DHL Exel Supply Chain must pay the TWU $43,000 in fines for inducing employees at its Matraville site in Sydney to leave the union and unlawfully approve an agreement with the NUW, after a Federal Magistrates Court ruling.
The TWU has won annual pay rises of 8% in Western Australia and is achieving a minimum of 4% a year throughout the rest of the country in its latest transport bargaining round.
AIRC publishes interim guide to drafting modern awards; CFMEU WA's Reynolds fails in bid to stop challenger from using lists; Coroner says unwarranted dismissal caused worker's suicide; and Overtime workers more depressed and anxious, according to health study.
SA Unions' claim for a $26-a-week minimum wage increase and the QCU's claim for $29 a week are the two wage cases still outstanding, after a full bench of the Tasmanian Industrial Commission agreed to an across-the-board $19-a-week rise for the State's award workers - a figure agreed to by the Tasmanian Trades and Labour Council and the CCI.
Bargaining to replace Telstra's main enterprise agreement is at an impasse, with the telco refusing to sign a side deed proposed by the ACTU, saying it would contravene the national construction code and prevent it tendering to build the $4.7 billion National Broadband Network.
AIRC makes dedicated websites for priority modern awards; Dismissed BHPB worker refused injunction for reinstatement; Planned TCF tariff cuts would benefit economy, says Productivity Commission; and HREOC targets employers over age discrimination
Industrial action in the form of 18 consecutive four-hour stoppages - resulting in a three-day strike by electricians at Cadbury Schweppes' Claremont factory in Tasmania this week – is protected, the AIRC has decided.
A retailer that strictly enforced a "Dickensian" policy requiring employees at two Tasmanian stores to work unpaid for 15 to 30 minutes before and after their shifts has been ordered to pay almost $53,000 in penalties.
NSW rail unions have called off the strike action planned for July 17, after they made significant progress at a meeting today with Transport Minister John Watkins and agreed to try to finalise a new deal in talks tomorrow.
