Responding to the Prime Minister’s announcement that the Australian government will look at workplace relations reform, a range of industry groups have reportedly outlined what they would like to see
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Industrial unions merging as one militant ‘super’ union
The long-threatened process of merging as one militant ‘super’ union by the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, Maritime Union of Australia and Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union of
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Employers blame unions for rising wage costs
Employers claim the cost of manufacturing on coal mining projects in north Queensland is spiking up to 10 per cent a year as the unions are exploiting the existing industrial relations system to increase wages.
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Mass strike hits BlueScope.
Three steelworkers’ unions have declared a collective strike on BlueScope Steel.
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BlueScope workers threaten strike
BlueScope staff will walk off the job next week unless a workplace agreement is made.
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Jobs go at auto components manufacturers
Workers at ACL Bearing in Tasmania and APV Automotive Components in Melbourne will be losing their jobs within weeks.
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Apprentice wages insufficient to live on
While the pay for an apprentice in Australia varies by industry, there’s a strong case to be made that the average wage for this working segment is not enough to live on.
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CSL faces second strike
Workers at blood and vaccine manufacturer CSL are threatening more industrial action over pay and conditions.
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Choose Australia for submarines, union pleads with government
Australia’s peak manufacturing workers union is calling on the government to honour its plans to build the next generation of Australian Defence Force (ADF) submarines in Australia.
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‘Oh what a feeling’ for Toyota workers escorted off the premises
The way Toyota carried out 350 redundancies earlier this week has been called ‘appalling’, with the car-maker hiring security guards to escort the sacked workers offsite in case they resisted their fate.
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Union agreement details pay rise conditions for Holden workers
Workers at Australian automotive manufacturing giant, Holden, can now gain access to the details of a new ‘collective agreement’ that will see their wages rise by up to 22.2% over the next three years.
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