Morrison’s travel sweetener doesn’t fly for workers
MARCH 11, 2021 – The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (the AMWU) says a Morrison Government discount flight offer to try and sweeten cutting Job Keeper payments for aviation workers is insulting and will leave them stranded and unable to make ends meet.Aviation workers won’t be able to afford to pay their mortgages, rent, bills, or put […]
APPRENTICES URGE CASH TO KEEP THEM ON THE TOOLS
DECEMBER 9, 2020 – Apprentices working across Australia are in Canberra to urge Employment and Skills Minister Michaelia Cash to drop a plan to remove the mandatory workplace practice component from engineering trade qualifications.The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) and apprentices have warned that apprenticeships as we know them are under attack. Minister Cash wrote to […]
Labor’s secure jobs announcement supports manufacturing
FEBRUARY 11, 2021 – The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) supports a pledge by Labor Opposition leader Anthony Albanese to create secure jobs and prioritise Australian manufacturing. The AMWU have fought hard for the portability of entitlements including long service leave, same job same pay provisions, a clear and fair definition of casual work, and using […]
Morrison Govt needs to step up to save renewables jobs
MARCH 24, 2021 – The Morrison Government has failed workers from one of Australia’s leading wind tower manufacturers in a deal it struck with Danish company Vestas to build Ryan Corner wind farm in Victoria. The Morrison Government has failed workers from one of Australia’s leading wind tower manufacturers in a deal it struck with Danish company […]
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