WFD: Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) secretary Dave Oliver has declared the union movement has developed and will maintain a permanent campaigning capacity, regardless of the federal election result. Oliver made the vow at the Australian Workers' Union (AWU) national conference on the Gold Coast today (March 3). Oliver announced the union...
Oliver promises permanent ACTU campaign capacity
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Labour movement must target inequality: Buchanan
WFD: Professor John Buchanan has called on the union movement to attack the unequal distribution between capital and labour, saying it lagged even conservative institutions in warning inequality is harming growth. The Sydney University academic and ex-Workplace Relations Centre director made the comments to the Australian Workers Union national con...
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Banks attacking industry super with 'unlawful inducements': ISA chief
WFD: Industry Superannuation Australia (ISA) chief executive David Whiteley has called for an investigation into Australia's banks after accusing them of attacking industry funds by breaching laws banning inducements to employers. Whiteley told the Australian Workers' Union conference at the Gold Coast today (March 3) that banks are determined to &...
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AWU slams big miners for 'predatory pricing'
WFD: The Australian Workers Union (AWU) national conference has adopted a resolution condemning BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto for 'predatory' lowering of iron ore prices to squeeze out smaller competitors. The motion submitted by AWU national vice president Stephen Bali noted BHP and Rio had massively expanded production and would produce 275m and 360...
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Tension over AWU NSW branch consolidation call
WFD: The three NSW branches of the Australian Workers Union (AWU) are split over a proposal to consolidate into one branch, with one secretary blasting another for a premature call to merge at the union's national conference. The union must consolidate the branches to save $750k in administrative costs, AWU greater NSW branch secretary Russ Colliso...
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McDine preaches member empowerment
WFD: AWU national secretary Scott McDine concluded his opening address to the national conference on Monday (March 2) with a promise to empower members. “We need to flatten up this union and empower those who have offered their service for this noble calling,” he said. McDine said “a strong modern union can never be top heavy R...
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FWC suspends ETU NSW industrial action
WFD: The Fair Work Commission has suspended a proposed Electrical Trades Union NSW (ETU) strike at Endeavour Energy and Ausgrid scheduled for today (March 3) because it threatened health and safety. On Thursday (February 26), Senior Deputy President Anne Harrison heard a Fair Work Act s424 application from the network companies and NSW Treasurer an...
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AWU to target future industries
WFD: The Australian Workers Union (AWU) will commission economic modelling to predict future growth industries to target for coverage. The union hopes to find ways to regain members after job losses in traditional areas of coverage, such as steel and aluminium production. AWU assistant national secretary Daniel Walton told Workforce Daily after ...
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Editor: David Marin-Guzman, (02) 8587 7682, david.marin-guzman@thomsonreuters.com . Chief Journalist: Paul Karp. Journalist: Steve Andrew. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab. Product Code: 314021719525. Twitter: @WorkforceTR
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Diary
Australian Workplace Relations Study conference, Fair Work Commission : June 25-26, at University of Melbourne. More info here .
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EAs can be approved despite employer opposition: Full Court
A Federal Full Court has held a corporation is bound by the acts of its bargaining agents in making agreements even when the acts are without actual authority and the employer later opposes the deals. The Full Court delivered a win to the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) Victoria branch after the approval of its EAs with three Kai...
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Overtime ban can be adverse action but CFMEU off on technicalities
In a long-running case, the Full Federal Court has held the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) did not take adverse action against BHP Coal through a union-organised overtime ban because BHP could not show employees carried out the ban after the Fair Work Act commenced. However, the Full Court held that such an overtime ban could con...
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‘Curiosity overcame commonsense': no excuse for guard fired over porn
A security guard fired for watching a pornographic movie while on duty has failed in his appeal against a ruling that his sacking was not unfair. Linfox Armaguard sacked officer Renato Lusica, 68 years old, on March 10, 2014 for serious misconduct after he was caught watching a sexually explicit movie called ‘Experts Guide' on and off for an ...
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Lambie and Madigan oppose ABCC
The Federal Government's Bill to reintroduce the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) is facing likely defeat in the Senate, with key cross-benchers Senators Jacqui Lambie and John Madigan bucketing the Bill. The Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Bill 2013 would reintroduce the ABCC and the federal buildi...
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Right to strike doesn't ‘encroach' on freedom: academics
The right to strike is not an ‘encroachment' on “traditional rights and freedoms” but rather a human right protected by international law, a joint submission by IR academic heavyweights has told an Australian Law Reform Commission's (ALRC) review. RMIT Professors Breen Creighton and Anthony Forsyth, Adelaide Law School Professors ...
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OneSteel abandons building code claims: AWU
The Australian Workers Union (AWU) has backed a proposed OneSteel enterprise agreement (EA) after the company abandoned an attempt to use the federal construction code to remove conditions. AWU Vic assistant branch secretary Liam O'Brien told Workforce OneSteel had claimed its EA would have to comply with the building code because its steel product...
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FWO puts Vic dept on notice
A Victorian Government department has been cautioned over its use of independent contractors to achieve budget savings, with the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) concerned their use could breach federal workplace laws. It is the second time in as many months that the FWO has reminded a state govt department of its obligations under federal workplace law. ...
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Late offer made alternative job unsuitable: bench
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) full bench majority has held an offer of alternative employment given after notice of termination for redundancy is too late to be “acceptable” for the purposes of reducing redundancy pay. In August 2013, Australian Commercial Catering Pty Ltd (ACC) told Marcelia Powell and Maria Togia it had lost a contra...
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Employer's sham dismissal scheme exposed
In what the Fair Work Commission (FWC) has described as an “extraordinary” and “bizarre” case, an employer has been found to have recruited an employee into an elaborate scheme to “fake” his own dismissal before then actually dismissing that employee. NSW small business Powr Electronics - headed by Dragi Panovski...
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