Thousands of Australian workers will lose our under China Free Trade Agreement
The China-Australia Free Trade Agreement (FTA) signed by Tony Abbott is set to shut out thousands of Western Sydney workers from construction and infrastructure projects. The AMWU is launching radio ads into Western Sydney today. Click here to hear the ads.Under the terms of the FTA signed by Tony Abbott, an overseas Chinese investor with […]
Baird Government’s Transport Plan a Failure
The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) has condemned the $1.1 billion blowout in the cost of replacing Sydney’s inner-city train fleet as the result of the Baird government’s decision to send rail manufacturing contracts overseas.“Not only has the Baird government failed to invest in local manufacturing jobs, this government can’t even get their cheap, imported […]
Blood Tests for Williamtown Workers
A Senate Inquiry into PFOS/PFOA contamination at the Williamtown RAAF base has supported the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) in demanding voluntary blood tests be made available to all past and present workers at the Williamstown RAAF.The recommendation comes after hundreds of workers and local residents raised the alarm about the potential health impacts of […]
AMWU wins the right to represent ResMed employees
The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) welcomes the decision made yesterday in the Fair Work Commission that gives the union the right to represent the manufacturing employees of ResMed Limited.The AMWU, represented by Tony Howell of counsel and its legal officer Lucy Saunders, succeeded in its application for consent to a variation to its eligibility […]
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