The 16-day blockade of Grocon's Emporium project in Melbourne is over, after FWA President, Justice Iain Ross, yesterday chaired eight hours of talks between the company and the CFMEU.
Employer groups that argued last year's full Federal Court Barclay v Bendigo TAFE ruling gave union members "protected species status" have welcomed this morning's High Court decision overturning it, while Workplace Relations Minister Bill Shorten is taking advice on the judgment before responding to it in detail.
Setka could be CFMEU construction and general division Victorian branch secretary by end of September; Bastian takes over as AMWU national secretary; Batt seeking federal role; and Nominations closing soon in other union elections.
The High Court has unanimously upheld Bendigo TAFE's appeal against last year's full Federal Court ruling that it took unlawful adverse action when it disciplined a teacher who was also a union delegate.
Elections look likely in November to determine the new leadership teams for each of the renewed HSU NSW and Victorian No 1 and No 3 branches, with up to three rival tickets expected in each branch by the close of nominations on September 28.
The High Court today has unanimously overturned the landmark full Federal Court majority ruling that Bendigo TAFE took unlawful adverse action when it disciplined a teacher, who was also an AEU delegate, over an email he sent to union members.
Public sector disputes bump up days lost to industrial action; AiG challenges government over global survey; and John Edwards to deliver 16th annual address in honour of Julian Small.
Maurice Blackburn principal Josh Bornstein says criminalising workplace bullying won't work and that Fair Work Australia should be given a new early intervention role to prevent cases reaching the point of irreversible damage.
FWA has issued six-month industrial action bans against both the CFMEU and CEPU and even longer ones against building workers on the troubled $800 million children's hospital project in Brisbane, where no work has been performed for more than a month.
Fair Work Australia has rejected a health employer's bid to suspend protected industrial action on the grounds of public safety and welfare, but has approved a similar application by an employer that manages court security.
