HUNDREDS OF CRITICAL AUKUS SUBMARINE WORKERS WIN HISTORIC PAY DEAL ENDING YEAR-LONG INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE
South Australian submarine workers are celebrating the resolution of a 12 month-long wage dispute after securing a win that sees 350 trades and operator support workers at the ASC maintenance and sustainment facility in Adelaide gain on average an 18.5% increase in their wages, bringing them into line with their Western Australian counterparts.Members of the […]
500 MANUFACTURING WORKERS FROM TWO OF AUSTRALIA’S LARGEST DEFENCE COMPANIES TO RALLY FOR GOVERNMENT SUPPORT OVER WAGE DISPUTES
Close to 500 South Australian manufacturing workers at two of the country’s largest defence manufacturing companies will be rallying outside the Department of Premier and Cabinet in Adelaide on Thursday drawing the attention of both state and federal governments over separate protracted wage disputes.Around 350 workers from ASC and more than 100 workers from BAE Systems are set […]
Defence manufacturing workers stage massive walk-out over below minimum wage increases
Over 100 South Australian workers from Australia’s largest defence company, BAE Systems, walked off the job yesterday afternoon for 24 hours for better pay and conditions.The stoppage will occur over three shifts, with the majority of those striking from 7am local time on Tuesday. The workers have a significant global role in the advanced manufacturing […]
AMWU WELCOMES STARTERS’ GUN ON SOLAR MANUFACTURING
The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) welcomes the long-awaited first phase of the Solar Sunshot program.Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has today opened the first phase of the $1 billion Solar Sunshot program to support innovation in Australia’s solar photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing industry. There will be two funding rounds worth a total of $550 million. […]
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