Combet appeals to AWU to back climate change efforts; Labor and unions share belief in opportunity, says Gillard; Poo-shovelling jobs prepared me for long years in Opposition, says Swan; AWU to seek agreement clauses dealing with "family violence"; and AWU-MUA alliance getting recruitment runs on the board, says second in charge.
An employer's proposal to negotiate an agreement with its in-house consultative committee misled employees about their rights and breached the Fair Work Act's notice requirements, Fair Work Australia has ruled.
Incorrect government advice usually an exceptional circumstance: full bench; TNT rejects TWU "corporate thuggery" claim; LHMU name change gets the green light; and Government seeks briefing on 457 visa breaches.
In a decision sure to be appealed, Fair Work Australia has confirmed that unions facing an employer that refuses to bargain don’t have to seek a majority support order or jump other hurdles before asking members to authorise industrial action.
A ticket comprising AMWU national secretary Dave Oliver and all of the union's key national and state officials has been re-elected unopposed in the lead-up to a key bargaining round.
The Federal Government should consider introducing a New Zealand-style good faith bargaining code if Fair Work Australia continues its "permissive approach" to employer bargaining conduct, while Australia's good faith bargaining provisions should be read as requiring parties to reach an agreement, according to a new book.
Australian Catholic University employees yesterday voted up a new enterprise agreement that increases parental leave entitlements for fathers with primary care responsibilities, enshrines a 35 hour week for academic staff and safeguards intellectual freedom.
AWU leader Paul Howes has warned Rio Tinto that the union is coming after it, as it shifts to a new industry-based bargaining model to build on a claimed 30% membership growth over three years.
