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.
The Mining and Energy Union says a two-week lockout of Peabody workers at the United Wambo Washery is an "extraordinary response" given how close they are to reaching an agreement.
The ETU has accused BHP of putting forward a "baseline" agreement for the Pilbara's South Flank and Area C mines in an attempt to undermine the same-job, same-pay framework before on-hire workers "can even use it".
Unions have today sought authorisation to strike at BHP's iron ore export operations at Port Hedland, after claiming to have been "stonewalled" during bargaining for new deals.
A proposed new deal for BHP iron ore mineworkers in Western Australia has split union opinion, the AWU and MEU describing it as a "significant improvement" on the resources titan's previous offer, but the ETU calling it "an insult to the workforce".
After thwarting a HSU branch merger, VAHPA rank and file members are running a ticket in the first contested election in 14 years, but the incumbents say they look forward to putting their "record, vision, and leadership before the membership once again".
Queensland's Crisafulli Government is again seeking FWC intervention to stop industrial action affecting the rail network, ahead of the State hosting the NRL Magic Round and the tribunal kicking off a series of intensive negotiations this week.
The FWC has dismissed claims that an employer undermined good faith bargaining obligations by suspending and then proposing to sack a union delegate who grabbed the shirt of a child patron at a sports centre.
Tasmania's peak business group says it is behind a coordinated campaign that prompted Launceston council to backtrack on an Australian-first in-principle deal enshrining a 30.4-hour four-day work week.
An emergency care flight service has withdrawn objections to an ANMF protected action ballot of nurses and midwives, and the FWC has found no reason to block it, after the union inserted a caveat to protect patient safety.
