Union collective agreements covering 40,000-plus public servants will take effect in the new financial year, with Australian Tax Office, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and civilian Defence employees set to obtain pay rises in the vicinity of 4% per year.
The power-sharing plan thrashed out to heal internal ructions in the CFMEU's construction division is about to be put out for endorsement, at the same time as the combined union's national secretary, John Maitland, calls it a day.
After a long campaign against both non-union collective deals and AWAs, unions have reached an in-principle agreement with the University of Ballarat for a new collective deal.
Just a week after its first secret ballot on industrial action was declared, the ACT branch of the AEU has had to go back to the AIRC to seek authorisation for a second one.
A landmark ruling by the federal court sends a clear message to employers that their workplace HR policies will be legally binding as part of their employment contracts.
Workplace Relations Minister Kevin Andrews dismissed today's mass protests against Work Choices, pointing to a lower turnout than at the union's first national day of action against the laws last year.
