Live News Feed: The Australian Workers' Union
Fire reminder of mining safety risks
The Australian Workers’ Union was relieved to see all 54 miners at the WA Goldfields Kanowna Belle Gold Mine safely rescued last night after being trapped underground for over six hours.
25 October 2007 [Read More]
200 jobs to go at Alcoa
The loss of nearly 200 jobs at Alcoa over the next year underlines the Federal Government’s neglect of industry policy, the Australian Workers’ Union says.
27 September 2007 [Read More]
Remember Workers As Well As Horses
The Australian Workers' Union is calling on the Federal Government and the racing industry to set up an emergency fund for workers suffering extreme financial hardship if the equine flu racing bans are extended beyond a few days.
27 August 2007 [Read More]
Tristar Worker Sacked 4 Speaking Out
Marty Peek, a worker at Tristar for 35 years, was sacked on Friday because Tristar bosses didn’t like him telling media the truth about the conditions at the company.
01 April 2007 [Read More]
AWU National Conference
More than 250 Australian Workers' Union delegates are to debate the key economic and environmental issues confronting Australia at the AWU's 2007 Biennial National Conference.
09 February 2007 [Read More]
Insurance win for Tassie Jockeys
Tasmanian jockeys will decide on Tuesday whether to accept an interim coverage offer by the Tasmanian Thoroughbred Racing Council.
02 February 2007 [Read More]
BHP Blocks Investigation into Death
AWU National President & Queensland Secretary Bill Ludwig has condemned BHP Billiton’s refusal to allow a full independent occupational, health and safety investigation following the death of 19 year old miner, Daniel Hensler, at BHP Billiton’s Cannington Mine located east of Mt. Isa in December 2006.
03 January 2007 [Read More]
Qantas Owners must guarantee jobs
AWU National Secretary Bill Shorten is calling on the new owners of Qantas to hold urgent discussions with the Australian Workers' Union and fellow Qantas unions to allay serious concerns held by its workforce.
14 December 2006 [Read More]
AWU Seeks Assurances From Zinifex
The Australian Workers' Union is seeking strong assurances that the proposed new owner of smelters in Port Pirie and Hobart will maintain all existing jobs and continue to negotiate wages and conditions on a collective basis.
12 December 2006 [Read More]
Car Companies Do The Dirty
Holden and Ford had treated loyal, hard-working Australian workers disgracefully by today reneging on their agreement to keep car component factory Ajax operating until next March, the Australian Workers’ Union said.
28 November 2006 [Read More]
Fight against IR law goes up a notch
Today's High Court decision in favour of John Howard's industrial relations power-grab will only strengthen the resolve of the labour movement to fight against the unfair laws, AWU National Secretary Bill Shorten said.
14 November 2006 [Read More]
Spare A Thought For Lot of Jockeys
Australian jockeys deserve a fairer crack of the whip, with many doing it tough despite the racing industry reaping record profits, the Australian Workers' Union said today.
09 November 2006 [Read More]
Ajax workers occupy factory
189 employees of auto component manufacturer Ajax Fasteners in Melbourne’s Eastern Suburbs were stood down at 7 am this morning by the company’s Administrators Price Waterhouse Coopers.
18 August 2006 [Read More]
Fund for Beaconsfield Families
Australians are being encouraged to make donations to a fund established to support the family members of the three men trapped underground in the Beaconsfield mine.
29 April 2006 [Read More]
$25,000 Donation for Cyclone Victims
The Australian Workers’ Union National Secretary Bill Shorten and National President Bill Ludwig will today present a $25,000 donation to the victims of Cyclone Larry in far northern Queensland.
17 April 2006 [Read More]
Campaign to save Qantas jobs
Qantas maintenance workers at Melbourne Airport will meet today as a part of their campaign against Qantas outsourcing their jobs to Asia.
28 February 2006 [Read More]
Public backs Qantas jobs campaign
The Australian Workers’ Union has welcomed the release of polling conducted by Roy Morgan Research and commissioned by the AWU which shows that 87 per cent of Australians want Qantas to keep their maintenance facilities in Australia and that 86 per cent of Australians support unions campaigning to keep those jobs in Australia.
