Cheap rego, free TAFE for apprentices & young workers
Free TAFE courses From 1 January 2019, 30 TAFE courses and 20 pre-apprenticeship courses will be free under a reelected Andrews Labor Victorian Government. Free TAFE courses will enable more students and young Victorian workers to get the skills and experience you need to get a job. More than ever, the skills we need to build our […]
Fundraising in solidarity for Molly
Friday night saw a great turnout of members, delegates, other unions and supporters coming together to raise money for Molly Osborne.Molly’s father passed away late last year from brain cancer. Molly was 3 years old. Molly’s grandfather is Keith “Ozzy” Osborne, a former AMWU delegate from The Age. To help Molly and her family, in […]
Note Printing Workers Win!
140 AMWU members at Note Printing Australia (NPA) are celebrating after they emerged victorious from their battle to win a fair enterprise agreement. After almost three months of protected action, the workers won: five days of standalone domestic and family violence leave; casual conversion changes including instantaneous conversion to permanent work for some long-term casual […]
Health and Safety Reps revive anti-asbestos campaign
Despite having zero tolerance asbestos laws in Australia the deadly cancer-causing substance remains a major hazard for workers. Our members at CEM International can testify to that. With the dust long having settled on the James Hardy dispute, workers are still being directed to work with, and even machine, imported components containing asbestos that should […]
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