A nurse and one-time member of the ANMF Victorian branch council has this week learned his quest to topple the union's incumbent leadership fell flat, had his bid to establish a rival union knocked out, and failed to convince a FWC member to recuse herself from dealing with his bullying claim.
The NSW PSA has won a rule change to enable it to cover speed camera operators after it resolved an ASU objection via undertakings allowing either of them to ask the ACTU to help settle any demarcation disputes before heading to private arbitration.
A court has fined an employer more than $42,000 for refusing to let AMIEU NSW branch assistant secretary Jason Schultz enter its lunchroom to speak with workers the day before they were to vote on a new agreement, while also threatening to call the police.
The ANMF has put new steps in place after an industrial officer failed to return his expired entry permit and "inadvertently" continued to rely on it, while the FWC has issued a new one on the condition he refreshes his training.
A pilots' union will weigh into a tussle over the Flying Kangaroo's alleged ditching of an A380 captain's exclusive parking arrangements near Sydney Airport, after the FWC rejected the airline's contention it cannot intervene as a "third party" in a member's agreement dispute.
The FWC has found a former CFMEU construction division official "removed" by administrator Mark Irving KC is fit to hold office in a union and act as a bargaining representative, five months after it cleared him to take up a part-time role with the ETU.
The proposed amalgamation of the Australian Retailers Association and National Retail Association to form the Australian Retail Council will go to a ballot next month, after a FWC decision today.
In a significant judgment on how far liability extends during industrial action, a court has found the MUA not responsible for a member telling a Qube shift manager "you'll end up dead dog" for crossing a picket line in 2021.
The Australian subsidiary of a multinational construction company followed a "considered industrial strategy" devised by a former AMWU leader when it refused a senior union official entry to a project to speak to workers, a judge has found.