26 February 2006 [Read More]
262 Day Strike Set to Finish
The Australian Workers’ Union National Secretary Bill Shorten has welcomed the release of the report of the NSW Industrial Relations Commission inquiry into the 262 day strike by Boeing employees who maintain the Airforce’s F/A-18 Hornet jets at the Williamtown RAAF base near Newcastle.
17 February 2006 [Read More]
Boeing Urged To Answer New Year Wish
Twenty-seven Newcastle aircraft maintenance engineers are calling on their employer Boeing to start the New Year on a positive note by making the compromise needed to end the 215-day industrial dispute.
31 December 2005 [Read More]
Boeing dispute enters 200th day
Boeing maintenance engineers in Williamtown, Newcastle marked their 200th day on the picket line Today.
17 December 2005 [Read More]
TV Ads to Highlight Boeing Dispute
NSW Minister for Industrial Relations John Della Bosca has announced a new television campaign highlighting the plight of striking Hunter Valley Boeing Workers and their families will be aired from today.
21 November 2005 [Read More]
Aussie Workers Sidelined
Global Oil Giant ChevronTexaco has contracted cheap Russian Labour to begin work today on the world’s largest Liquefied Natural Gas project located of the coast of Western Australia.
21 September 2005 [Read More]
Boeing Running Scared
Boeing was running scared from its claim that the majority of its Newcastle maintenance engineers supported individual contracts, the Australian Workers’ Union said today.
16 September 2005 [Read More]
Boeing Workers Seek Vote
The 29 maintenance engineers locked in an industrial dispute for 100 days with their employer Boeing have voted to seek a secret ballot to determine support for a collective agreement.
09 September 2005 [Read More]
100 Days still waiting for a Fair Go
Boeing workers will mark their 100th day of being denied the right to choose a collective agreement at a rally outside the office of a Howard Government MP, near Newcastle today.
09 September 2005 [Read More]
Is Boeing creating a defence risk?
Boeing’s refusal to negotiate with its trained engineers whose job is to maintain Australia’s FA18 Hornet fighter jets risks seriously compromising Australia’s defence readiness, the Australian Workers’ Union warns
04 September 2005 [Read More]
Racetrack Workers Record Win
Ground staff at Sandown and Caulfield racetracks have maintained their job security and won a 13.5% pay increase in the wake of legal industrial action yesterday.
14 July 2005 [Read More]
Carr supports Boeing workers
AWU mechanical engineers stood down for nearly three weeks in a dispute over individual contracts have welcomed a visit by NSW Premier Bob Carr this morning.
20 June 2005 [Read More]
RAAF Jets Hit in new IR row
Maintenance workers on the RAAF’s FA-18 Hornet jet fighter fleet have been stood down indefinitely today in a dispute over individual contracts that shows the danger of the Howard Government’s new industrial laws, The Australian Workers Union said.
01 June 2005 [Read More]
Howard shafts battlers with sackings
John Howard has deserted a significant part of his popular support base by destroying industrial relations laws protecting working people as announced today, the AWU said.
26 May 2005 [Read More]
RAAF lockout shows Howard danger
The repeated standing down of maintenance workers on the RAAF’s FA-18 Hornet jet fighter fleet showed the danger of the Howard Government’s industrial legislation being considered by Federal Cabinet today, The Australian Workers Union said.
23 May 2005 [Read More]
Boeing stands down RAAF jet workers
Australian Workers’ Union maintenance workers on the RAAF’s FA-18 Hornet jet fighters have been stood down by the Boeing company in a dispute over individual contracts.
19 May 2005 [Read More]
Appeal to PM to stop pay cuts
A group of New South Wales steelworkers are battling for the freedom to choose a union work agreement instead of individual contracts in a dispute which the AWU says highlights how the Howard Government’s new industrial laws will cut people’s wages and conditions.
17 May 2005 [Read More]
Call for ASIC, legal action over Ion
The Australian Workers’ Union (AWU) is calling for legal action and ASIC prosecutions over the collapse of automotive parts maker Ion Ltd.
06 May 2005 [Read More]
Boeing contracts going. . .gone?
RAAF aircraft mechanical engineers will stop work at Boeing’s maintenance plant on the Williamtown Air Base near Newcastle in New South Wales tomorrow (Wednesday May 4) to seek a collective work agreement instead of individual contracts being imposed by the aerospace multinational.
