Australian workers will suffer cuts to their pay and conditions and lose protection from unfair dismissal under Liberal leader Tony Abbott’s plan to bring back Work Choices, warns a new national union TV ad campaign. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJz3C3EPQvE&feature=player_embedded Tony Abbott will bring back Work Choices ACTU Fact Sheet, accessed 8 March 2010 The Liberals’ WorkChoices The [...]
By Brienna Snare Generous union members have raised $21,000 and gathered items to send a little comfort to children affected by the bushfires in Victoria. The Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union and the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union forestry and furnishing products division have generated the funding. Meat union Tasmanian secretary Grant Courtney said [...]
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Unions are seeking a $21 a week pay rise for workers on minimum wages to protect jobs by maintaining the purchasing power of working families and stimulate the economy. The ACTU has welcomed the passage of new Fair Work laws through parliament but says more needs to be done to protect the jobs and incomes [...]
Livestock Ship Runs Aground after allegations King Island meat workers tamper with propeller. The Matthew Flinders ironically was washed onto the beach with 300 cattle on board on King Island after Swift Australia announced to shut down its King Island site. Most members should be aware of the recent temporary closure of the King Island [...]
Many workers are seeing the new ITEA’s they have signed fail the no disadvantage test. What’s going on? When John Howard introduced AWA’s in 1997 employers were given the greatest advantage they had seen since the federation of Australian. They were given the ability to write individual contracts for workers without any regard to the [...]
In an all too familiar sounding ploy these days, the owners of Harvey Beef in Western Australia have sacked over 150 of their employees whilst negotiating new terms for an enterprise agreement. The sackings came after the workforce voted down a proposal by the company that would have slashed wages and conditions at the plant. [...]
The Fair Work Bill has passed through the Senate, after the Government reached an agreement with Senator Steve Fielding on phasing-in its definition of small business for unfair dismissal purposes. The deal means the Government can stick to its timetable of having its key IR changes – including to unfair dismissal and bargaining – operational [...]
"Australian meatworks should employ local workers first": Minister Evans Graham Smith, SA State Secretary After uncovering a racket of illegal foreign workers in the Australian meat industry, the Immigration Minister Senator Chris Evans has called upon employers to look towards local workers first. Senator Evans is urging employers to exhaust local labour supplies [...]
A Rudd Labor Government's IR system will provide a safety net comprising 10 legislated minima, plus up to 10 further minimum conditions within awards, the Opposition has announced. Labor's IR policy, forward with Fairness, released by the newly elected Prime Minister Kevin Rudd at the ALP's national conference in Sydney last April, provides that the [...]