Post Logistics Australasia customers could face service disruptions this month after the AIRC approved an NUW bid to seek authorisation for indefinite strikes at four of the company’s NSW sites.
The share of the economy going to profits has hit the highest level since the ABS started keeping records in 1959, while the share allocated to wages has hit a new 43-year low, today's National Accounts data has revealed.
Inflation to fall if wages stay under control, says RBA; AIG urges care with Fair Dismissal Code; Blue Glue dispute in Federal Court on Friday; Correction to Fairfax article; Power unions seek answers from NSW Government; NSW teachers back further industrial action; Victorian family anti-discrimination laws take effect; and Politicians on the catwalk.
Former AMWU national secretary Doug Cameron told the Senate in his maiden speech yesterday evening that the ABCC would be in his sights until its abolition in January 2010.
Pay rises of 3.9% to 4.3% a year under offer to Fairfax journalists; NSW teachers to consider industrial action; AIRC's Jim Simmonds retire; O’Neil appointed TCFU national secretary; and ASU members to commence rolling stoppages at IBM.
The CPSU has asked the AIRC to prescribe good faith bargaining rules for the public sector, saying that numerous federal agencies - including the DEEWR - are failing to comply with new requirements to give employees the chance to opt for a union-negotiated agreement.
The NSW Supreme Court has refused to restrain a recruiter from using confidential information from his employer, but has ordered him to return some material he was sent unsolicited.
Melbourne docks productivity almost back to 2004 record; Power unions planning new anti-privatisation push, after NSW Government changes tack; Telstra conference on Monday; WO to use in-house lawyers for underpayment claims; and LHMU lobbies in Canberra for delegates' rights.