03 May 2005 [Read More]
AWU steps up Alcoa permanency push
The Australian Workers' Union has stepped up its push to increase the level of permanency at an Alcoa mine nursery in Western Australia after the outsourcing of several casual positions.
22 April 2005 [Read More]
Sacking case AWAs bite the dust
Dozens of controversial non-union agreements have been cancelled at a Victorian mushroom farm after court action by the Australian Workers’ Union (AWU) revealed that workers were forced to sign the individual contracts or get the sack.
19 April 2005 [Read More]
Fires show need for more staff
The Victorian Government should immediately improve staffing levels and extend the controlled burning season to help prevent further blazes like those at Wilsons Promontory and the Dunmore State Forest, the Australian Workers’ Union said.
11 April 2005 [Read More]
Funds for racing safety project
The Australian Workers’ Union has welcomed the Victorian Government’s launch today (Sunday April 3)of a safety taskforce into the horse racing industry.
03 April 2005 [Read More]
Ion job losses spark law reform call
The Australian Workers' Union (AWU) is calling for corporate law reforms to protect workers from company failures after the loss of 400 jobs from the failed Ion auto parts plant at Wingfield in South Australia.
30 March 2005 [Read More]
400 jobs to go at Ion plant
The Australian Workers’ Union (AWU) renewed its criticism of the former management of the failed Ion Ltd group today after administrators announced 400 job losses from the closure of its Wingfield auto parts plant in Adelaide.
29 March 2005 [Read More]
AIRC upholds union rights
The Australian Workers’ Union welcomed today’s decision by a full bench of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission to include union rights in Enterprise Bargaining Agreements (EBAs).
18 March 2005 [Read More]
Mitcham Frankston win for workers
Workers on the Mitcham Frankston project will benefit from better wages and conditions under a collective agreement negotiated between the Thiess John Holland joint venture and The Australian Workers' Union.
18 March 2005 [Read More]
AWU & VECCI unite for Port Phillip
Victoria's leading employer group and the Australian Workers’ Union have joined forces to support the channel deepening project in Port Phillip Bay.
15 March 2005 [Read More]
AWU safety ban stops steeplechase
Today’s (Wednesday March 9) steeplechase horse race at Melbourne’s Sandown racecourse has been cancelled after The Australian Workers’ Union began a safety ban on the use of outdated track equipment.
09 March 2005 [Read More]
AWU backs collective bargaining win
The Australian Workers’ Union (AWU) welcomed today’s landmark decision by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to give collective bargaining rights to Victorian chicken growers.
03 March 2005 [Read More]
Growers face AWU legal action
Some fruit growers face legal action as The Australian Workers’ Union follows up on its organising blitz for fruit pickers in northern Victoria over the next two weeks (Feb 28-Mar 10).
01 March 2005 [Read More]
Sacked mums in court over AWAs
A group of mothers today will launch a court challenge against their sackings from a Victorian mushroom farm after they refused to sign up to a 25% pay cut under the Federal Government’s individual contracts, Australian Workplace Agreements (AWAs).
22 February 2005 [Read More]
Netball stars join AWU
Australia’s top netball stars have joined the country’s oldest trade union, The Australian Workers’ Union (AWU), in a new alliance to improve the incomes and health and safety conditions of netball players.
14 February 2005 [Read More]
AWU to claim new training rights
08 February 2005 [Read More]
AWU targets Howard's IR laws
One of Australia’s largest unions will develop its attack on the Federal Government’s planned new industrial laws at its biennial conference in Queensland this week.
07 February 2005 [Read More]
Esso contractors win family rosters
Construction contractors across Esso’s oil and gas fields in Bass Strait today won the right to keep their 7-day rosters in a breakthrough agreement with construction contractor Kellogg Brown and Root.
01 February 2005 [Read More]
Fair go blitz for farm workers
The Australian Workers’ Union is stepping up its campaign to stamp out exploitation of fruit and vegetable pickers working on farms in northern Victoria.
24 January 2005 [Read More]
AWU back in the Goldfields
The Australian Workers’ Union is opening a new office in Kalgoorlie, six years after its’ last office closed in the West Australian mining district.
