AMWU to rally in Newcastle against Mike Baird’s transport treachery
The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) will join tomorrow’s rally against Mike Baird’s plan to privatise Newcastle’s public transport. The rally is being organised by the Newcastle Trades Hall and will gather hundreds of workers and community members in Civic Park at midday. “The Baird government, and especially the Transport Minister Andrew Constance, has sold out […]
Steelworks are Fundamental Australian Infrastructure
OPINION BlueScope Steel’s Port Kembla Steelworks is critical to the economic future of the Illawarra, and a fundamental part of Australia’s industrial infrastructure. So much Australian industry has been sent off-shore by hostile governments, technological change, short-sighted management and economic disruption – we can’t afford to lose our steel industry. We should have no illusions about the devastation that […]
Bluescope agreement on track for vote on Monday
The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) says a ballot for a new enterprise agreement at BlueScope’s Port Kembla Steelworks is on track to take place on Monday and Tuesday next week.AMWU NSW Secretary, Tim Ayres, said that the in-principle agreement reached between BlueScope and unions at the Fair Work Commission remains unchanged. “Contrary to […]
AMWU members at Epiroc walk out, prepare for industrial action
13 October, 2022 – Tasmanian AMWU members at Swedish mining equipment manufacturer Epiroc are preparing for a second round of industrial action after walking out of a meeting with the company’s management last week.EBA negotiations have dragged on for more than two and a half years, with Epiroc refusing to give workers in Burnie a yearly […]
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