Six AMWU officials and members have appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates' Court today, each charged with five serious criminal charges over a "raid" of Skilled Engineering's HQ, while Victorian secretary Craig Johnston has also been charged with supplying a false address.
In an effort to ride out the downturn in IT consulting without having to make workers redundant, Hewlett-Packard Australia has asked staff to consider a voluntary pay cut, while Accenture has offered employees a year-long paid break.
The IRC has found that Rio Tinto subsidiary Coal & Allied failed to correctly apply its selection process when it made more than 100 employees redundant at its Hunter Valley No. 1 mine in 1998, in a ruling that could cost the employer an unfair dismissal record of $20m.
A group of 11 mineworkers who contested Rio Tinto subsidiary Coal & Allied's decision to make them redundant on merit rather than seniority have won their jobs back, in a ruling that might lead to the reinstatement of a further 100 of their former Hunter Valley No.1 colleagues.
Six AMWU officials and members - including Victorian secretary Craig Johnston - charged with serious criminal offences over an alleged violent raid of Skilled Engineering's Box Hill headquarters in Melbourne are to appear in court tomorrow morning.
An Australia Post delivery worker sacked for trying to strangle another worker has failed in his unfair dismissal bid, after the IRC found his unregistered union gave him the wrong advice.
In a sobering report for unions as they start to embrace the organising model, new analysis commissioned by the ACTU and NSW Labor Council shows that the number of union members is continuing to decline even in "heartland" industries and occupations.
Opposition Leader Kim Beazley has promised the union faithful that he'll give notice of an "emergency bill" of IR changes in Labor's first week in office if it is returned to Government.
A 23-day lockout of 80 employees by Nestle at its Echuca yoghurt-making plant is continuing, after the IRC yesterday found the employer's action protected and rejected a bid by unions for s127 anti-strike orders.
