An AIRC full bench majority has certified a new s170LC multi-employer agreement covering more than 750 journalists at more than 2,000 weekly non-daily newspapers across Australia.
The USA's biggest union, the 1.8 million strong SEIU, is better positioned to build its international alliances - including in Australia - after its disaffiliation from the US labour movement's peak body, the AFL-CIO, yesterday.
Inflation edges up to 2.5%; Family First raises concerns about adequacy of proposed new minimum standards; Craig Johnston now a CFMEU site delegate; Poll shows public opposed to dismissal changes; Nelson seeks feedback on $83m incentive package for workplace change in tertiary education; Textile union says prosecutions could be hampered by second wave; and One in five workers believes they could use sick leave to care for ill pets.
Pilkington's automotive glass division has returned to full production, ending supply threats to domestic car manufacturers, after workers yesterday ended a four-day strike yesterday and today lifted bans that had been imposed in pursuit of a new redundancy deal.
Workplace Relations Minister Kevin Andrews has ignored a second deadline imposed by the ALP and ACTU in their bid to determine the legality of the Government's IR advertising campaign, leaving the door open for a High Court challenge to the planned ongoing spending.
Productivity Commission to report on population impact on productivity; Combet says workers' rights are not "charity"; Australian unions in PNG; and QBuild workers to vote on strike action.
The ALP has seized on comments by the federal Treasurer, Peter Costello, that there was "no magic in the 100 limit" to accuse the Government of intending to scrap unfair dismissal laws for all workers.
Workers earning $200,000 a year have been excluded from making unfair contract claims in the NSW IRC since June 24, 2002, the State Court of Appeal has found in an important ruling that upholds the correctness of the Commission's landmark Aveling judgment.
