The SDA has lodged a new supported bargaining application seeking to cover 115,000 McDonald's workers across the country, off the back of its recent win in South Australia.
McDonald's has failed to fend off a landmark supported bargaining authorisation compelling its SA franchisees to bargain with the SDA for a multi-deal on behalf of thousands of low-paid workers at across more than 50 restaurants.
A FWC full bench has made the first contested supported bargaining authorisation under Secure Jobs changes, roping in 10 disability support providers in Victoria to collectively negotiate a new agreement with their workforces.
CPSU Victoria has secured the first public sector multi-employer agreement under the Secure Jobs provisions, providing 3% annual increases over four years to 1800 workers in State arts and cultural institutions.
In a landmark decision letting Sydney Trains and NSW Trains put a multi-enterprise deal to a vote despite the ETU's opposition, a FWC full bench has for the first time granted a voting request order under Secure Jobs reforms.
Surging demand to join the early childhood education supported bargaining agreement and access its substantial pay increases has spurred the FWC to tailor a more efficient process for handling the "large volume" of applications.
The SDA says Federal Labor's multi-employer agreement stream has opened the way for Chemist Warehouse's highly-feminised, award-dependent workforce to bargain collectively when they previously had "no realistic path".
The ASU has lodged a single interest multi-employer bargaining authorisation to force eight Melbourne metropolitan councils to negotiate for a deal covering 7000 local government workers, or up to 10,000 if petitions at a further three councils succeed.
