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February 08, 2017
Yesterday, on 7 February 2017, All Trades Queensland Apprentices had another huge win for their wages and conditions!
December 15, 2016
The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) has filed legal proceedings in the Fair Work Commission against Anglo American (Capcoal management) today. The General Protections Application involving dismissal, was filed this afternoon on behalf of workers who were recently made redundant from the German Creek and Lake Lindsay mines.
December 13, 2016
The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) has condemned UGL Kentz Joint Venture’s decision to make 160 people working on the Ichthys Project redundant less than two weeks ahead of Christmas. This week workers were notified that 160 people would be made redundant following last week’s announcement of another 80 redundancies at the Darwin based gas project. The move will see workers and their families left with uncertain futures just before Christmas.
September 02, 2016
Callide Mine AMWU members support Biloela High School Student to attend International Netball Carnival in New Zealand. Adrianne Greenhalgh with AMWU Callide Mine Branch Member Andy Philips After being approached by Adrianne Greenhalgh, a 15 year old Biloela High School seeking sponsorship to compete in the Qld U19 Indigenous Netball Team who were to travel to Fiji in August 2016, the AMWU Callide Mine Branch were only too glad to help and donated a $1000 to assist her. Adrianne, a rising Netball Star who plays for the local Sapphires Team, has been playing netball for many years and had made a number of representative teams including Qld and Australian Indigenous Youth Netball teams playing girls several years older than herself.
August 19, 2016
Queensland-NT Secretary Rohan Webb brought sunshine and a massive boost in confidence to dismissed CUB workers in Melbourne today when he assured them unionists in northern Australia stood “shoulder to shoulder” with them.
August 08, 2016
Last week, The AMWU held it's National Conference in Sydney. One of the major resolutions to come out of this conference was "a new union". This resolution was unanimously endorsed in a push to reaffirm our union's commitment to moving forward as one voice, building bigger capacity, strength and bargaining capacity in light of likely amalgamations in the near future.
June 13, 2016
The AMWU QLD/NT branch welcomes Labor’s announcement concerning the response to perfluorinated chemical contamination at defence sites. Labor Senator and Shadow Minister for Defense Stephen Conroy announced that a Federal Labor Government would establish an intergovernmental taskforce to develop “a nationally consistent approach to contamination” and to develop health guidelines, containment and management standards. The taskforce would have 90 days to put forward recommendations so that the Government can start addressing the issue as quickly as possible.
May 27, 2016
Over the last two days delegates have been working hard representing members at the 2016 Queensland and Northern Territory AMWU State Conference.
May 25, 2016
The Queensland Government is currently developing an “Aerospace 10-year Roadmap”. The Roadmap is designed to set a forward plan for the future of the Aerospace industry with a focus on job growth. Click here to read the AMWU’s submission on the future of Queensland manufacturing.
May 09, 2016
This year, tens of thousands of workers across Queensland and the Northern Territory marched in celebration of the achievements of workers and the Union movement.Check out our video wrap-up of Labour Day 2016 here.
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