A two-week lockout of CSR Gyprock workers has ended with the parties reaching an in-principle agreement, talks are scheduled for tomorrow in a bid to end a two-month lockout at building supplier Ausreo, and a nine-month standoff over unpaid allowances for Dubbo maintenance workers has been resolved in a new deal.
A truck driver sacked for urinating outside the entrance to a Woolworths warehouse will receive around $14,000 in compensation after the Fair Work Commission ruled his employer's handling of the investigation into the incident rendered his dismissal unfair.
A former SDA Queensland branch secretary - now a federal Labor senator - has taken steps to repay tax deductions he claimed on contributions paid to an internal union "fighting fund", the Heydon Royal Commission has been told.
The CFMEU says it will keep pushing for shorter swing rosters on major resource construction projects, despite losing a push to introduce them for the Curtis Island LNG plants in Queensland.
The ALAEA has launched Federal Court action against Qantas, claiming it breached its consultation obligations while cutting licensed engineers' positions - an allegation the airline rejects.
The High Court has refused the CFMEU leave to challenge last year's Federal Court finding that the Victorian Government's enforcement of its construction sector code and guidelines was lawful.
The Heydon Royal Commission has called former SDA Queensland state secretary and current Labor senator Chris Ketter, as it continues to examine unions' use of funds for political activities.
The FWC full bench conducting the four-year review of modern awards will consider any possible changes to penalty rates towards the end of the process.
In an analysis the Coalition dismisses, the CFMEU says the rejection rate for 457 visa applications has almost doubled since the former ALP Government's labour market testing took effect.
The MUA has threatened that Barrow Island on WA's northwest shelf might be condemned under the International Transport Workers' Federation's "port of convenience" campaign unless energy giant Chevron improves its relations with the union.
