SPC CEO comments are a despicable attempt to use public fears over Coronavirus to force a bad deal on to the workforce
MARCH 5, 2020 – Workers at SPC have been fighting for a decent deal since August 2019, after the new owner tried to strip back their employment conditions, and have been trying to negotiate with their employer ever since.Workers have been negotiating to keep their existing conditions, with a basic cost of living adjustment. The […]
Holden workers shattered by closure announcement
FEBRUARY 17, 2020 – The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) condemned the lack of Government support for Australian manufacturing that led to today’s announcement of the retirement of iconic Australian brand, Holden. “Today’s announcement that the Holden brand will be retired at the end of 2020 is a tragic end to over 100 years of […]
AMWU SAYS GOODBYE TO DAVE GOODGER
JANUARY 31, 2020 – On the 18th of January this year, the AMWU lost one of our long serving comrades, Dave Goodger. Dave joined the AEU, one of the unions that amalgamated to create the AMWU, in 1956 at the age of 16 as an apprentice at the Eveleigh rail yards.Dave then worked at the Colgate-Palmolive […]
AMWU READY TO FIGHT FOR WORKERS’ PERSONAL LEAVE IN THE HIGH COURT
DECEMBER 13, 2019 – The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) is disappointed but unsurprised by today’s High Court decision to grant special leave to Mondelez International and the Australian Government to appeal the decision of the Federal Court in Mondelez v AMWU.That decision recognised shift workers entitlement to ten days paid personal leave as calculated by […]
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