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.
The FWC has confirmed an electrical contractor's pursuit of a multi-employer deal does not displace its obligation to negotiate a single enterprise agreement sought by the ETU, granting the union a PABO after finding the company breached good faith obligations.
The UWU has won a protected action ballot order despite an employer's intention to unilaterally put a proposed deal to a vote, and its insistence that the bargaining parties already agreed to it in-principle.
The House of Representatives has passed legislation to reduce the FWC's workload and introduce procurement arrangements enabling the Albanese Government to prefer suppliers with enterprise agreements, while the Greens have backed a motion to give the Senate just an hour to debate it before a final vote on Monday.
An unregistered union representing Sydney Airport workers has filed a majority support determination application to bring a contractor to the bargaining table, while negotiations are also underway with two other Kingsford Smith employers.
A FWC full bench has taken the extraordinary step of quashing a five-year-old decision that left thousands of BP employees uncovered by an enterprise agreement while the company remained unaware it had been terminated.
In echoes of the last round of contested negotiations, the FSU is urging Reserve Bank employees to reject a unilateral offer that it warns will prompt a "brain drain" to more lucrative public and private sector roles.
A Victorian public schools deal sold by the AEU to Victorian members as a "win for teachers" has been voted down, with the union set to decide today on its "next steps" and the Government accusing the union of being out of touch with its membership.
The FWC has ruled that the MUA is not entitled to cover production operators at a West Australian saltworks because their duties are not tied closely enough to stevedoring, and refused to order the company to continue to include the union in bargaining.
