Reserve Bank staff have narrowly voted down a unilateral offer after the FSU warned that a proposed 9.5% pay rise over three years would prompt a "brain drain" to more lucrative public and private sector roles.
The FWC will tomorrow hear BHP's bid to break a bargaining deadlock at its crucial Port Hedland operations, ahead of unions staging an eight-hour strike on Thursday the miner claims could cost it more than $100 million. Update: This article has been updated to reflect the FWC bringing forward the conference to tomorrow.
AWU production operators have voted today to authorise industrial action, which will clear the way for port-wide strikes at BHP's Port Hedland operations, ahead of the next bargaining meeting tomorrow.
Peabody says it has called off a lockout of workers at the United Wambo Washery but the MEU claims it is effectively continuing as the company has told members it cannot accept their work if they continue to ban certain tasks.
Just over half of BHP's Mining Area C and South Flank iron ore mineworkers have voted to accept the company's proposed unilateral deal, which it says is "industry-leading", while the unions have called it a bare-bones "baseline" agreement.
An unregistered union representing Sydney Airport workers has filed a majority support determination application to bring a contractor to the bargaining table, while negotiations are also underway with two other Kingsford Smith employers.
In echoes of the last round of contested negotiations, the FSU is urging Reserve Bank employees to reject a unilateral offer that it warns will prompt a "brain drain" to more lucrative public and private sector roles.
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.
Industrial action has ceased at hydrocarbons producer Inpex after it reached an in-principle agreement with the Offshore Alliance containing what the unions claim are "great" pay rises they claim will set the standard for negotiations underway for a new Shell Prelude agreement, while they have credited the FWC's interest-based bargaining efforts with hastening a resolution.
NT Corrections has for the third time failed to halt prison officer strikes, with the FWC finding that the industrial action is protected and the UWU has complied with its assurances that it would protect the safety of prisoners.
