After thwarting a HSU branch merger, VAHPA rank and file members are running a ticket in the first contested election in 14 years, but the incumbents say they look forward to putting their "record, vision, and leadership before the membership once again".
The FWC has castigated a union delegate for abusing its anti-bullying processes to "settle personal scores" with managers, branding it "completely inappropriate".
Fortescue is seeking to strike back against union efforts to force it into bargaining, launching court action that has now sparked a counter-suit from the AWU and ETU, seeking orders to compel it to kickstart the process by issuing a bargaining notice.
Queensland Rail says "the public has lost" after it and the Crisafulli Government again failed to stop industrial action hitting trains through to the end of June, despite the FWC accepting it will affect this weekend's NRL Magic Round and might pose safety risks.
The ACTU has upped the pay rise it is seeking in the annual wage review from 5% to 6% in response to inflationary pressures flowing from the Middle East war.
The HSU Victorian No.1 branch's auditor has resigned after an investigation by the FWC's general manager found the union's financial reports materially mis-stated elements of its financial position and performance.
A full Federal Court has opened the door for two state ambulance enterprise unions to win registration, by quashing two FWC rulings that found the unions could not seek federal endorsement.
Oxfam workers are seeking to formalise a four-day week in their new enterprise agreement, after securing a trial in their previous deal, an Oxfam employee has told the parliamentary inquiry into the NES.
FWC general manager Murray Furlong has launched a new action against former HSU leader Diana Asmar, pushing for her to be banned from holding union positions because she allegedly took reprisal action against "several individuals" who made protected disclosures about the union's governance and financial management.
Mining unions have asked Fortescue to begin bargaining for replacement deals for two barebones non-union agreements covering iron ore workers at four Pilbara sites.
