The聽Maritime Union of Australia and the Electrical Trades Union are聽opposed to the聽nuclear-powered submarines as part of a military alliance with the United States and Britain. Kerry Smith reports.
Electrical Trades Union of Australia (ETU)
Maritime Union of Australia members employed by Qube marked 40聽days of industrial action for health and safety provisions in their workplace agreement. Alex Salmon reports.
Workers at Downer Group鈥檚 Pakenham East Rail Depot and Stabling Yard, who have been on strike for secure jobs, are yet to settle a new enterprise agreement.聽Sue Bolton reports.
Up to 2000 people marched in support of UnionsWA鈥檚聽successful call on the Legislative Assembly to pass a new industrial manslaughter law. Alex Salmon reports.
The Scott Morrison government has made it clear it has no vision or desire to prepare Australia for the global energy future.
鈥淛oin your union and bargain together鈥 is the lesson from the recent pay campaign by EDI-Downer workers, Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) NSW assistant secretary Corey Wright told 91自拍论坛 Weekly.
A three-day strike involving mass meetings, rallies and a march of 200 workers down Newcastle鈥檚 Hunter Street, encouraged the company to start serious discussions with the union after six months of stalling.
After 25 years, it is clearer than ever that privatisation of electricity in Australia has been a disaster for people and the planet.
In the early 1990s, prior to privatisation, energy prices in Australia were some of the lowest in the world and had been dropping for decades. That trend was sharply reversed following privatisation. Today, households are paying skyrocketing prices and growing numbers of Australians are now living in 鈥渆nergy poverty鈥.
The Victorian branch of the Electrical Trades Union (ETU) has decided to withdraw its financial support for federal Greens MP Adam Bandt and formally rejoin the Labor Party.
The branch disaffiliated from Labor in 2010 over the then-Kevin Rudd government's refusal to dismantle the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC).
The union representing workers at the ageing Liddell power station has welcomed AGL Energy鈥檚 plan to transition it to a clean energy hub, even as pro-coal Coalition MPs called on Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to amend competition laws to force AGL to keep it as a coal-fired facility.
On January 13 Socialist Alliance members took the opportunity to visit the striking Esso workers in Longford who have been maintaining their picket line for more than 200 days.
The picket was established on June 20 last year in protest at 200 sacked Esso workers being offered their jobs back with a 30% pay cut and unfair roster changes.
Electricians working on the Sydney Opera House renovation scored a win on October 9 after they stopped work over asbestos on site. SafeWork NSW issued a Prohibition Notice to builder Laing O'Rourke banning work on ceilings where friable asbestos was identified.
It ordered the main contractor Downer to conduct an independent inspection of the site.
This meets the demands raised by Electrical Trades Union (ETU) members who walked off the job on October 6.
ETU organiser Stewart Edward said the victory came because of strong collective action by union members.
Kone lift workers have won a 16% pay rise after a six-week campaign.
About 200 Kone employees voted to accept in principle the much-improved company offer.
The breakthrough came after ETU and AMWU members took five four-day and one six-day stoppages over six weeks.
Workers will soon receive a 5% increase in pay backdated to March, with instalments of 4.5%, 4.5% and 2% to follow annually.
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