The CFMMEU's mining & energy division is seeking authorisation from members to take industrial action as it pursues the replacement of the biggest enterprise agreement in the Queensland coalfields, after losing patience with BHP in FWC-brokered negotiations.
The CFMMEU's Mining & Energy division has today in echoes of the ABCC kicked off its new bid to break away from the parent mega-union by tendering evidence that the Construction & General division has breached workplace or safety laws 227 times since 1999.
Newly-elected NTEU national general secretary Damien Cahill says the union will renew its campaign for increased public funding for universities and push for a parliamentary inquiry into the sector's "corporatised " governance.
A court has rebuffed a safety manager's attempt to unearth physical evidence that Watpac sacked him as a result of union pressure rather than for allegedly instigating anonymous threats to a CFMMEU delegate and his partner.
The CFMMEU is under internal attack for the second time in two days, with the manufacturing division applying today to hold a vote on going it alone, after the mining and energy division renewed its own demerger bid yesterday.
The FSU says members at the NAB are preparing to take industrial action if the bank does not improve on its response to claims that include "industry-leading salary increases", increased branch staffing ratios and the abolition of "excessive" working hours.
The FWC has opened the way for MSS Security workers stationed around three Pilbara Ports Authority sites to start bargaining for a new deal, despite the employer's claims that any pay increases could stymie its ability to renew a soon-to-expire contract.
A CFMMEU organiser who engaged in threatening and coercive conduct, including stopping a concrete pour, has failed to convince the FWC to renew his entry permit, despite presenting evidence that he had recently completed training on the error of his ways.
The Productivity Commission says the workplace tribunal should have a "fast-track process" for early involvement in industrial disputes on the docks, while waterfront employers should have more options for taking their own protected action beyond lockouts.
The ACCC has secured a maximum $750,000 fine against the CFMMEU for breaching competition laws when it pressured a major construction company to boycott a non-union subcontractor.
