RAC Patrols fix up solid new enterprise agreement
They are highly skilled, reliable and resourceful. They are always there when we need them, dedicated to their craft and motorists in need. And now our 80 RAC Patrol members can add sticking together to win a solid new Enterprise Agreement to their bag of tricks, as it was voted up today 51-22 after nine […]
From the State Secretary – October 2016
Over the past couple of months we have seen an escalation in conflict between workers and employers around Australia. In the West we have had a continuation of the Griffin Coal maintenance dispute in Collie, while Alcoa is also now trying to cut jobs and remove secure employment from local South-West and southern metro communities.It’s […]
Alcoa maintenance workers take stand for job security
Last Thursday 500 AMWU members directly employed on Alcoa World’s Western Australian mines and refineries walked off the job in response to the global mining giant’s proposed maintenance Enterprise Agreement. Hundreds of AMWU tradespeople gathered at Pinjarra Oval to discuss the offer before unanimously endorsing a resolution to reject the global multinational’s proposal which would […]
ALS members hold the line to win against hardball lock-out tactics
85 ALS workers have won a decent new agreement after hardball employer tactics wilted in the face of sustained union solidarity last month.Skilled ALS workers perform crucial non-destructive testing, condition monitoring and weld testing on Alcoa industrial infrastructure throughout WA. During 8 months of bargaining the company pushed to strip allowances including travel, which make […]
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