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Yesterday

The deal covered workers that manufacture and install heating, air conditioning or ventilation on construction sites.

Union strikes ‘sham’ agreement to dodge Labor’s multi-employer laws

The plumbers’ union agreement voted on by just two people secretly deprived the vast majority of the workforce of a say over their conditions, a full bench ruled.

  • David Marin-Guzman

Major train network to grind to a halt in pay stand-off

A train network used daily by more than one million people in Sydney could be out of action for days because of industrial action, throwing the transport system into chaos.

  • Luke Costin
The CFMEU has gone to the High Court to challenge laws placing it into administration.

$11m in fines, 1000 breaches: Labor defends CFMEU crackdown in court

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has cited $10.6 million in fines against the CFMEU as part of the government’s defence of laws that forced the union into administration.

  • David Marin-Guzman

This Month

Two fund directors appointed by the union have been removed from their roles.

How CFMEU wields control of a $1.2b workers’ redundancy fund

The chief executive of Incolink warned an employer group that the union could deprive it of tens of millions of dollars if they did not agree to demands.

  • David Marin-Guzman
ASFA CEO Mary Delahunty says menopause can have a big impact on retirement savings.

Paid leave would help menopause super hit: ASFA

Absence of Australian data has led to a failure among employers and governments to understand the financial impacts on women, says a pension industry body.

  • Michelle Bowes
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Nurses at private hospitals are pushing for similar pay rises as public sector workers.

First private nurses strikes, as ‘Pied Piper’ effect hits

The first strikes by medical staff at private hospitals follow mass walkouts at public medical centres by nurses as wages pressure bleeds from one sector to another.

  • David Marin-Guzman
NSW Premier Chris Minns said the nurses union was refusing to make a choice between lower wages and staff-patient ratios.

NSW nurses strike heaps wage pressure on Minns government

NSW Premier Minns has refused to budge on his pay offer for nurses as the state government faces wage pressure off the back of its landmark deal with police.

  • David Marin-Guzman
Sacked CFMEU NSW secretary Darren Greenfield speaking at the rally.

CFMEU rally throws down gauntlet despite smaller turnout

A rogue CFMEU delegate called on workers to ignore messages from the union’s administrator, while a Greens MP praised protesters for “not listening” to his warnings.

  • David Marin-Guzman
Construction workers attending Lendlease’s One Circular Quay tower on Monday morning.

Fears that $10b in building sites will grind to a halt on Tuesday

The Electrical Trades Union visited Lendlease, Multiplex and Mirvac sites to urge workers to attend an industry rally protesting the CFMEU administration.

  • David Marin-Guzman
CFMEU protestors at the last rally protesting the administration in September.

Police investigate intimidation claim against CFMEU organiser

The organiser with the NSW union, regarded as the most rogue branch under the administration, had his house vandalised with the words ‘CFMEU dog’.

  • David Marin-Guzman
A judgment by virtue of its plagiarism does not grapple sufficiently with the submissions made by all parties.

Judge’s ruling on law firm was plagiarised from submissions

In a ruling against one of Sydney’s most high-profile boutique law firms, a judge cribbed 82 paragraphs from submissions made by a plaintiff’s lawyers.

  • Myriam Robin
Australian Workers Union has called on mining workers to ramp up efforts to re-unionise the Pilbara.

Unions ramp up attacks on mining sector amid calls to re-unionise Pilbara

One of Australia’s biggest unions has launched a broadside on mining giant Rio Tinto, accusing the company of “cowardice” and called on Pilbara workers to re-unionise the resources sector.

  • Tom Rabe
A source said the view within the business was that the redundancies were communicated and handled poorly, which is driving up the so-called “natural attrition”

BoQ plays hardball with staff bonuses to limit redundancy costs

The regional lending major is encouraging so-called natural attrition as it attempts to cut around 400 staff and restructure the business.

  • Lucas Baird
CFMEU delegates and members protest the union’s administration at a mass rally in August.

Rogue CFMEU protesters defy administrator’s warning over walkout

CFMEU protesters in NSW have rejected warnings that they will face consequences if they attend a mass rally next week against the administration.

  • David Marin-Guzman
Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations Murray Watt during an estimates hearing on employment on Wednesday.

AFP sets up operation to investigate CFMEU corruption

The Australian Federal Police has confirmed it has multiple investigations under way into CFMEU officials based on “voluminous” material it’s received.

  • David Marin-Guzman
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ETU bans have led to $25 billion worth of projects being delayed.

Push to end union threat to student housing, summer power prices

Snowy Hydro and Cedar Pacific have applied to suspend crippling work bans that are delaying projects across NSW as Premier Chris Minns faces pressure to intervene.

  • David Marin-Guzman and Campbell Kwan
CFMEU delegate Denis McNamara speaking at the Sydney rally in August.

CFMEU delegates’ third mass walkout sparks concerns over NSW branch

The rally to protest the CFMEU administration has put industry pressure on the administrator to act on the “out of control” NSW branch.

  • David Marin-Guzman
Unions say disability home carers are often required to work during the sleepover.

‘Nightmare’ shifts: Push to rule carer sleepovers as breaks, not work

Employers are seeking industry-wide changes so carers sleeping at a client’s house can’t count that towards overtime pay, which they say could blow out NDIS costs.

  • David Marin-Guzman

October

BHP CEO Mike Henry said that the mining industry was in a “crazy situation” where wages had doubled over the past 25 years while productivity had gone sideways.

BHP boss warns Labor’s IR laws will breed more conflict

Mike Henry says controversial workplace changes allow for greater industrial conflicts as the prime minister flags they will be a key battleground in the next election.

  • David Marin-Guzman
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese meeting with mining workers at the MEU convention on Monday.

Losing same job, same pay would be a ‘disaster’: mining union boss

The head of the mining and energy union has told an audience including the prime minister it will fight any moves by the Coalition to repeal the laws.

  • David Marin-Guzman

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