In a case testing the extent to which employers can withhold pay during protected industrial action, the Federal Court today conducted a hearing into the AWU's claim that Chevron unlawfully deducted loading and allowances from workers during stoppages at its WA facilities.
Japanese oil and gas producer Inpex might be facing industrial strife at its Australian offshore and onshore facilities after it prematurely closed a ballot for its proposed agreement - which workers overwhelmingly voted down - ahead of a protected action vote that is underway.
The Federal Court has slugged a wharfie almost $10,000 for telling a colleague "You'll end up dead dog" if he kept escorting on-hire workers through a lawful picket during a strike at Fremantle port in 2021.
The first lawful industrial action in more than 30 years in the Pilbara will begin next week, with ETU members on a crucial BHP power network launching work bans.
The FWC has granted a rare order to suspend protected industrial action already under way due to its effect on a third party, finding ETU work bans would result in a 12-month delay to a key element of Queensland's $7 billion Cross River Rail project.
A senior FWC member has unflatteringly compared a past NSW government's successful application to avert rail strikes with the sparse evidence provided by the Crisafulli Government in last week's failed bid to suspend similar industrial action in Queensland.
The prospect of the first lawful strikes in more than 25 years at BHP's Iron Ore mines has moved closer, after ETU members on a crucial Pilbara power network voted up a protected action ballot.
The ETU has failed to halt a lockout it claimed a company unlawfully initiated in response to safety inspections at a major NSW workshop, with the FWC finding the employer gave ample warning it would close the gates if workers went on strike.
BHP says it has contingency plans in place to ensure continuity of power supply to its Pilbara mines and ports, as 60 workers who operate its remote electricity grid threaten what it says is its WA iron ore operation's first protected action this century.
RAFFWU is accusing Berkelouw and Harry Hartog bookstores in a Federal Court case of taking unlawful retaliatory adverse action against its members after they took protected industrial action while bargaining to replace a long-expired deal.
