Workplace laws need overhaul to get rid of free riding
11 JANUARY 2023 – The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) has called for an overhaul of workplace laws to encourage union membership, give union delegates and organisers greater powers, and increase workplace protections for union members.With the return of multi-employer bargaining, the need to recognise the work unions do in lifting wages and improving conditions for all […]
AMWU calls for tripartite Electric Vehicle Council
AUGUST 18, 2022 – AMWU National Secretary Steve Murphy has called on the Albanese Government to establish a tripartite council of government, unions and industry to drive Australian uptake of electric vehicles (EVs).Speaking at the inaugural National Electric Vehicles Summit on Friday, Murphy called for the establishment of a National Innovation Council for the EV sector. […]
Up to 51 jobs cut as QantasLink announce closure of Tamworth Maintenance Facility
8 AUGUST 2024 – The AMWU has expressed disappointment at yesterday’s shock announcement of the closure of the QantasLink Tamworth Airport maintenance facility. This closure is likely to see the cutting of 41 permanent jobs and 10 contract roles.This comes at a time of major upheavals in the airline industry, including the announcement of Rex Airlines […]
Multiple unions back industrial action at Tomago Aluminium
03 MAY 2023 – Maintenance workers at Tomago Aluminium’s smelter in the Hunter Valley have endorsed the right to exercise industrial action in support of their wage and conditions claims in a new enterprise agreement.Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) and Electrical Trades Union (ETU) members near-unanimously voted on Friday for industrial action after rejecting Tomago’s […]
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