AMWU CALLS FOR MULTI-EMPLOYER BARGAINING, REDUCED WORKING WEEK
August 31, 2022 – The AMWU is calling on the federal government to support a raft of workplace changes at the upcoming Jobs and Skills Summit, including multi-employer bargaining, a reduced working week for manufacturing workers, and lowering the manufacturing industry retirement age from 67 to 65.Multi-employer bargaining will help address some of the most serious problems Australian manufacturing workers face, such as exploitation, […]
Workplace laws need overhaul to get rid of free riding
11 JANUARY 2023 – The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) has called for an overhaul of workplace laws to encourage union membership, give union delegates and organisers greater powers, and increase workplace protections for union members.With the return of multi-employer bargaining, the need to recognise the work unions do in lifting wages and improving conditions for all […]
SYDNEY TRAINS WORKERS DEMAND 20 DAYS OF PAID FAMILY AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LEAVE
APRIL 28, 2022 – Members of the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) at Sydney Trains have been calling on management to support their claim for 20 days of paid family and domestic violence leave.This leave is an essential provision of the enterprise agreement that union members have been negotiating over for months now. AMWU members now have […]
Energy supply incentives must not become Qantas-style corporate handout
13 DECEMBER 2022 – The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union has urged the Albanese Government that its proposed supply incentives to energy companies must benefit workers and not become a Qantas-style corporate handout to highly-paid coal, oil and gas CEOs.While the Government’s action on energy prices is welcome, reports that up to $500 million will be set […]
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