Gorgon members vote on action over rosters
AMWU members on the nation’s largest LNG project have begun voting on whether to take industrial action after employers refused to meet workers’ demand for rosters which give a proper work-family balance.Fly-In Fly-Out members on Chevron’s Gorgon project in Western Australia have been left with no other option after management refused to properly recognise that […]
Workshop members stand up to family violence
Union members at a major machinery assembly depot have voted up their state’s first family violence leave clause in an automotive workshop.The members at Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics in Victoria pushed for the anti-family violence clause to ensure workplace protection was available for everyone on site, prompting WWL to extend the policy to the office staff […]
UNIONS REJECT ABBOTT GOVERNMENT’S CLAIMS ON PRODUCTIVITY.
Defence Minister Kevin Andrews needs to recognise that productivity has improved at ASC and take the crucial decision to build Australia’s future submarines in Adelaide. The Senate Inquiry into the Future of Naval Shipbuilding will examine issues surrounding productivity on the current Air Warfare Destroyer project, with evidence from shipbuilders, industry experts and the Australian […]
Fresh pay deal a filling meal
Australians’ appetite for fresh, gourmet-style pasta meals has played well for AMWU members who are enjoying a new union agreement on the back of solid growth at a Melbourne food manufacturer. The 14 maintenance workers at General Mills’ who service the machines pumping out delicious pasta meals will be tucking into pay rises of 10.25 per […]
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