AMWU welcomes Federal Government announcement on Australian-made offshore wind farm zones
AUGUST 5, 2022 – Minister for Climate Change Chris Bowen today made the following announcement: “The next zone that I intend and expect to be consulting on is offshore wind in the Pacific region off the Hunter Valley in New South Wales, and then off the Illawarra, the Pacific Ocean region of Portland in Victoria… and Bunbury, of course, […]
AMWU welcomes NSW Government Procurement Announcements
3 SEPTEMBER 2024 – The AMWU welcomes today’s announcement around local content and procurement measures introduced by the NSW Government to support local jobs and businesses, as “a step in the right direction for manufacturing workers in the state”.The Minister for Domestic Manufacturing and Government Procurement Courtney Houssos will direct the NSW Procurement Board to […]
Tamworth QantasLink workers not re-Joyceing about below industry wages
Qantas Group is choosing to pay contractors more than double what they’re paying their own aircraft maintenance staff in Tamworth, with the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union NSW & ACT branch (AMWU) calling on the company to get back to the bargaining table with a fair wage offer for workers.QantasLink Tamworth aircraft maintenance workers are currently […]
Unions applaud NSW Labor’s commitment to make public transport here
16 October 2022 – The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) and the Rail, Tram, and Bus Union (RTBU) welcome the announcement from NSW Labor leader Chris Minns that Labor is committed to building trains, buses, ferries, and trams in NSW.For over a decade now, the NSW Liberal government has chosen the overseas-made option for every transport infrastructure purchase. […]
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