Labor’s secure jobs announcement supports manufacturing
FEBRUARY 11, 2021 – The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) supports a pledge by Labor Opposition leader Anthony Albanese to create secure jobs and prioritise Australian manufacturing. The AMWU have fought hard for the portability of entitlements including long service leave, same job same pay provisions, a clear and fair definition of casual work, and using […]
RAA WORKERS STOP WORK OVER FAIR WAGES AND CONDITIONS
JANUARY 20, 2021 – RAA roadside assistance patrol workers are taking part in stop-work action on Wednesday 20 January after management have refused to negotiate for fair working conditions and have applied to terminate the current enterprise agreementWorkers will walk off the job from 1:30pm for a three-hour stop work meeting after for over two years […]
APPRENTICES URGE CASH TO KEEP THEM ON THE TOOLS
DECEMBER 9, 2020 – Apprentices working across Australia are in Canberra to urge Employment and Skills Minister Michaelia Cash to drop a plan to remove the mandatory workplace practice component from engineering trade qualifications.The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) and apprentices have warned that apprenticeships as we know them are under attack. Minister Cash wrote to […]
AMWU URGES PORTER TO INTERVENE FOR OVATO WORKERS
NOVEMBER 23, 2020 – The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) has urged Attorney-General and Minister for Industrial Relations Christian Porter to intervene in a NSW Supreme Court case that will leave workers at printing giant Ovato stranded over Christmas with no pay.Ovato applied to the court for a corporate restructure which would allow it to strip […]
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