The ACTU’s executive has this afternoon voted overwhelmingly in favour of a resolution to immediately suspend the HSU as an affiliate in the wake of FWA’s finding of 181 breaches by the national office and with other investigations still to come.
The AMWU and the Victorian labour hire group have reached an in-principle agreement that will deliver several thousand workers a 9% pay rise over two years and introduce a casual conversion clause. Deals in Victorian manufacturing, meanwhile, are being settled for between 3.5% and 4% a year.
