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October 21, 2021
OCTOBER 21, 2021 – The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union are celebrating the announcement 65 new trains will be built at a new train manufacturing facility at Torbanlea, 25 kilometres north-west of Maryborough creating up to 800 new jobs and securing thousands more jobs across regional supply chains in Queensland.
October 13, 2021
OCTOBER 13, 2021 – A proposal to abolish a workplace exposure standard (WES) for welding fumes will leave workers at greater risk of exposure to the unknown deadly cocktail of welding fumes.
October 07, 2021
OCTOBER 7, 2021 – Cadbury workers at Ringwood will take 24-hour strike action again this Friday in their call for secure jobs, better pay and improved conditions. The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) say nearly 300 Cadbury workers at one Cadbury site in Melbourne will take strike action again after the company continues to refuse to covert workers to permanent roles (some for as long as ten years).
September 16, 2021
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021 – The tripartite nuclear-powered submarine deal raises critical questions for Australia’s shipbuilding industry, the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) say.
September 16, 2021
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021 – Cadbury workers across two sites in Melbourne will take strike action in a call for secure jobs, and better pay and conditions.
September 13, 2021
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021 – Workers across the manufacturing industry – food, print, vehicle, manufacturing, and construction - will now have to wait at least a year to convert from casual employment to permanent work after a Fair Work Commission decision.
September 02, 2021
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021 – Essential food workers at McCain in Smithton Tasmania have reached an in-principle deal which will bring their wages and conditions in line with McCain workers on the mainland.
August 10, 2021
AUGUST 10, 2021 – SPC have no clear answers to a comprehensive list of questions workers representatives have put to the canned food company over its’ demand workers be vaccinated by the end of October.
August 10, 2021
AUGUST 10, 2021 – Workers found to be unlawfully locked out of McCain Foods in Tasmania last Thursday should be paid immediately by the corporate multinational.
August 06, 2021
AUGUST 6, 2021 – Essential food workers at McCain Foods in Tasmania were unlawfully locked out, an Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) appeal at the Fair Work Commission has found.
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