As thousands of early childhood education and care workers prepare to walk out over feared pay cuts of between 4% and 15% when their taxpayer-funded retention scheme expires in November, the federal minister responsible is declining to provide certainty on the government's future intentions.
The FWC has removed McDonald's South Australian franchisees from a supported bargaining authorisation so they can join the fast food giant in negotiating its first nationwide agreement since 2013.
The SDA has gladly dropped multiple bids for supported bargaining at McDonald's stores and franchise outlets after the FWC granted the fast food giant a nationwide single interest authorisation, clearing the way for voluntary multi-employer bargaining.
WA Catholic education employers have won a rare voting request order allowing them to put a single interest multi-deal to a ballot despite the IEU's opposition, as the union accuses them of using the Secure Jobs tool as a "battering ram".
As the ASU prepares to bargain for a major single interest multi-deal covering at least eight Melbourne councils, the FWC has rejected a bid for a supported bargaining authorisation covering two local government gardening service providers.
The FWC has approved a landmark single interest multi-deal covering two councils after one of them lost a Federal Court challenge to head it off, with the ASU now seeking to rope in others and replicate the "template for a fairer future" for regional workers.
The CEPU's South Australian branch has failed to convince Commissioner Chris Platt in his final ruling before retirement that an employer breached its good faith bargaining obligations by putting a single-enterprise agreement to a vote after the union sought a supported bargaining authorisation.
The FWC has refused to stay a single interest bargaining authorisation for six Chemist Warehouse franchisees while an appeal is underway, because it could "derail" negotiations for several months, when the permit only stands for a year.
The FWC has refused McDonald's' bid to put on hold the SDA's application for supported bargaining authorisations for more than 100,000 workers across five states and the NT until the Federal Court completes a review next year.
Victoria's Catholic school teachers and support staff have rejected a non-union agreement offer, while the IEU says support is growing for its application for a single interest bargaining authorisation through which it is seeking to secure a statewide deal.
