A proposed IR policy that provides for a default national IR system, but gives parties the chance to opt in to state systems, is set to be voted up today at the ACTU's triennial Congress after state union peak bodies today indicated it had their support.
The ACTU will be looking for more money from its affiliates as it steps up its fight against Work Choices in the lead up to next year's election, ACTU secretary Greg Combet made clear today.
Opposition Leader Kim Beazley today pledged federal Labor's support for a national IR system, promised to abolish employer greenfields agreements, and released details of a union-friendly collective bargaining policy at the ACTU 's triennial national Congress that began in Melbourne this morning.
More than a third of working mothers with leave entitlements use paid maternity leave, while more than one in five pregnant workers experience inappropriate comments or miss out on training or promotion opportunities, according to new ABS data released today.
The ABCC claims evidence of both cultural and conduct change is emerging in the building and construction industry, but has expressed disappointment with the attitude of unions and said some contractor companies also seemed reluctant to accept that new industry practices were required.
The ACTU will kick off its triennial congress meeting next week with the launch of a one-stop union-joining service to capitalise on its multi-million dollar television campaign against the Work Choices laws.
Work Choices will place additional demands on AIRC members and increase full bench cases in the short term, but it is still too early to say what the overall impact the new IR laws will have on the Commission's case-load, according to the tribunal's president, Justice Geoffrey Guidice.
Star City casino workers have voted up a new three-year agreement that guarantees an 11% pay increase and introduces a bonus system that provides $1,250 more if customer satisfaction targets are met.
