ALS members hold the line to win against hardball lock-out tactics
85 ALS workers have won a decent new agreement after hardball employer tactics wilted in the face of sustained union solidarity last month.Skilled ALS workers perform crucial non-destructive testing, condition monitoring and weld testing on Alcoa industrial infrastructure throughout WA. During 8 months of bargaining the company pushed to strip allowances including travel, which make […]
“True Blue” legend plays for Collie community hit hard by coal company
Australian music legend John Williamson drew a big crowd in Collie on Wednesday as he diverted from his Australian tour to play for the community, which has been buffeted by Lanco Griffin Coal’s attempts to slash pay and impose a FIFO-style roster on local workers.Mr Williamson agreed to play after local support group Griffin Community […]
Welding challenge highlights new trade skills app
On Friday September 30, close to 50 metal workers gathered at XLT Training in Bibra Lake to take part in a live welding challenge. The event was put together as a way to bring local welders and boilermakers together, and to also film for a new video and global welding challenge.The challenge was given to […]
Unions condemn Barnett Government inaction on FIFO suicides
The joint leadership of the Western Australian AMWU, ETU and CFMEU, along with families of FIFO workers have condemned the Barnett Government’s failure to implement the recommendations of the bi-partisan Parliamentary inquiry into the Impact of FIFO Work Practices on Mental Health as they presented a petition calling for urgent change to Parliament.The three unions, who collectively […]
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