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ACTU's new 'dynamic duo' issues rallying cry to unions

ACTU secretary Sally McManus has today mounted a spirited defence of solidarity among union members, saying that calling a strikebreaker a "scab" is "an accurate description", while the peak body's new president said she experienced the power of unions when as 14-year-old waitress, members helped her fight back against sexual harassment by a supervisor.


Ending temporary government worker's shifts was dismissal: FWC

In a significant decision affecting those in temporary government roles, the FWC has found a Federal department failed to recognise it was dismissing a "non-ongoing" employee when it informed him that repeated instances of disrespectful behaviour meant he would not be offered further work.


Back to the future for minimum wage case

Unions are set to call for the annual minimum wage review to return to an "arbitrated national wage case" heard by the Fair Work Commission.



Excessive emails to caretaker was bullying: FWC

The chair of a body corporate has been issued with an anti-bullying order after the FWC found his regular out-of-hours emails to the residential complex's caretaker-manager posed a risk to her health and safety.


Wipe-out for Kimberly-Clark PABO application

The FWC has given short shrift to union applications for a protected action ballot at Kimberly-Clark Australia, finding a cancelled meeting and a week's delay in securing a new date cannot be construed as being obstructive.


"High level" of trust between ROC and unions: Bielecki

As union calls for the ROC's abolition have intensified in the wake of its raids on AWU offices, the watchdog's leadership maintains that behind the scenes there is increasing collaboration over a shared quest to protect members' interests.



Esso halts Bass Strait workplace determination

Esso Australia has won an appeal that will prevent the Fair Work Commission from making a workplace determination to settle a four-year bargaining dispute at the company's Bass Strait oil and gas operations.


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