18 January 2005 [Read More]
Workers give $100,000 in tsunami aid
A group of workers from Geelong in Victoria are giving $100,000 to help victims of the Tsunami disaster in Indian Ocean countries
10 January 2005 [Read More]
Workers' help for tsunami victims
The Australian Workers’ Union is encouraging members to contribute to emergency appeals for victims of the tsunamis disaster in Indian Ocean nations.
01 January 2005 [Read More]
PM should stop immigrant worker plan
The Australian Government should stop a plan to import thousands of Chinese workers to pick fruit in Sunraysia in northern Victoria, the Australian Workers’ Union said today.
30 December 2004 [Read More]
Horror Barge's Worst Safety Record
An unprecedented spate of injuries to workers on the barge building the Bayu-Darwin gas pipeline in the Timor Sea requires urgent government action, The Australian Workers’ Union said today.
21 December 2004 [Read More]
ASIC Inquiry Call for Ion Problems
The Australian Workers’ Union is calling for an inquiry by the Australian Securities Investment Commission (ASIC) into the Ion Group of companies that went into administration last week.
13 December 2004 [Read More]
Ion Workers Rally at Creditors Meets
Hundreds of Australian Workers’ Union members from car parts maker Ion will rally in Adelaide tomorrow (Monday December 13) before attending the first Creditors Meeting since the company went into Voluntary Administration.
12 December 2004 [Read More]
AWU move to secure 3000 Ion Jobs
The Australian Workers’ Union is seeking urgent talks to secure 3,000 manufacturing jobs after Ion Ltd went into voluntary administration today.
07 December 2004 [Read More]
70 Jobs, Smorgon Tube Mills Lost
More than 70 steelworkers will lose their jobs as a result of the closure announced today of Smorgon Steel’s Tube Mill plant at Sunshine in Melbourne’s west. The job losses over the next two months come on top of 55 job cuts at the plant in August.
29 November 2004 [Read More]
AWU rejects BlueScope CEO's attack
The major union at BlueScope Steel Ltd today strongly rejected an attack by the company’s CEO on the role of unions in the industry.
25 November 2004 [Read More]
Rams get needle for shearer safety
The Australian Workers’ Union is supporting the medical sedation of oversized sheep during shearing to reduce the risk of back injuries to shearers.
31 October 2004 [Read More]
25km/h speed limit to save workers
Victorian Government authorities have imposed the State’s first 25-kilometre/hour speed limit at a road works site following 18 months of lobbying by The Australian Workers’ Union.
30 October 2004 [Read More]
SA workers meet over furnace fire
Steelworkers from Whyalla in South Australia will meet tomorrow (Friday October 22) to discuss the impact of this week’s fire at OneSteel’s newly re-lined blast furnace.
21 October 2004 [Read More]
BlueScope AGM gets workers' message
An unprecedented number of minority shareholders in BlueScope Steel Ltd have defied company recommendations by voting in favour of resolutions put forward by The Australian Workers’ Union at the company’s Annual General Meeting this week (Tuesday October 19).
21 October 2004 [Read More]
AWU road workers win safety blitz
The Victorian Government today announced a six-month safety blitz on road work sites across the State after months of campaigning by AWU traffic management workers.
05 October 2004 [Read More]
BlueScope under the microscope
BlueScope Steel has become the first target of an Australian Workers’ Union campaign to involve members in debating and improving governance standards at public companies employing AWU members.
25 September 2004 [Read More]
AWU defeats ESSO attack on families
The Australian Workers’ Union has defeated a legal bid by multinational energy giant ESSO to force Bass Strait oil and gas rig workers onto 14-day rosters.
07 September 2004 [Read More]
No More Moombas
Over 200 workers and AWU members from across South Australia will meet this morning to discuss strategies to tackle the contentious issue of preventing incidents at South Australia’s major hazardous facilities.
31 August 2004 [Read More]
Strike against 'greedy BlueScope
More than 500 steel workers at BlueScope’s Western Port operations near Melbourne today voted to go on strike over what they called the company’s “greed” in negotiations for a new enterprise agreement.
