The FWC has blocked an attempt by maintenance workers servicing mining giant Anglo Coal's Queensland operations to nominate multiple bargaining agents.
A full bench of the federal court has confirmed that terms in modern awards that provide allowances for hardships experienced by employees working in certain remote locations are not extinguished by the Fair Work Act.
Workers are considering protected strikes over deadlocked bargaining at CUB's main Melbourne brewery, in a dispute that is complicated by tensions over coverage between United Voice and the CFMEU.
The CPSU is encouraging ATO employees to vote 'no' to a revised agreement offer, while federal public servants gear up for strikes next week in what the union says will be the sector's biggest wave of industrial action in 30 years.
The MUA is considering appealing a FWC ruling that blocked it from bargaining on behalf of a group of logistics employees involved in preparing containers for delivery to Broome Wharf because they didn't fit the description of "waterside worker".
The in-principle agreement covering workers employed by the head contractor for the massive Gorgon LNG project includes paid "bed busts", when their work stint is reduced due to a shortage of accommodation.
Unions have called off today's planned industrial action on Chevron's Gorgon LNG project after the CFMEU, AMWU and ETU reached an in-principle agreement with CB&I on a deal which they say will set a "new precedent" for FIFO rosters.
A full Federal Court has today dismissed a union appeal against an FWC decision that allows for agreements beyond their nominal expiry date to be terminated during the bargaining process.
