As the trial of the CFMEU's Noel Washington draws nearer, construction unions are planning protest rallies around the country, with the VTHC predicting 30,000-40,000 will march in Melbourne alone.
Vote in Telstra protected action ballot starts tomorrow; VTHC leads protest to Gillard's office; Ernies going strong 16 years on; Deloitte wins gong for commitment to women in the workplace; LHMU calls for childcare sector reform as second provider collapses; ASU launches call centre campaign; ACTU backs 18 weeks paid maternity leave; Wilkinson appointed new NZ labour minister
Reynolds over the line in CFMEU WA election, Oliver gets up in Victoria; NSW passes law to keep local government workers in state system; and Opposition accuses Labor of breaching policy in four areas.
A CFMEU organiser breached entry laws when he conducted a safety walk and spoke to employees during two visits to a NSW construction site, the AIRC full bench has found.
A former senior manager with Encyclopaedia Britannica has won a redundancy payout equivalent to nine months wages after the NSW Supreme Court rejected the company's claim that he was sacked on performance grounds.
CFMEU WA branch secretary Kevin Reynolds is shaping as the likely winner in the election battle for control of the union; and the CFMEU has been ordered to keep assistant secretary Joe McDonald from trying to exercise right of entry for two years and has revoked or suspended the entry permits of three branch organisers.
An employer who repeatedly grabbed the genitals of an apprentice and pretended to try and drag him into the shower has been ordered to pay $35,000 in damages.
Unions to have right to inspect non-members employment records, but face fines for misuse of information; Lawrence says Labor's IR changes not Work Choices lite; Unions push for constructive union-employer relationships in new principles for broadband network; and Workplace Ombudsman to audit Sydney building sites.
