Senate inquiry hearing into IR Bill
FEBRUARY 9, 2021 – Australian manufacturing workers kept food on supermarket shelves and PPE in our hospitals at the height of the COVID-19 crisis.Now the Morrison Government’s planned changes to workplace laws could leave these workers behind after they’ve sacrificed so much during this pandemic, the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union will tell a senate inquiry into […]
Gas-led
MAY 7, 2021 – The Morrison Government’s $58.6 million handout to the gas industry is wasteful spending by a gas guzzling government intent on denying the futures of manufacturing workers in renewables, the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) say.Workers in Australian wind tower manufacturer Keppel Prince are being thrown in the scrapheap – 150 jobs are […]
BUDGET
MAY 11, 2021 – The Morrison Government’s Budget has failed manufacturing workers, delivering no significant spending or investment in our manufacturing sector say the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU).This Budget has failed to deliver any new investment in safe, secure, highly skilled, and fairly paid manufacturing jobs. The government is yet to announce any spending as […]
Wedderburn workers first fight
Workers at Wedderburn have decided that enough is enough. Late last year, the hard-working field service technicians at the Thomastown scales company were getting sick of the lack of action on conditions and pay. So they decided to act.Firstly, the joined the union. Secondly, they pursued their first EBA. But in response, the company grew […]
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