HIGH-VIS PHOTO OP AT RHEEM WON’T STOP JOBS BEING SENT OFFSHORE
APRIL 13, 2022 – Scott Morrison’s promise of 1.3 million new jobs, touted during his visit to Rheem’s Western Sydney factory yesterday, has quickly come to stand in for his government’s record on manufacturing: very little to show for all the photo ops and announcements. Despite being at a manufacturing facility, Morrison offered no tangible support for […]
BUDGET: WE NEED A GOVT THAT COMMITS TO MAKING AND MAINTAINING THINGS HERE
MARCH 30, 2022 – The Coalition Government has again failed to take any action to ensure that wages keep up with the rising costs of living and has made no commitment in its’ Budget to making and maintaining things here, the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) say.The Budget focuses on one-off band aid fixes that won’t deliver […]
WORKERS PROTEST ARRIVAL OF IMPORTED WIND TOWERS IN PORTLAND
MARCH 4, 2022 – Workers from Victorian wind tower manufacturer Keppel Prince and the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) are gathered outside GrainCorp in Portland harbour to protest the arrival of imported wind towers that have already cost 40 workers their jobs and have left another 100 workers facing uncertainty.The workers plan to block the towers leaving […]
WIN FOR WORKERS AT GPI
DECEMBER 17, 2021 – Workers at global packaging manufacturing giant GPI in Melbourne have reached an in-principle agreement today that will see the lowest paid workers receive a nearly 8 per cent pay rise over two-and-a half years, receive back pay until June this year, a casual conversion labour hire clause and commitment to a classification […]
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