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Electrolux non-union deal voted down

Workers at the Electrolux fridge and freezer manufacturing site at Orange (NSW) have narrowly rejected a s170LJ agreement that sought to introduce new seasonal working hours patterns.

Lockout in response to Campaign 2003 bans

Car components manufacturer FMP Group Australia (formerly Bendix Mintex) has locked out its Ballarat factory workforce for a month in retaliation for unions imposing bans the company says would have halted production.

Militants take key MUA state leadership jobs

Stevedoring and shipping employers face a push for greater job security and the MUA looks set for a shake-up, after militant challengers appear to have won key union leadership positions in three states.

Footballers' union seeks registration

Professional rugby league players will be the first sport to have a dedicated union registered under the Workplace Relations Act, if the AIRC approves an application gazetted today.

Bench makes a stand against paternalism

An AIRC full bench has made it clear that the public interest test for terminating AWAs doesn't extend to considering the risk of employees losing money by reverting to another industrial instrument, saying that by doing so the Commission would be "nothing but paternalistic".

ACTU seeks new work and family rights

The ACTU will push for a UK-style right for parents to request a change in their hours or working arrangements to accommodate their caring responsibilities, when it lodges its work and family test case with the AIRC today.


Big employers face 30% redundancy cost increase: ACCI

The ACCI has today told the AIRC full bench hearing the redundancy test case that the ACTU's claim would impose massive cost imposts that would discourage essential business restructuring.

News in brief, June 20, 2003

Democrats expecting dismissal bill debate in August; Cole exposure draft expected in July; NSW to expand adoption leave; and CEPU seeks to broaden call centre coverage.

Deal struck at Hella; new laws go untested

The auto components dispute that was to set to provide the first test of new protected bargaining laws has been settled, with workers at Hella Australia yesterday afternoon voting up a pay offer of 15% over three years.