Qantas soaring $2.4b record profits but tens of thousands poorly paid workers left angry and disgusted, unions say
Unions representing over 30,000 Qantas employees have condemned the airline’s corporate greed, saying the $2.4 billion underlying profit margin is built on the back of an underpaid, disrespected workforce, and it’s long overdue workers received their fair share.Six unions, including the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU), Australian Workers’ Union (AWU), the Electrical Trades Union (ETU), […]
Same Job, Same Pay: Win for workers everywhere
The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) heralds the Fair Work Commission decision to award BHP Operating Services workers in Bowen Basin orders under the “Same Job, Same Pay” legislation.“Same Job, Same Pay” laws were created to stop companies using labour hire as a loophole to undercut wages of workers in established enterprise agreements. The AMWU, […]
Defence shipbuilders strike over pay as BAE bosses pocket millions
More than 400 critical defence shipbuilders at the Osborne Naval Shipyard in Adelaide are walking off the job at 10:30 am today, escalating their campaign for fair wages. The workers, who are members of the AMWU, AWU, and ETU members, will march to BAE Systems Australia’s Flinders Street headquarters to protest a pay deal that […]
OVER 500 DEFENCE WORKERS STAGE MASSIVE WALK-OUT OVER WAGES AS BAE AUSTRALIA MANAGEMENT ADDRESSES WORKFORCE
Hundreds of critical defence shipbuilders at Osborne Naval Shipyard in Adelaide are walking off the job as BAE Systems Australia’s leadership team addresses its maritime workforce on Monday 10am local time, in response to a sustained dispute over workers’ wages.Over 400 workers from the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU), and around 100 workers from the […]
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