The continuing power struggle between the RTBU's Victorian branch and the leadership of its locomotive division has again played out in court, division secretary Paris Jolly failing on appeal to prove that the union took adverse action against him because of an unsuccessful demerger attempt.
The Albanese Government is fast-tracking access to the taxpayer-funded FEG scheme for up to 2800 employees of Australia's largest specialty fashion retailer, Mosaic Brands, ahead of the company being placed into liquidation, while the administrators for the Whyalla steelworks will today seek court approval for unions to represent employees at next week's first creditors' meeting..
A FWC full bench says it suspended industrial action afflicting Sydney's rail network partly to give the RTBU's leadership a chance to "re-establish a greater degree of control" amid suggestions some workers have been going rogue in pushing for a more radical approach.
A full Federal Court has taken legislative changes into account in throwing out the UFU's bid to quash a FWC full bench finding no terms had been agreed between the union and Fire Rescue Victoria upon which to base an intractable bargaining workplace determination.
Mark Irving KC says he is administering the CFMEU's construction and general division "in the shadow" of the union's deposed leaders' High Court challenge, which is creating substantial uncertainty.
In a warning for employers about properly educating workers on workplace policies, the FWC has reinstated an employee dismissed for breaching drug and alcohol rules, because the major company failed to ensure its workforce understood a key change.
A FWC full bench has decided to park its consideration of whether to bring forward the trigger for consultations in model agreement clauses after employers expressed "alarm" at the prospect of requiring it when proposing to introduce a major change rather than when they make a "definite decision".
The FWO has launched a court case seeking penalties against former CFMEU construction and general division Victorian branch secretary John Setka and the union for allegedly attempting to coerce the AFL into sacking its head of umpiring, former ABCC commissioner Steve McBurney.
The ACCC has today given preliminary approval to Virgin Australia's proposed "wet lease" arrangement with Qatar Airways that enables the local carrier to offer flights to Doha, prompting the TWU to call on the airline to accelerate consultations over a "best practice" model for affected employees.
The TWU is seeking a road transport contractual chain order for the cash-in-transit industry, to create minimum standards for contractors, and ensure banks and industry participants "do their fair share to properly fund critical cash-in-transit services", that might otherwise "face extinction".
