The AMOU has failed to persuade the FWC that a greenfields deal covering deck officers should be rejected because of a demarcation "side-deal" made with the AWU half a century ago.
The AEU says the State's public school teachers, principals and support workers will walk out for 24 hours on August 19 if the Carroll Government fails to put forward an "acceptable" revised bargaining offer.
Mining giant Peabody has shelved plans for a third lockout of workers at its Wambo Coal Handling Preparation Plant after the MEU launched a legal challenge to the company's right to take the industrial action.
The first test case for the delegates' rights provisions legislated by the Albanese Government is set to be heard in the Federal Court in Brisbane next week.
In a case sent straight to a full bench by President Adam Hatcher, the FWC has rejected an aged care employer's argument that an expired agreement should be axed because it is "unfair" to nurses who would better off under the award.
In a judgment confirming workers can seek to recoup underpayments through the Consumer Law, the Federal Court has found Domino's responsible for short-changing workers by misleading no fewer than 300 franchise operators into applying old SDA-negotiated agreements instead of the award.
In a significant judgment on what constitutes "automation", the Federal Court has ruled that stevedore DP World is not required to consult extensively over plans to have drivers control quayside cranes remotely, because it does not represent "a significant change to the mode of operation" under the terms of its agreement.
Victoria's public school teachers and education support staff will strike again tomorrow after AEU members rejected a second offer from the Allan Labor Government, which would have lifted their pay by at least 28% over four years.
Long haul Qantas pilots are about to vote on whether to back protected action for the first time since the airline grounded its fleet and locked out workers in 2011, as they seek improvements to a rejected offer and the Flying Kangaroo prepares to roll out its crucial Project Sunrise non-stop flights.
Ahead of McDonald's' first bargaining meeting to negotiate a national deal with unions, a full Federal Court has dismissed an employer-led review bid that sought to challenge the FWC's approach to making supported bargaining authorisations that covered its franchisees.
