The TWU's NSW branch has temporarily taken over the running of the Queensland branch, after an investigation of its governance and the resignation of its secretary, who won election in 2010 with the backing of the union's national office.
The UWU says that no complaint has been made to it relating to historic sexual harassment allegations that led to the resignation of Tasmanian Labor leader and former union leader David O'Byrne.
Former ACTU leader Bob Hawke served US interests as an "informer" on IR, union and political matters during the 1970s, according to a new academic paper.
The Federal Court has today restrained the AMWU from proceeding with internal charges of alleged misconduct against a Victorian branch leader that could have him removed from his position.
The ROC is seeking external help with its investigation of inaccurate membership records kept by the AWU between 2009 and 2017, a Senate Estimates committee heard yesterday.
The CFMMEU's mining and energy division has asked the FWC to expedite the hearing of its demerger application because of the union's civil war, in correspondence revealing its substantial assets and its proposed new name, while the Commission has today timetabled a case dealing with threshold matters.
The UWU told the FWC this morning that a proposed enterprise union now has the company's IR manager – an advocate of "union-free" workplaces – holding a key leadership position, as it seeks to convince the Commission to reject the entity's registration application.
The national convention of the CFMMEU's mining and energy division has endorsed demerging from the broader organisation, warning against any attempt to stop it forming an "independent union".
The Federal Court has found it strongly arguable that the CFMMEU's national executive would have contravened the union's rules if it determined a coverage dispute between the construction and mining divisions at a national executive meeting that was to be held today, while construction division leader Dave Noonan probably has not been validly elected as national secretary of the broader union.
The Federal Court has this morning issued an injunction to stymie the agenda for a CFMMEU national executive meeting that was to begin this afternoon, after the union's mining and energy division claimed that if it proceeded the construction and general division would start poaching its members.
