Queensland police secure a new five-year deal, Crown casino clashes with LHMU over pay rise, and Telstra's infrastructure agreement considered for second time tomorrow.
Bargaining is hotting up in the paint industry, with Wattyl on the cusp of finalising a new agreement ahead of its old deal expiring and the AIRC today certifying an agreement for Mirotone.
The AIRC has upheld Qantas's dismissal of a line manager who used its email system to ask another employee to obtain drugs for him, while it has reinstated a Pacific Access employee sacked for an email transgression.
Bargaining negotiations between Pacific National and rail unions have stalled, with the company pushing for agreement on a set of procedural principles to underpin the deal before any big ticket items are addressed.
In another significant departure from its traditional practice, Grocon has threatened to lock out its workforce if they go on strike, while the company has failed today to win a s166A certificate over alleged unlawful union pressure on subcontractors to stop work during protected action last Friday.
Some 90% of the Victorian retail sector will now be covered by federal awards, according to the SDA, after an AIRC full bench approved its bid to rope in 18,000 employers to an interim award.
The manufacturing industry's Campaign 2003 is underway in Victoria, with a group of employers on Wednesday attending a meeting with the AMWU – despite AiG advice to stay away – to hear for themselves what the metal industry unions were claiming.
The Victorian ETU is seeking an interlocutory injunction against Tenix Defence's alleged coercion of a labour supplier not to sign up to the union's bargaining claim.
Union picnic day qualifies for pokies donations; Court issues injunction against alleged looming dismissal for disability; Case underlines importance of moving quickly to recover misappropriated funds; Commission reinstates employee sacked for failing to attend out-of-hours training; and Mine ordered to re-employ workers sacked for safety breaches.
