A mole inside Chris Corrigan's banking syndicate leaked critical information during the 1998 waterfront dispute, according to a new book by former ACTU secretary Greg Combet.
In what the ACTU has dubbed a political witch hunt, the federal Attorney-General's department is questioning government agencies over their dealings with unions over the last ten years.
A new Melbourne University study urges the Fair Work Ombudsman to more broadly use its capacity to prosecute HR managers and company advisors as a vehicle to increase compliance and drive improvements in employment practices.
Department of Human Services employees look set to be the first to vote on an offer made under the Coalition's restrictive new public sector bargaining policy, with the CPSU warning the below-inflation pay and reduced conditions on the table are "early-warning signs" of what is ahead.
The Australian Tax Office will provide more details on a plan to cut the number of specialist staff who oversee self-managed superannuation funds and employer contributions after the CPSU contested the changes.
The Human Rights Commission has found that, 15 years after its first national inquiry revealed widespread discrimination against pregnant women in the workplace, working while pregnant is "still often seen as a privilege, not a right".
The Fair Work Ombudsman has failed in its prosecution of Jetstar and two overseas companies for allegedly failing to pay award entitlements to Singapore and Thailand-based cabin crew working on flights within Australia.
The ACTU's new bargaining "toolkit" seeks to increase employer superannuation contributions by 0.5% per year, even if workers are being paid at above the super guarantee.
The Federal Court has refused to delay the Fair Work Building Industry Inspectorate's unlawful coercion case against the CFMEU over the 2012 Grocon blockade, finding that the company's contempt charges against the union in the Victorian Supreme Court are not criminal proceedings.
The CFMEU construction and general division's WA branch is raising money to pay fines of up to $10,000 each against individual building workers, after some of them faced seizure orders for assets.
