The TWU has begun multi-employer bargaining with aviation ground-handling operators, as unions continue to make use of the Albanese Government's new IR laws.
Long-serving RTBU NSW branch leader Alex Claassens is set to become national secretary following the resignation of Mark Diamond, whom the organisation credits with "transforming" it and resisting Coalition attempts to thwart the union movement.
FWC President Adam Hatcher has expressed concern about possible confusion arising from the inclusion in all awards of the new right to disconnect outside of working hours, when some awards "specifically contemplate" out-of-hours contact.
The Albanese Government will introduce laws to allow the CFMEU's manufacturing division to demerge if members vote for it, with the ACTU claiming "Mr Setka's personal grudges" have led to an exit push that "cannot be resolved any other way".
Master Builders Victoria has defended a new "industry template agreement" struck with the CFMEU, arguing it delivers simplified common clauses and "greater flexibility in engagement".
The FWC is seeking feedback on proposed undertakings that expunge an Aldi agreement's labour hire clauses, deemed invalid by the SDA because they try to circumvent same-job, same-pay provisions recently introduced into the Fair Work Act.
An ETU bid for a majority support determination covering team leaders at a major power station has fallen at the first hurdle, with the union failing to establish that they are "electricians" or in a role peculiar to the electrical industry.
The AiG is calling for the FWC to reject the ACTU's "misguided and inappropriate" draft "right to disconnect" award clause, and AREEA is recommending the final clause mirror the legislation, rather than expand it.
FWC President Adam Hatcher will conduct a directions hearing next Thursday to tackle two FAAA "same-job, same-pay" claims on behalf of Qantas labour hire cabin crew engaged via Maurice Alexander Management and one of the airline's many subsidiaries.
The MEU has filed 10 "same-job, same-pay" applications targeting BHP coal mines in Queensland, seeking to lift the pay of about 1700 labour hire workers by between $10,000 and $40,000 a year and stamp out a model that has "spread like a cancer" in the industry.
