ANZ workers are voting on the FSU's proposed log of claims for a new enterprise agreement, which includes pushing for 4% annual wage rises across all classifications, an immediate end to offshoring of Australian jobs and a commitment to no forced redundancies.
Building industry supplier Ausreo says it will continue its lockout at a western Sydney site - now in its seventh week - until AMWU members realise their bargaining claims are "unreasonable and unsustainable".
The WA Appeal Court has ruled that Burswood Casino had a duty to warn a night-shift employee of the risks of driving home in the pre-dawn hours, but has rejected her appeal against a lower court decision that her employer was not responsible for her losing control of her car and injuring herself.
The FWO has launched a review into the hiring of overseas employees on 417 working holiday visas, including allegations that "unscrupulous operators" are exploiting the visa requirements to attract free labour.
A car wash operator and its two managers have been fined $90,000 after the Federal Court found they had underpaid more than 350 vulnerable workers almost $180,000 between January and September 2010.
CFMEU Queensland branch secretary Michael Ravbar has denied the union banned Universal Cranes from the state's building sites, claiming that the company's refusal to comply with major project agreements resulted in head contractors excluding it.
A construction strike in pursuit of more "family friendly" rosters at the huge Curtis Island LNG projects at Gladstone in Queensland has been marked by picket lines, traffic snarls and at least two arrests.
The AIMPE has called off planned strikes in Port Hedland after being threatened with Federal Court action for notifying stoppages outside the 30-day cut-off for authorised industrial action set by the Fair Work Act.
