Union Members Win Battle of the Brewery
Workers at Carlton and United Breweries (CUB) and supporters around the country are celebrating after the AMWU and ETU members triumphantly returned to work following their six-month battle for reinstatement at union wages and conditions.The CUB 55 were sacked in June 2016 through a loophole in the Fair Work system that allowed a sham agreement […]
Parmalat locks out dairy workers looking for a fair go
AMWU Media Release Wednesday 18 January 2017 The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) has slammed dairy company Parmalat for locking out its Echuca workforce early this morning, and called on the company to end its attempts to tear up their enterprise agreement to slash wages and conditions.The production and maintenance workers at the Echuca yoghurt-making […]
ILO push for global labour standard, zeroing in on violence and harassment
The International Labour Organisation marked its centenary by establishing a new global standard to combat violence and harassment in the workplace.In a virtually unanimous decision, the ILO handed down a framework for international governments to use and adapt in the fight against violence and harassment in the workplace. Outlining new laws governments can introduce to […]
Yarra Trams maintenance workers secure landmark agreement for industry
MEDIA RELEASE | THURSDAY 13 JUNE 2019 In a historic result this week, AMWU members along with ETU and RTBU members have won a 36-hour working week in the rolling stock EBA with Yarra Trams. Voting closed on Wednesday with a vote of 78% to accept the new agreement which sees the working week shortened […]
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