30 August 2004 [Read More]
BlueScope profit justifies strike
BlueScope’s record profit of $584 million announced today confirmed workers’ concerns about the company’s unfair superannuation and redundancy policies.
19 August 2004 [Read More]
AWU to improve pay for Vic Workers
The Australian Workers’ Union is planning to introduce up to 30 Federal AWU Awards to Victorian workers after an historic decision by the Australian Industrial Relations Commission yesterday (August 17).
19 August 2004 [Read More]
Bluescope Steel hit by strikes
Bluescope Steel operations in four States are being hit by industrial action by workers demanding fairer redundancy and superannuation policies.
05 August 2004 [Read More]
25% loading spreads to oil drilling
The Australian Workers’ Union has won an increase in casual loadings from 20% to 25% for up to 600 off shore oil drilling workers as part of its push to extend superior conditions to all casual employees.
04 August 2004 [Read More]
Tunnel Death Needs Investigation
The Australian Workers’ Union has today announced that all of its members working on the Cross City Tunnel will not be returning to work indefinitely following the tragic death yesterday afternoon of one of a worker in the tunnel.
30 July 2004 [Read More]
Cars ram equal pay picket at BHP
An Australian Workers' Union picket line was allegedly rammed yesterday by two management cars at BHP Billiton’s remote Yandi iron ore mine in Western Australia’s Pilbara.
27 July 2004 [Read More]
Water works hit by work bans
Irrigation supplies from the Goulburn-Murray Water authority in northern Victoria could be affected by work bans unless an industrial dispute is resolved, The Australian Workers’ Union said today.
14 July 2004 [Read More]
Forgecast rescue call for 130 jobs
The AWU is calling for a restructuring operation to save up to 130 jobs at Forgecast's metal parts factory in Melbourne.
09 July 2004 [Read More]
Aluminium workers debate future
Aluminium workers’ representatives from around Australia will discuss their future under impeding changes including the Kyoto Protocol at an industry conference in Queensland this week.
05 July 2004 [Read More]
Southcorp Slashes 200 jobs
Hundreds of wine industry workers are devastated by Southcorp’s announcement today that it is cutting 200 jobs from packaging plants and wineries in Victoria, New South Wales, and South Australia.
29 June 2004 [Read More]
Electrolux Jobs Campaign
The Australian Workers’ Union will launch a new national campaign to save the jobs of hundreds of Electrolux workers which are under threat in Orange NSW and Adelaide.
17 June 2004 [Read More]
Latham to Address AWU Members
Federal Opposition Leader Mark Latham will address AWU members and delegates at the AWU’s offices at Granville in western Sydney next Monday.
04 June 2004 [Read More]
BHP Deaths Require New Safety Powers
A new Western Australian Government inquiry into BHP Billiton should have the power to prosecute if the company is found negligent over a series of deaths and injuries to iron ore workers in the Pilbara, the Australian Workers’ Union said today.
24 May 2004 [Read More]
AWU Honors SA Terrorist Victim
The Australian Workers’ Union in South Australia will dedicate a new garden and training centre in memory of the former union official, Andrew Knox, who was tragically killed during the terrorist attack on the World Trade Centre on 11 September 2001.
17 May 2004 [Read More]
ACCC Responds to AWU Concerns
The Australian Workers' Union has congratulated the ACCC on its decision to oppose the acquisition of Adelaide Brighton by Boral Limited.
13 May 2004 [Read More]
Pilbara Miners Resist AWAs
210 workers at BHP Billiton Yandi iron ore mine in the East Pilbara are set to become the first Australian miners to resist an employer drive for workers to adopt individual contracts.
06 May 2004 [Read More]
Truss Stacks Drought Roundtable
The Australian Workers’ Union has demanded an explanation from the Federal Government after it has been discovered by the union that the Drought Roundtable has been “stacked” with organisations that have close links to the Coalition.
12 April 2004 [Read More]
Gas shortages averted
Esso and its subcontractors have lifted their lock-out of 300 Bass Strait on-shore & off-shore workers today to repair a piece of equipment damaged by fire at Esso’s Longford Plant on Monday morning.
