Trouble plagued Snowy 2.0 workers to strike for 24 hours
More than 1000 workers on Australia’s biggest renewable energy project will strike for 24 hours on Wednesday.
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Right to cause misery: bosses slam TWU threats
Australian Industry Group chief executive Innes Willox has slammed TWU leader Michael Kaine’s threat to shut down transport during enterprise agreement bargaining.
Union threatens ambush of nation’s transport
The Transport Workers Union has seized on Labor’s election win to pursue the ‘largest co-ordinated industrial campaign in Australian transport history’ as enterprise agreements expire.
Coalition agreement possible next week but Nationals undecided
Liberal leader Sussan says she and Nationals Leader David Littleproud had ‘a good first meeting’ on Friday about a future Coalition agreement while Nationals sources say their party is taking no position before next week.
Bosses fear same job, same pay bill
WorkPac could be forced to cut jobs if unable to offset the impact of same job, same pay orders.
Cabinet backs above-CPI rise for low paid
The re-elected government will urge Fair Work to grant an ‘economically sustainable real wage increase’ to award-reliant and minimum wage workers.
Bosses, unions welcome new IR minister
New legislation to protect penalty rates in awards is expected to be one of the first priorities of new Employment and Workplace Relations Minister Amanda Rishworth.
‘Line in the sand’: CFMEU boss lashes critics
CFMEU national secretary Zach Smith has clashed with senior union officials over a proposed restructure, calling on delegates to ‘back me or sack me’.
Miner sacked for work fight wins job back
A BHP miner sacked for punching a co-worker twice during a late-night fight has successfully argued self-defence.
Snowy workers demand pay for travel time
Fly-in fly-out workers want to be paid when travelling to work and when returning home.
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