OVATO WORKERS LEFT CASHLESS FOR CHRISTMAS
NOVEMBER 18, 2020 – Up to 300 manufacturing workers will be left jobless and cashless over the Christmas break after Australia’s largest printing group Ovato applies for court permission to avoid paying redundancy. Ovato are trying to strip four of the companies in their group assets leaving behind 300 workers in the newly insolvent companies. The […]
APPRENTICES ACROSS THE COUNTRY SAY KEEP US ON THE TOOLS
NOVEMBER 18, 2020 – Apprentices from across the country are outraged at the Morrison Government’s plans to destroy apprenticeships as we know them and are meeting across the country calling for action. The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) has led mass meetings across the country after the organisation giving advice to the Government on skills for […]
Union says budget unimaginative
OCTOBER 6, 2020 – The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) has slammed tonight’s Federal Budget as unambitious and unimaginative. The Union is calling for the Federal Government to reintroduce fully-funded universal free early childhood education, invest in our aged care system, and permanently raise the rate of JobSeeker while abolishing mutual obligations.“The budget should be a […]
Union calls for worker voice in industry roadmaps
OCTOBER 2, 2020 – The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) said that today’s National Press Club Address by the Prime Minister was “a step in the right direction”, but called for worker representatives to be included in the development of the Government’s proposed two, five, and ten-year industry roadmaps. “COVID-19 has shown that workers are the most […]
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