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CFMEU, MUA, TCFU claim all systems go for super union ballot

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The Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU), Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) and Textile Clothing and Footwear Union (TCFUA) will argue tomorrow before the industrial tribunal their application to ballot members for a proposed super union amalgamation has been “validly made”. It comes as the Federal Government introduced a B...

Cmn urges employer to pay equal redundancy to non-union workers

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The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has urged an employer to treat its soon-to-be-unemployed union and non-union workers equally, despite acknowledging it had no power to intervene in a dispute over “unequal” redundancy payouts. More than 160 workers will lose their jobs at the Carter Holt Harvey Woodproducts Australia Pty Ltd mill in Morwel...

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Further lockouts at Oaky North despite profit hike

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Mining giant Glencore has imposed further lockouts at its Oaky North, Queensland mine in an attempt to pressure the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) to agree to terms for a new enterprise agreement ( WF 4/8/2017 ). Labelling Glencore a “poster child for corporate greed”, CFMEU president Tony Maher said the latest 11-day...

Bench to review authority case on casual sacking

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Two years after a senior Fair Work Commission member flagged the issue, a full bench will review the applicability of the authority set by an Australian Industrial Relations Cmn full bench in Department of Justice v Lunn in a case involving a sacked casual. OverturningCommissioner Jennifer Hunt's refusal on Lunn grounds to hear an unfair dismissal ...

Vulnerable workers bill remains stuck in Senate

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The Fair Work Amendment (Protecting Vulnerable Workers) Bill 2017 was being debated in the Senate at presstime (August 17) on the last day of these parliamentary sittings but it will not go to a vote. The Senate has spent the week working its way through detailed amendments from the crossbenchers , Greens , the Nick Xenophon Team , Labor and the Go...

No joy for CFMEU in latest appeal against employer-offered EAs

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Ending a winning run, the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) has failed in its latest battle against employer-offered enterprise agreements (EAs). Recent weeks have seen Fair Work Commission full benches terminate a number of employer-offered EAs, after affirming CFMEU argument they failed the better-off-overall test (BOOT) ( WF ...

Even NSW where employment increasing, wages stagnating

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Wage growth remains subdued, with just a 0.5% increase in the June 2017 quarter and a 1.9% increase for the 12 months to June. Latest Australian Bureau of Statistics figures have revealed private sector wages rose 0.4% for the quarter (1.8% annually) and the public sector rose 0.6% (and 2.4%), seasonally adjusted. Even in NSW - the state with the s...

Worker smart enough to take on Woollies' reps - no need for lawyers

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The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has denied a worker representation for his upcoming unfair dismissal hearing so will have to make his argument against Woolworths Limited's employee relations case specialists. On May 12, Woolworths' Melbourne Liquor Distribution Centre (MLDC) summarily fired team leader Christian Guillemain because it said he had eng...

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Chief Journalist: Gerard May Journalist: Steve Andrew Managing Editor: Peter Schwab, peter.schwab@tr.com and Ph (02) 8587 7681. Twitter: @WorkforceTR

Super union ballot hearing adjourned

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The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has adjourned the application hearing by the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU), Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) and Textile Clothing and Footwear Union (TCFUA) to ballot members for their proposed merger. Today (August 17), Deputy President Val Gostencnik said he would make his decision on whether he...

NSW dept says GSE Act bars constructive dismissal claim

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The NSW Industrial Relations Commission (NSWIRC) has questioned a State Government department's claim the Government Sector Employment (GSE) Act protected it from constructive dismissal allegations. The case involved a finance department valuer who claimed he was forced to resign or be sacked. “The Department submitted that no constructive di...

Players and NRL to fight another day on pay

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Players and the National Rugby League (NRL) have failed to strike a deal in their latest pay talks, with issues over revenue sharing and integrity matters remaining ( WF 23/6/2017 ) The NRL had hoped to reach in-principle agreement on a new collective agreement at a meeting with the Rugby League Players Association (RLPA) on Friday (August 18). How...

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Journalist: Steve Andrew Managing Editor: Peter Schwab, peter.schwab@tr.com and Ph (02) 8587 7681. Twitter: @WorkforceTR

Union heavy weights fail to block blackmail charges

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The Supreme Court of Victoria has tossed out attempts by Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) officials John Setka and Shaun Reardon to overturn a magistrate's ruling they be criminally prosecuted over an alleged single count of blackmail. The union officials are accused of making an unwarranted demand with menaces of Boral southern re...

Disagreement over new employment type sees bid to terminate EA

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The Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union (AMWU) has not ruled out production and maintenance workers at ice-cream maker Streets' NSW launching industrial action after the company applied to terminate their enterprise agreement (EA). AMWU said this followed the parties failing to agree on wording of a provision that would create a new employment ...

Waterfront ceasefire only temporary: new battlelines drawn

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Ending a six-month ceasefire, Qube Ports Newcastle (QPN) has fired the first salvo in what could be a new waterfront wages war. Thirty stevedores stopped work for 48 hours at QPN on Thursday (August 17), in a Maritime Union of Australia-endorsed protest over company plan to slash their wages by 10.5%. The parties have been negotiating a new enterpr...

FWC finds no evidence to support dept sacking of care worker

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A disability care worker sacked for allegedly pushing and yelling at a resident was unfairly dismissed, the Fair Work Commission has found. Ordering submissions on remedy, Commissioner Anna-Lee Cribb said she could find no evidence to support Department of Health and Human Services claims Yoel Morag acted aggressively towards the resident. The dept...

FWC releases draft timetable for 2017-18 wages review

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The Fair Work Commission has released the draft timetable for its annual 2017-2018 wage review. The draft sets a March 13, 2018 closing date for lodging submissions. Reply submissions must be lodged by April 18, with the closing for expressions of interest in taking part in the final consultations May 4. The closing date for lodging supplementary s...

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