The CFMEU (mining & energy division) has pinpointed metalliferous mining as a possible expansion target under the ACTU's "use it or lose it" coverage principles.
Employers nominated for next Wednesday's ACCI Work & Family Awards have given their workers significant control over their working hours, according to one of the five judges of the awards.
The CPSU has attempted to stop Telstra going ahead with the vote on a new enterprise agreement for its 49,000-strong workforce, claiming the corporation is breaching the Workplace Relations Act's anti-coercion laws by putting the deal to members before the union is happy with it.
The AI Group has undergone a significant shift to the Right under the leadership of Bob Herbert and is now almost ideologically indistinguishable from the BCA and Workplace Relations Minister Peter Reith, according to AMWU national secretary Doug Cameron.
NSW's 14,000 police officers are currently voting on a deal struck between the Police Association of NSW and the State Government that pays 16% over 4.5 years - the standard now in the NSW public sector - and commits both sides to examining a range of changes, including introducing casual work, during its term.
The CFMEU (mining & energy division) will use pattern bargaining to pursue increases in both hourly rates and employer superannuation contributions in its next generation of agreements, the union's general president, Tony Maher, signalled today.
Screening by employers of workers' email and internet use could be challenged under telecommunications laws, according to Minter Ellison lawyer Megan Dixon.