07 April 2004 [Read More]
Esso Threatens Vic Gas Supplies
Over 300 Bass Strait oilrig workers, who perform critical construction work to guarantee Victoria’s gas supplies, will be locked-out from Tuesday by Esso sub-contractors. The lock-out is being used by companies to force the workers to double to amount of time that they are on the oilrigs for. The lock-out will be in place through-out Easter and is not due to be fully lifted until 6th May 2004.
04 April 2004 [Read More]
TheAustralian Worker Launched
Following the celebrations tonight to launch the revamped The Australian Worker magazine, more than 100,000 copies will be mailed to AWU members as well as several thousand distributed to selected newsagents nationally.
11 March 2004 [Read More]
Revamp Drought Assistance Programs
The Australian Workers’ Union, the nation’s largest rural trade union, has called for a massive over-haul of the Federal Government’s drought assistance programs in a submission to the Department of Agriculture, Fishing and Forestry National Drought Policy Review.
22 February 2004 [Read More]
AWU wins shorter working week at SPC
In the first time in two decades in the Goulburn Valley, workers at the SPC Ardmona fruit processing and canning plant in Shepparton have won a shorter working week following six days of industrial action.
18 February 2004 [Read More]
AWU Calls for Explosion Inquiry
The Australian Workers’ Union has called for the NSW State Government to immediately convene an inquiry into the explosion this morning of an Ethanol Tank behind the Port Kembla steelworks.
28 January 2004 [Read More]
Campaign for Workers Entitlements
Australian Workers’ Union National Secretary Bill Shorten will join with workers from the Gippsland based road contractor Eastern Road Profiling today at the company’s first creditors meeting in Sale to campaign for lost entitlements owed to approximately 50 workers.
17 December 2003 [Read More]
ACCC Green Light for Abigroup
The Australian Workers’ Union has today said that higher taxes and increased road tolls will result from the ACCC’s decision to allow the proposed acquisition of Abigroup Limited by Bilfinger Berger AG (owner of Baulderstone Hornibrook).
03 December 2003 [Read More]
AWU Welcomes Pan Sale
The Australian Workers’ Union today welcomed news that Pan Pharmaceuticals will be purchased by the Sydney based pharmaceutical manufacturer Tabco Pty. Ltd.
24 November 2003 [Read More]
Farmers divide bush communities
The Australian Workers’ Union has expressed its disappointment at the actions of the National Farmers’ Federation in the wake of a decision from the Australian Industrial Relations Commission (AIRC) concerning pay increases for drought affected workers.
20 November 2003 [Read More]
Strike for Entitlements Protection
Over fifty workers employed by Rocla Concrete Pipes began a week long strike yesterday in protest over the company’s refusal to allow independent checks of Rocla’s financial health.
11 November 2003 [Read More]
Workplace Fatality in NE Victoria
The Australian Workers’ Union has launched an investigation into the death of one of its members employed by the Department of Sustainability and Environment in Eldon near Alexandria.
07 November 2003 [Read More]
AWU Opposes Point Nepean Development
The Australian Workers’ Union today announced that it would conduct a plebisite of it’s members living in the Mornington Pennisula over whether the AWU should campaign against inapproriate development of the Commonwealth owned land at Point Nepean.
03 November 2003 [Read More]
Farmers to Worsen Effects of Drought
The Australian Workers’ Union today announced that it would oppose an application lodged by the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) which would restrict national wage increases to shearers and other pastoral workers.
20 October 2003 [Read More]
Pan workers to be made redundant
Following the conclusion of the Therapeutic Goods Administration’s report in the Pan Pharmaceuticals Soft-Gel operations Pan Liquidator Tony McGrath has confirmed with the AWU that redundancies will begin at Pan this week.
01 October 2003 [Read More]
Abbott Reshuffle Bad for the Sick
The Australian Workers’ Union National Secretary Bill Shorten today expressed his sympathy for the sick people of Australia upon the announcement by the Prime Minister that Tony Abbott will be moved to the Health portfolio.
29 September 2003 [Read More]
Pan Workers Say No To Liquidation
Pan Pharmaceuticals’ remaining 128 employees will join with Australian Workers’ Union National Secretary Bill Shorten & AWU NSW Branch officials tomorrow at the Pan creditors meeting which will decide the fact of the complimentary medicines manufacturer which was the subject of the nation’s largest ever medical product re-call in May.
