TAFE, tools, training – apprentices speak up
AMWU members Aaron Sawka and Brian Turner know first hand just how much Labor’s promised funding boost to TAFE is needed by apprentices.They were at work at ACTION buses in Canberra last week when Labor leader Bill Shorten turned up to announce the funding guarantee, welcomed by our union. Brian and Aaron are typical of […]
Sheeties’ vote sets up action
Strike action is likely to disrupt construction projects across Sydney within days after AMWU sheet metal workers voted overwhelmingly this week to take protected industrial action.Feelings were strong among the AMWU members who gathered at two sessions at Sydney’s Trades Hall over the refusal of NSW employers to give them pay equity with sheeties doing […]
China deal trades away jobs, rights
The AMWU is strongly opposed to the signing of the China Free Trade Agreement (FTA) this week, with potentially huge hits to manufacturing jobs and to all workers and taxpayers.Under the FTA, Chinese corporations can bring in entire workforces if they make a 15% investment on projects worth as little as $150 million, under “Investment […]
$450K super win at brewery
A group of AMWU members who help keep the beer flowing have topped up their superannuation by up to $28,000 after discovering their employer had been underpaying it for years.The maintenance fitters at Carlton and United Breweries sought union help after suspecting they had been short-changed by their employer ABB for the past four years. […]
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