Fundraising in solidarity for Molly
Friday night saw a great turnout of members, delegates, other unions and supporters coming together to raise money for Molly Osborne.Molly’s father passed away late last year from brain cancer. Molly was 3 years old. Molly’s grandfather is Keith “Ozzy” Osborne, a former AMWU delegate from The Age. To help Molly and her family, in […]
Note Printing Workers Win!
140 AMWU members at Note Printing Australia (NPA) are celebrating after they emerged victorious from their battle to win a fair enterprise agreement. After almost three months of protected action, the workers won: five days of standalone domestic and family violence leave; casual conversion changes including instantaneous conversion to permanent work for some long-term casual […]
Health and Safety Reps revive anti-asbestos campaign
Despite having zero tolerance asbestos laws in Australia the deadly cancer-causing substance remains a major hazard for workers. Our members at CEM International can testify to that. With the dust long having settled on the James Hardy dispute, workers are still being directed to work with, and even machine, imported components containing asbestos that should […]
AMWU Welding Campaign: Welding School Delivering for Members
The AMWU welding campaign has hit new heights in recent months thanks to the union’s welding test centre certifying more members than ever and improving standards in the industry leading to more work for our qualified metalworker members.The AMWU launched the welding campaign in 2016 after a survey carried out by the union revealed that the industry was not meeting the […]
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