ASC takes action for a fair deal
AMWU members at ASC (both Submarine Sustainment and Shipbuilding) have been negotiating with the company for their new EBA. After talks broke down, members have entered a campaign of industrial action. The impasse in negotiations has occurred as a result of the Federal Coalition Government having unprecedented intervention in the bargaining process. The Government is the […]
Iplex Enterprise Agreement delivers securit
Members at the Iplex Factory in Elizabeth have just signed off on a new two year agreement, which gives workers security around hours of work, conditions and a wage increase of 2% per annum.This great result is testament to the members and delegates on site, who manufacture plastic pipes, down pipes and gutter pipes – […]
$1 Billion Rail Manufacturing Pipeline for Maryborough
Working together with the Palaszczuk Government we’ve delivered a $1 billion pipeline of work for Maryborough. Under Campbell Newman, our trains were manufactured in India. The Palaszczuk Government brought them home, with the repair and refit of these non-compliant foreign trains being done in Queensland. Today the Palaszczuk Government announced an expanded manufacturing footprint in […]
Another road-block put up by All Trades Queensland
On Wednesday, All Trades Queensland (ATQ) along with the Queensland Master Builders Association (MBA) and the Housing Industry Association (HIA) filed an appeal in the Federal Court of Australia in relation to this month’s earlier decision by the Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission.The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) is angered, but not surprirsed […]
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