexible rosters are hitting the workforce of the giant Ichthys-Inpex gas project hard, with a mass meeting of 1000 employees demanding changes from contractors and the Northern Territory Government.
November 27, 2015
Shipbuilding workers are ramping up pressure on the Australian Government to get serious about helping end the slavery of overseas shipbreaking labourers who dismantle the hulks of disused vessels for scrap.
November 26, 2015
OPINION By John Short, AMWU Tasmanian State Secretary
November 19, 2015
Alcoa executives overseeing ruthless cost-cutting had a shock last week when their early morning routine was disrupted by nearly 200 unionists outside the glitzy WA head office giving them a loud reminder on wage justice.
November 19, 2015
The AMWU this week chose Gladstone in Queensland to wheel out our first Community Hub, a membership-based initiative to reach out and give practical help to local causes.
November 19, 2015
Next Wednesday is White Ribbon Day and we’re asking all our male membership to stop and think, then take the pledge to do whatever you can in the cause of ending all violence against women.
November 19, 2015
Union members this week voted up a $200 million rescue package for the Port Kembla steel works which is set to secure Bluescope’s operations in the Illawarra and the future of the region’s workers and economy.
November 13, 2015
Hundreds of shipbuilders, their families and community supporters joined rallies in Adelaide and Perth today to urge the Coalition Government to build locally as the industry continues to shed jobs.
November 12, 2015
Employers in future will be forced to think twice before they callously try to throw injured workers on the scrapheap after the AMWU won a landmark damages case for a Victorian member.
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