The staff union has called an “urgent meeting” on potential further industrial action after accusing the public broadcaster’s management on back-peddling on pay grade rises.
Public school teachers vow to ramp up industrial action with rolling stoppages in term two,after the government stood firm on its offer of a 17 per cent pay rise over four years.
As inflation soars,teachers are offered more money,and revelations emerge of higher increases being canvassed,the fate of a pay deal for low-paid hospital workers hangs in the balance.
Buses will replace trains for up to four additional days on key Brisbane commuter routes,with tracks in the city’s south opening in May.
Members of the AEU have said “there is an appetite for serious escalation” as negotiations over wages and working conditions continue.
The rail union says the government took “heavy-handed” action against a planned partial work ban on mineral and coal trains.
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Albanese government to push platforms such as Uber to properly handle sexual misconduct complaints against drivers,as it concedes its laws need bolstering.
Electrical Trade Union state secretary Adam Woodage said the strike threat is over wage discrepancies among the current workforce,and the union has taken the historic step of voting for protected industrial action.
Education support workers have been offered a lower pay rise than their teaching colleagues.