The FSU says it is embedding "trailblazing" AI clauses in agreements, as the FWC approves an Aware Super deal promising only a human will make key employment-related decisions, and another industry fund is seeking a variation that spells out its consultation obligations ahead of adopting the technology.
Reserve Bank staff have narrowly voted down a unilateral offer after the FSU warned that a proposed 9.5% pay rise over three years would prompt a "brain drain" to more lucrative public and private sector roles.
A FWC full bench has refused BHP permission to challenge a majority support determination that clears the way for the Collieries Staff and Officials Association to negotiate for the first time a deal covering supervisors and coordinators at the Hay Point Coal Terminal.
The FWC will tomorrow hear BHP's bid to break a bargaining deadlock at its crucial Port Hedland operations, ahead of unions staging an eight-hour strike on Thursday the miner claims could cost it more than $100 million. Update: This article has been updated to reflect the FWC bringing forward the conference to tomorrow.
Qantas breached the job security clause in its licensed engineers agreement when it unilaterally removed aircraft towing duties comprising at least 25% of their current workload, the FWC has found.
If BHP workers striking in Port Hedland next week can secure a union agreement, it would challenge the IR model that has endured in the Pilbara for more than 30 years, an IR researcher says.
AWU production operators have voted today to authorise industrial action, which will clear the way for port-wide strikes at BHP's Port Hedland operations, ahead of the next bargaining meeting tomorrow.
Peabody says it has called off a lockout of workers at the United Wambo Washery but the MEU claims it is effectively continuing as the company has told members it cannot accept their work if they continue to ban certain tasks.
Just over half of BHP's Mining Area C and South Flank iron ore mineworkers have voted to accept the company's proposed unilateral deal, which it says is "industry-leading", while the unions have called it a bare-bones "baseline" agreement.
