Big win on ships not watertight without subs
The AMWU has claimed a huge win for it’s community shipbuilding campaign and welcomed Federal Government adopting a continuous build of surface warships over coming decades.“This vindicates the work that members and activists have been doing on the ground for over two years,” said AMWU Assistant National Secretary Glenn Thompson. “Is it everything we want? […]
Gorgon members vote on action over rosters
AMWU members on the nation’s largest LNG project have begun voting on whether to take industrial action after employers refused to meet workers’ demand for rosters which give a proper work-family balance.Fly-In Fly-Out members on Chevron’s Gorgon project in Western Australia have been left with no other option after management refused to properly recognise that […]
Workshop members stand up to family violence
Union members at a major machinery assembly depot have voted up their state’s first family violence leave clause in an automotive workshop.The members at Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics in Victoria pushed for the anti-family violence clause to ensure workplace protection was available for everyone on site, prompting WWL to extend the policy to the office staff […]
Shipbuilding pressure builds on Coalition MPs
The success of last week’s National Shipbuilding Day of Action has been immediate with Federal Government MPs eager to meet our members and officials for in-depth talks.Rallies of shipbuilders and their families nationwide rammed home to message to Coalition MPs that their communities could not afford the loss of jobs as shipyards in the Hunter […]
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