Chocolate Workers Cross over Hanson’s Easter Egg Crack
High-profile Federal politician Pauline Hanson was earlier this year left with Easter egg on her face after calling for a boycott on Cadbury chocolate.Earlier this year, with Easter approaching, Senator Hanson made national headlines when she posted a message on her Facebook page encouraging consumers to bypass Australian Cadbury eggs and to hunt for Swiss-made […]
Union to keep fighting for BAE members
The AMWU will be fighting back to ensure shipbuilding can stay in Australia and stay at Williamstown, after the company’s decision this week not to tender for 21 new Pacific patrol boats. Grey day: AMWU organiser Colin Muir brings members at Williamstown up to date on the day of the decision. The decision was seen […]
Shipbuilding pressure builds on Coalition MPs
The success of last week’s National Shipbuilding Day of Action has been immediate with Federal Government MPs eager to meet our members and officials for in-depth talks.Rallies of shipbuilders and their families nationwide rammed home to message to Coalition MPs that their communities could not afford the loss of jobs as shipyards in the Hunter […]
Labor Urged to Stop Dodgy Trade Deals
The AMWU has joined a community and unions rally outside the opening day of ALP National Conference to highlight the destructive impact to Australian jobs of a swathe of free trade deals.Union officials and members grabbed the attention of arriving delegates over the failure of trade deal with China, Korea, Japan and the upcoming Trans […]
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