As unions pursue an intractable bargaining bid for BHP's Port Hedland iron ore export operations, the FWC will today hear the company's application for bargaining orders against the ETU, alleging it failed to negotiate in good faith.
The FWC has ordered an employer to withdraw its offer of a "customer service continuity payment" for employees working through protected industrial action.
A BHP subsidiary unreasonably docked by 5% the wages of Pilbara power workers who engaged in protected partial work bans, the FWC has ruled, reducing the discount to 2% after registering "significant concerns" with the resources giant's calculation methodology.
An unregistered Sydney Airport union has failed to win a protected action ballot order after making a "confusing" attempt to completely redraft its application through amendments, while the TWU has secured one during bargaining for the same deal.
In an indication that the Qantas group didn't abandon its hardline IR approach with the departure of Alan Joyce, its low-cost subsidiary is threatening to put a unilateral deal to its ASU-covered customer service workforce as it votes on industrial action to coincide with school holidays and the AFL and NRL finals series.
The FWC will today hear an ETU challenge to BHP's docking of the pay of sparkies on the power network serving its Pilbara iron ore mines and company town, after they participated in protected bans on mentoring, training and upskilling.
The AEU says the State's public school teachers, principals and support workers will walk out for 24 hours on August 19 if the Carroll Government fails to put forward an "acceptable" revised bargaining offer.
The FWC has upheld a coal mining company's right to stop accrual of annual leave for employees when they take industrial action or are locked out, in a decision with potential implications for the wider industry.
Mining giant Peabody has shelved plans for a third lockout of workers at its Wambo Coal Handling Preparation Plant after the MEU launched a legal challenge to the company's right to take the industrial action.
