The Community and Public Sector has lodged an appeal against a Federal Court ruling that found regularly-rostered employees at a Victorian prison were casuals.
The Shop Union is beginning a push to negotiate a greenfields enterprise agreement with Aldi Foods Pty Ltd, the secretive German grocery chain that commentators say will be establishing 20 no-frills supermarkets in NSW.
The Shop Union has asked the IRC to reject a non-union agreement for OPSM, alleging the company's managers undermined an independently-run secret ballot by voting on behalf of some employees, asking others to verbally indicate their voting intention, and failing to give some the opportunity to vote.
Workplace Relations Minister Peter Reith's former right-hand man, Industrial Registrar Peter Richards, has introduced a new s170LJ enterprise agreement at the Australian Industrial Registry that allows paid time off for pre-natal checkups and emphasises teamwork.
The CFMEU (construction & general division) looks likely to make big inroads into the AWU's 7,000-strong membership in the civil construction sector, following the CFMEU's successful bid to represent workers in the civil construction sector.