The Democrats have rejected overtures from Workplace Relations Minister Peter Reith to consider some limited legislative changes to discourage industry-wide bargaining and provide for cooling-off periods.
In a setback to Campaign 2000 on the day of its first industry-wide protected strike, the IRC has warned that industry-wide industrial action in support of common claims and an absence of genuine bargaining could lead to the IRC terminating or suspending bargaining periods.
The security guard at Prime Minister John Howard's Sydney residence who was sacked for sleeping on the job has lost his unfair dismissal case in the IRC.
The IRC has approved the Star City Casino enterprise agreement, which delivers 3,000 workers an 8% pay rise over 25 months and reintroduces weekend and night-time penalty rates.
The FSU has escalated its industrial campaign against the Commonwealth Bank, calling a national stopwork on Friday after today's stoppage in Western Australia.
Hardline abbatoir operator G&K O'Connor faces backpay claims from 35 workers who held out against signing AWAs, after a Federal Court full bench found they were being paid under the wrong award.
The Commonwealth Bank has revealed a radical plan to offer AWAs to its entire 22,000-strong award-covered workforce, ahead of the first stoppage tomorrow in the FSU's renewed industrial campaign.