22 September 2003 [Read More]
Landmark Rulling for Outback Miners
The NSW Industrial Relations Commission yesterday issued a landmark injunction stopping mining company Consolidated Broken Hill from recruiting staff under individual Australian Workplace Agreements at its operations in the NSW outback town of Cobar.
19 September 2003 [Read More]
Outback Miners Win Reprive
The Australian Workers’ Union has won a landmark case before the full-bench of the NSW Industrial Relations Commission which has given hope to the NSW outback town of Cobar, which faced a financial crisis due to the sale of the Pasminco owned Elura Lead and Zinc mine to Consolidated Broken Hill (CBH).
12 September 2003 [Read More]
Scholarship in Memory of 9/11 Victim
A scholarship will be awarded tomorrow to a University of South Australia Industrial Relations student in memory of the former Australian Workers' Union Official Andrew Knox who died during the terrorist attack on the World Trade Centre two years ago.
11 September 2003 [Read More]
Pan Workers Campaign for Jobs
Australian Workers’ Union National Secretary Bill Shorten will join with workers from Pan Pharmaceuticals on Monday at a creditors meeting which will decide the fate of the complimentary medicines manufacturer which has been under administration since May.
07 September 2003 [Read More]
Pan Workers Vote to Save Jobs
The remaining 128 employees of Pan Pharmaceuticals this afternoon voted unanimously to back a proposal to breathe life back into the company which has been under Administration since May.
29 August 2003 [Read More]
AWU Backs Plan to Resurrect Pan
The Australian Workers’ Union yesterday announced its backing for a bid to resurrect the complimentary medicines manufacturer Pan Pharmaceuticals which has been in Administration since May following the re-call of 1624 products manufactured by the company.
11 August 2003 [Read More]
Reynolds Wine Workers Back Company
Employees of the Orange based Reynolds Wine Group, which went into voluntary administration on Tuesday, have vowed to do their part to ensure that the wine producer continues trading.
06 August 2003 [Read More]
AWU Secures Union Rights @ Rio Tinto
Rio Tinto workers who have not signed a Federal AWA will receive average pay rises of around $4,000 bringing them into line with their workmates on AWAs without the need to sign one of the individual agreements under an historic award secured yesterday by the Australian Workers’ Union.
22 July 2003 [Read More]
Train Workers Protest Discrimination
Ninety workers at the EDI Rail factory in Bathurst, who manufacture key components of the Millennium Trains, have extended a strike in pursuit of the same conditions that their metropolitan colleagues receive.
16 July 2003 [Read More]
Rural Workers' to Present Log of Cla
The premier rural union, The Australian Workers’ Union, will this weekend table a Log of Claims for Rural Workers to the NSW Government at the Country Labor Annual Conference in Tamworth.
03 July 2003 [Read More]
Millennium Train Workers on Strike
80 workers at the EDI Rail factory in Bathurst, who manufacture key components of the Millennium Trains, downed tools on Friday in an indefinite stoppage to force EDI into guaranteeing the workers security of employment and security of their accrued entitlements.
02 July 2003 [Read More]
Electrolux Workers Say Yes to Unions
A majority of workers at the Electrolux fridge and freezer factory in Orange yesterday voted in a company ballot to reject the company’s attempt to lock their unions out of wages negotiations.
25 June 2003 [Read More]
Electrolux Workers to Stand Firm
Nearly 1,000 workers at the Electrolux Plant in Orange will take part in a rolling stoppage on Monday to demonstrate to the company that they intend to remain united behind their unions.
22 June 2003 [Read More]
Drought Claims More Jobs
30 employees of Lachlan Industries in Cowra have become the latest casualties of the drought, which is still creating havoc on the lives of rural workers.
19 June 2003 [Read More]
Electrolux Repays Survival with Bast
The four unions representing the 1,200 workers at the Electrolux Plant in Orange will launch an industrial campaign tomorrow calling on the multi-national white-goods manufacturer to end its radical anti-worker campaign.
17 June 2003 [Read More]
Hairdresser Wins Wage Justice Fight
A young hairdresser who was forced to work 60 hours a week without receiving overtime payments was today awarded $13,500 after a five year fight for justice.
05 September 2002 [Read More]
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