RTBU Victorian branch secretary Vik Sharma says the State union will come together "for the first time" as a united team after his supporters resoundingly defeated the incumbent tram and bus divisional leadership in a recent ballot.
In a rare case of an employer challenging a union's "no" vote campaign materials, the FWC has ruled that the UWU had been entitled to present a two-tier wage system as a threat to existing workers, but misrepresented agreed leave entitlements.
The FWC has declined to delay a vote on an SDA-endorsed deal at a Coles automated distribution centre, despite finding the supermarket giant breached good faith bargaining obligations by not providing the draft agreement to another union.
The FWC has taken into account the financial pain of missed mortgage repayments and the disruption of being forced to take a drive-in, drive-out role in deciding to reinstate a mineworker who raised a fist towards a colleague after being "triggered" when called a "c—t".
The FWC has found Sydney Trains does not have to fund devices used to treat employees' sleep apnoea, but has suggested a review of arrangements with the employer's external health assessors after workers diagnosed with the condition had to pay up to $4000 for the anti-snoring technology.
A job that required four hours a day of travel did not amount to acceptable alternative employment for a redundant worker who had toiled almost entirely from home, the FWC has ruled.
Emma Kingdon, a former ACTU national campaigns director and CFMEU Administration executive officer, is set to replace Michele O'Neil as president of the ACTU.
The Federal Court has declined to temporarily restrain Atlassian from managing a neurodivergent worker's performance or sacking him, after finding no "real threat" of imminent termination of his employment.
The FWC has refused to make an intractable bargaining declaration sought by offshore service provider DOF Australia, finding that industrial action might shift negotiations, while the Offshore Alliance's "significant concession" on its wages claim indicates it is willing to reach agreement.
Acciona has failed to persuade the FWC that a delay between a petition and a MSD decision undermines evidence of majority support, with a senior member warning it would create a "farcical scenario" if unions must constantly revisit members' views.
