Festering tensions within the Queensland branch of the CFMEU's construction and general division have been exposed by a secret recording from July this year that has been released by the Heydon Royal Commission.
A long-running dispute between the meatworkers' union and Teys Australia over pay and conditions at the company's Beenleigh abattoir has taken another turn, with the Fair Work Commission agreeing to hold off on arbitration until the Federal Court rules on the latest in a series of legal challenges by the company.
Labor has used parliamentary privilege to call on the federal government to sack FWC Vice President Michael Lawler, accusing him of using stolen money and "rorting taxpayers" by taking paid sick leave while advocating for his partner, former HSU national secretary Kathy Jackson.
The CFMEU construction and general division's Queensland branch secretary, Michael Ravbar, directed that security cameras be covered before documents were removed from the union's offices last year, the Heydon Royal Commission heard today.
The federal government has introduced legislation to outlaw "payment for visa" activities and will give the immigration minister the discretion to cancel the visas of those involved in the practice.
The SA Government has reached a "no strike" agreement with three unions to ensure industrial action is not an obstacle to building new submarines in Adelaide for the Australian Navy.
New Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says his government will seek to reassure workers that any IR change won't threaten their conditions, while the AiG is urging the new administration to "get on the front foot" and reshape regulation to suit 21st Century workplaces.
Documents removed last year from the Queensland offices of the CFMEU’s construction and general division were later taken to a landfill after a failed attempt to burn them, the Heydon Royal Commission heard today.
The RTBU's Victorian branch says it has reached an in-principle agreement with Yarra Trams that will deliver pay rises of 14% over four years plus 3% in cash bonuses.
A law student must pay costs to the principal of a law firm for lodging an unsuccessful summary judgment claim despite the firm contravening award terms and the Fair Work Act by repeatedly failing to pay his wages and entitlements.
