Australian Industry Group chief executive Innes Willox says it “sounds like a thinly veiled push for employers to be dragged into union agreements”.
The Offshore Alliance had approval to start protective industrial action on Thursday,which Chevron managed to delay,but by Friday morning negotiations had broken down.
The Australian Workers’ Union will lead a push for the introduction of a “significant,punitive tax” on exports of raw critical minerals.
Hundreds of workers on Sydney’s vast tunnelling system are exposed to high levels of silica dust,which can cause a deadly disease.
In a boost for the government’s war on labour-hire firms,Coles has joined major unions in calling for improvements for seasonal farm workers to shore up its supply chain.
The boss of the AWU has warned against Australia becoming a “Saudi-style guest worker economy” and recommended union membership as a safeguard against worker exploitation.
Shell is running its $US17 billion Prelude floating LNG plant with critical positions filled with crew who are not fully qualified and more than 200 safety alarms out of action ahead of industrial action due to start on Friday.
The Australian Workers Union WA said Gold Fields Australia attempted to rush through a “sub par” enterprise agreement that will impact 1800 employees.
Instant noodles and tea bags are part of a tangled fight brewing between unions and Rio Tinto about care for workers in COVID-19 isolation.
The mining safety boss and a union leader have challenged WA miners to stop doing the bare minimum and make site-specific COVID plans available to workers – now.
The reality of the WA government’s resources sector vaccination mandate is looming for workers and employers alike,and no one knows how many will choose to avoid the vaccine at the cost of their job.