Queensland mining company MIM will not renegotiate the deal voted down by workers last week, planning instead to hold a series of information meetings with employees to explain the document more fully before putting it up for ballot again within a fortnight.
The components supplier at the centre of the Campaign 2000 dispute that has led to stand-downs at Ford Australia is in the IRC this afternoon seeking to have the bargaining period covering its site terminated.
The Victorian County Court has denied a policeman's claim for stress compensation, finding that while he might have failed to return to his former role in the water police, he was still capable, as a "career member of the force", of other postings within the police service.
Federal award employees in Western Australia can now make unfair dismissal claims in the State IRC, following a landmark ruling by the WA Industrial Appeal Court.
Campaign 2000 is intensifying on the ground and in the courts with MTFU shop stewards today endorsing a statewide 24-hour stoppage for later this month, and Email preparing a legal challenge to the unions' pattern bargaining strategy.