Saputo Dairy Workers Strike For Mainland Wage Rates, Tasmania No Longer The Poor Cousin
23 April 2024 Tasmanian workers are calling for fairness as dozens of Saputo Dairy operators will walk off the job at the processor’s Burnie site in North-West Tasmania on Tuesday 23 April.Saputo workers are the latest in a tranche of workers in Tasmania fighting for industry rates of pay and mainland wages. Tasmanians are no […]
Correction on misreporting of a ‘deal’ with Whyalla Steelworks
8 May 2024 – The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) is seeking to correct allegations made across various media outlets around the circumstances surrounding the shutdown at Whyalla Steelworks. In April, Whyalla Steelworks informed staff that they were considering running the furnace to reduced output – a process that has resulted in the furnace falling […]
Ship Senate Hearings Destroy Abbott’s Foreign Fancy
The Abbott Government’s case for sending the building of our navy warships offshore has been blown out of the water by damning expert evidence at Senate Committee hearings in three states. The union congratulates shipbuilding members for the many months of hard work they have put in to get to this point. Join the campaign […]
Local Jobs Cut from Train Tender
Job creation under Victoria’s Napthine Government looks to have suffered another blow with a local Ballarat train manufacturer cut out of the tender for 25 of the state’s new passenger trains.Alstom was told its bid to outfit the new trains at its Ballarat workshops was unsuccessful, despite its potential to create 25 new jobs on […]
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