The ACTU, AMWU and other union bodies have said the China FTA, signed yesterday, could be potentially devastating for local manufacturers.
Read More
Simplot/union agreement gets closer
An agreement between the AMWU and Simplot to vote on wages next week was reached yesterday.
Read More
Read More
Police called over AMWU “preventing and slowing traffic” at Pinjarra refinery
Police have been called to Alcoa’s Pinjarra refinery over claims the AMWU is trying to disturb operations and obstruct traffic trying to enter the site.
Read More
Read More
Petition urges NSW government to support Hunter manufacturing
The NSW opposition has tabled a petition in Parliament containing 12,000 signatures, expressing concern about the government’s commitment to manufacturing
Read More
Read More
Korean free trade deal would be a boon for beef industry: government
Parliamentary hearings continued this week into the Korea-Australia Free Trade Agreement (KAFTA).
Read More
Read More
BlueScope to cut Port Kembla jobs: AMWU
The AMWU has claimed that BlueScope Steel is planning to cut over 80 jobs at its Port Kembla operations.
Read More
Read More
Up to 160 Technical Centre jobs to go at Toyota
Toyota has said an extra 160 jobs at its Victorian technical centre could end as the company prepares to end manufacturing in Australia 2017.
Read More
Read More
Federal assistance announcement for auto industry made
The federal government announced an expanded, $155 million automotive assistance program yesterday.
Read More
Read More
Boeing to cut 300 staff at Port Melbourne
Boeing has announced it will shed up to 300 jobs at its Port Melbourne site.
Read More
Read More
AMWU to rally at Liberal HQ, demand action on Holden
As many as 1,000 workers are expected to march on Liberal Party headquarters in Melbourne to demand urgent federal government action to save Holden.
Read More
Read More
Union to rally at first car industry hearing in Adelaide today
Members of the AMWU are planning to hold a rally outside the Productivity Commission hearings into the car industry in Adelaide today.
Read More
Read More
Caterpillar cut 70 jobs at Burnie
Caterpillar Underground Mining has cut 70 workers from its manufacturing facility in Burnie, Tasmania.
Read More
Read More
BMW boss’s comments on Holden demise criticised
John Camillo, the South Australian secretary of the AMWU, has spoken out against recent comments by BMW Australia's Phil Horton that GM Holden was certain to end its car making in Australia.
Read More
Read More
Holden vote could change industrial relations climate: ACCI
The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry has said that yesterday’s decision by Holden workers to accept revised employment conditions could set a precedent.
Read More
Read More
Holden workers vote in favour of wages freeze
A ballot on changed employment conditions including a three-year wages freeze has been accepted by Holden workers.
Read More
Read More
Voting underway to save Holden through workplace savings measures
Voting has begun on proposed changes to workplace arrangements for 1,700 workers at Holden’s Elizabeth factory, with the AMWU claiming that a “no” vote would see the company end its manufacturing operations in Australia in 2016.
Read More
Read More
AMWU employees divided over Holden EBA vote next week
Following the ACTU’s public endorsement of changes to Holden workers’ enterprise bargaining agreement conditions, only half of the company’s unionised workers are behind the savings measures.
Read More
Read More
400 workers leave Holden today as AMWU negotiations enter “pointy end”
Four hundred workers at Holden’s Elizabeth plant are going to work for the last time today, as the AMWU has revealed that 85 per cent of workers will refuse pay cuts that the company has said are necessary to remain viable.
Read More
Read More
SA manufacturing minister: Holden leaving before 2014 “not some idle threat”
South Australia’s manufacturing minister Tom Kenyon has said he has genuine concerns for GM Holden’s future in Australia, as the car maker pushes for further funding to secure an upgrade of its Elizabeth plant.
Read More
Read More
SA Holden workers to meet with AMWU regarding company’s future
The AMWU will hold three meetings on Monday and Tuesday with Holden workers after their shifts end, with the number of those applying for voluntary redundancy exceeding the number of redundancies offered.
Read More
Read More