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MEU the big mover on same-job, same-pay

Almost a year after orders became available under Labor's landmark same-job, same-pay laws, a review of progress by Workplace Express indicates there have been about 50 decisions, with the MEU, UWU, AMIEU and SDA accounting for more than 70% of them.

Pluto project workers knock back 21% over three years package

Workers at Woodside's Pluto 2 LNG expansion in the Pilbara have overwhelmingly voted down head contractor Bechtel's proposed agreement, while Rio Tinto's Paraburdoo iron ore workers are set to receive a pay rise, announced shortly after unions kicked-off their majority support campaign.

"Short-changed" cash-custodians weigh strikes

The TWU is threatening strikes in the cash-in-transit industry in three states - with 99% of Victorian Armaguard workers already voting in favour - arguing its hand has been forced by a lack of progress in pay talks, eight months after the union's novel bid to rope-in the industry's major customers to secure pay rises.

10% retention rise to remedy mental health "crisis"

Psychiatrist staff specialists in NSW public hospitals have won a temporary 10% "stop-gap" attraction and retention allowance, after a State IRC full bench accepted they had established a special case to address an "acute shortage", partly a result of "comparatively low pay", that is driving a reduction in the quality of mental health care.

ETU seeking to split bargaining for next stage of Pluto 2

The ETU's WA branch is pushing to bargain for a separate agreement for continuing electrical, instrumentation or plumbing workers at the massive Pluto 2 LNG expansion, to uncouple from employees who will be demobilised as the construction phase ends, and is urging workers to vote down a pay offer that "does not pass the pub test".

Union forces FWC to add labour supplier to SJSP order

A MEU prompt has spurred a host employer subject to same-job, same-pay orders to fulfil its statutory obligation to tell the FWC about a recently-engaged labour-supplier.

Agreement shows transition no "race to the bottom": ETU

The ETU's WA branch has secured the first agreement in the State covering a green energy facility in a transition hotspot, and says it proves that the shift to renewables does not have to cost workers their pay and conditions.

Unions urge 'no' vote on wage-capped deal, as Police win big

Unions are urging NT public sector workers to vote down a 3% annual wage offer that complies with the Government's pay cap and reduces job security, after police voted up a record above-cap pay deal, raising questions about fairness.

Court rejects BHP SJSP stay bid

The Federal Court has today rejected BHP Coal's bid to stay the same-job, same-pay orders for its Bowen Basin mines, which had been due to take effect within days.

Court to rule on BHP SJSP stay on Wednesday

The Federal Court will rule on Wednesday on BHP Coal's bid to stay the crucial FWC full bench rulings to issue same-job, same-pay orders for its Bowen Basin mines, after it revealed the decisions would impose extra costs of just $20 million to $30 million a year, when it had issued dire warnings in 2023 that it faced an impost of $1.3 billion dollars annually across its operations.

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