Trade unions
Updated
Workplace safety
Investigations launched after man injured on Brisbane Airport tarmac
The airport ramp worker was taken to hospital with serious leg injuries after the incident on Christmas Eve.
- by Catherine Strohfeldt
Latest
Health Workers Union thrown into administration amid Asmar probe
The Federal Court appointed former National Union of Workers general secretary Charlie Donnelly as interim administrator.
- by William Ton and Kaitlyn Offer
Updated
Perth
WA nurses’ union members back new government pay deal
The new deal avoids an ugly showdown between Labor and WA’s biggest union ahead of the March state election.
- by Cameron Myles
Garbage pay stink splits south-east council on third day of strikes
Some councillors have joined garbage truck drivers striking over stalled talks with their administration as 60,000 bins go uncollected – some for a second week.
- by Matt Dennien
Garbage driver deal delivers empty bins and pay rises for Christmas
A major south-east council and its garbage truck drivers inked a pay deal after strikes left tens of thousands of bins uncollected – some for two weeks straight.
- by Matt Dennien
Updated
Public transport
Police commissioner warns rail chaos could trigger NYE fireworks cancellation
The government is seeking a legal intervention because of fears that train disruptions risk leading to deadly crowd crushes.
- by Matt O'Sullivan, Michael McGowan and Jessica McSweeney
Sydney trains industrial action as it happened: NSW government to lodge bid to stop RTBU action; Haylen says impact to New Years Eve ‘intolerable’
The RTBU has won the right to resume industrial action across Sydney’s train network. Follow here for live updates.
- by Penry Buckley
Christmas strikes to roil Australian ports as CFMEU ‘plays Grinch’
Bulk goods such as building supplies, fertiliser and grains will be held up as the Maritime Union calls rolling strikes at several ports around the country.
- by Nick Bonyhady
Analysis
Building Bad
I’m no fan of John Setka. But he’s right about one thing
John Setka deserved to lose his job at the CFMEU, but when he decries a lack of political accountability in the union construction scandal, he’s right.
- by Nick McKenzie
Updated
Building Bad
New body to help clean up construction, but industry says it’s not nearly enough
A Victorian government report in response to this masthead’s Building Bad investigation says builders should be contractually required to stamp out criminal behaviour.
- by Kieran Rooney and Rachel Eddie
Qld real estate lobby calls for probe into ‘onslaught’ of tenancy law changes
The body wants a proposed productivity commission to review the social and economic impacts of a swathe of rental reforms.
- by Matt Dennien
Original URL: https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/topic/unions-1mzn