The CFMEU has marched on the University of Tasmania and demanded it commit to using locally-made products in its new student accommodation.
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Buy Aussie paper: CFMEU
CFMEU pulp and paper workers have met federal parliamentarians, lobbying them to buy locally made paper products.
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Shorten calls for calm in Little Creatures dispute
Workplace relations minister Bill Shorten has requested that contractor TFG Group and unions remain calm as a dispute over work on a Little Creatures brewery site continues.
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Unlawful picketing on Little Creatures site continues
Picketers are continuing to defy a Victorian Supreme Court order, obstructing workers at the Little Creatures brewery site in Geelong.
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RBA cuts interest rates
Yesterday’s interest rate cut has been welcomed by manufacturers.
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Unions, industry to make submissions to anti-dumping review
The CFMEU, Australian Industry Group, and others are pushing for stricter anti-dumping laws, The Australian reports.
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Deregulate labour, boost productivity: Hilmer
The priority for boosting productivity is deregulating the labour market, University of NSW vice-chancellor Fred Hilmer told a Committee for Economic Development of Australia event yesterday.
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AMWU could join strikes over Grocon dispute
Members of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union, part of the Building Industry Group (BIG) of unions, could join a statewide strike over the ongoing dispute between the Victorian CFMEU and builder Grocon.
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