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Editor : Rajiv Maharaj, rajiv.maharaj@tr.com . Chief Journalist: Emily Woods, emily.woods@tr.com . Managing Editor : Peter Schwab. Contact: (02) 8587 7454. Twitter : @WorkforceTR

Murdoch Uni staff vote on union-endorsed 1%-a-year pay deal

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The long-running industrial stoush at Murdoch University could end this week when staff vote on a new union-negotiated enterprise agreement (EA) paying a paltry 4% wage increase over four years and slashing consultation requirements. If voted up, it would vindicate Murdoch's controversial move to terminate the old EA last year - a move which rocked...

AWU raids trial postponed as AFP evidence ‘might assist' union case

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The trial over a Registered Organisations Commission (ROC) investigation into the Australian Workers Union (AWU) and raids on its offices has been adjourned for up to four months, pending the end of a police investigation. AWU branch offices in Melbourne and Sydney were raided by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) in October last year, in search o...

Old Greens gender pay secrecy bill gets second life in Senate

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A Greens bill seeking to make it easier for workers to discuss their wages has been debated in parliament for the first time in three years, despite being rejected by a 2016 Senate inquiry. The Fair Work Amendment (Gender Pay Gap) Bill was introduced by former Greens Senator Larissa Waters in 2015, and referred to a Senate inquiry the following yea...

Editorial team

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Editor : Rajiv Maharaj, rajiv.maharaj@tr.com . Chief Journalist: Emily Woods, emily.woods@tr.com . Managing Editor : Peter Schwab. Contact: (02) 8587 7454. Twitter : @WorkforceTR

Industry slams ‘landmark' union speech as ‘tired, disconnected'

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The Australian Industry Group (AiG) has labelled a National Press Club speech by union movement leader Sally McManus as like “reheating an old dinner that no one wanted in the first place”. McManus, Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) secretary, spoke on press day (March 21) about the need for “fair pay and secure work”...

FWC significant stop bullying decision against Ramsay Health

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In a damning indictment of an employer's failure to deal appropriately with bullying claims, the Fair Work Commission has issued stop bullying orders against Australia's largest private health care operator Ramsay Health. Commissioner Bruce Williams issued the Fair Work Act s789FC orders - one of the rare cases where the cmn has done so - in an ext...

Michaelia Cash subpoena set aside

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The Federal Court has set aside subpeonas requesting Senator Michaelia Cash and three others “give evidence and produce documents” for the trial between the Australian Workers' Union and Registered Organisations Commission (ROC) until a federal police investigation is over. The union had subpoenaed Cash, her former staffer David De Gari...

MUA snap strike at Hutchison's Port Botany container terminal

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The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) has called a snap strike at Hutchison Port's Sydney International Container Terminal at Port Botany. The company was before the Fair Work Commission at press time today, seeking s418 orders to stop what it says is unprotected industrial action. Workforce Daily has sought comment from the MUA and Hutchison Ports...

Rob Lucas new SA IR minister

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Liberals South Australian MLC Rob Lucas has been sworn in as the state's new IR minister. Lucas, 64, will hold the IR portfolio in addition to the treasurer's job, as well as having responsibility for the public sector. Lucas, first elected to the SA Legislative Council in 1982, is the only member of newly-elected Premier Steven Marshall's cabinet ...

Greens to introduce McManus-inspired ‘change the rules' bills

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The Greens will introduce two IR bills in Federal Parliament next Monday to “protect working people from insecure work, stagnant wages and the erosion of fundamental rights”, the party revealed on press day. The legislation - the Fair Work Amendment (Tackling Job Insecurity) Bill 2018 and the Fair Work Amendment (Better Work/Life Balanc...

Laundy spills beans on ‘$100k' Uber driver, but report says that's rubbish

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Australia's workplace relations minister Craig Laundy says Uber drivers can earn “up to $100,000” a year, but according to Centre for Future Work figures they are paid at least 20% less than the minimum wage. Laundy told Workforce Daily he normally uses taxis, but on a rare recent outing he met a “lovely, talkative” Uber dri...

IR minister says regulating gig wages FWC's job, not govt

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IR minister Craig Laundy said regulating the gig economy was the Fair Work Commission's (FWC) job, not the government. “[The gig economy] is 1% of the workforce, so it's new and emerging, and the FWC are investigating as far as workers bringing their cases forwards,” Laundy told Workforce Daily on press day. “They will investigate...

Waterfront could be key battleground for new super union

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Just days from its March 27 launch, the new maritime, construction and textiles super union appears to be gearing for a stepped-up industrial battle over pay and conditions on Australia's waterfront. On Monday (March 19), Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) assistant national secretary Dave Noonan joined Maritime Union of Australia (M...

Longford dispute enters 273 rd day

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At presstime, the Australian Workers' Union (AWU) and UGL were back in talks in a further attempt to resolve the long-running pay dispute at Esso's Longford gas plant in Victoria ( WF 9/02/18 ) . Oil and gas unions strongly oppose changes to maintenance contracts at the plant they claim have slashed wages by up to 30%. A union picket outside the pl...

Editorial Team

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Editor : Rajiv Maharaj, rajiv.maharaj@tr.com. Chief Journalist: Emily Woods, emily.woods@tr.com . Journalist: Steve Andrew. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab. Contact: (02) 8587 7454. Twitter: @WorkforceTR

MUA calls snap strike at Webb Dock as Qube moves to terminate EA

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WFD: A stoush has broken out at Webb Dock with Qube Ports confirming to Workforce Daily it has applied to terminate its enterprise agreement (EA) with the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA). If the Fair Work Commission okays the application, it will be the first waterfront deal to be junked. The company initiated the EA termination late last week, w...

Longford dispute enters 273rd day

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At presstime on Thursday (March 22), the Australian Workers' Union (AWU) and UGL were back in talks in a further attempt to resolve the long-running pay dispute at Esso's Longford gas plant in Victoria ( WF 9/02/18 ) . Oil and gas unions strongly oppose changes to maintenance contracts at the plant they claim have slashed wages by up to 30%. A unio...

Greens to introduce McManus-inspired 'change the rules' bills

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WFD: The Greens will introduce two IR bills in Federal Parliament next Monday to "protect working people from insecure work, stagnant wages and the erosion of fundamental rights", the party revealed on press day (March 22). The legislation - the Fair Work Amendment (Tackling Job Insecurity) Bill 2018 and the Fair Work Amendment (Better Work/Life Ba...

Murdoch Uni staff vote on union-endorsed 4% over four pay deal

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WFD: The long-running industrial stoush at Murdoch University could end this week when staff vote on a new union-negotiated enterprise agreement (EA) paying a paltry 4% wage increase over four years and slashing consultation requirements. If voted up, it would vindicate Murdoch's controversial move to terminate the old EA last year - a move which r...
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