Tag: AMWU
AMWU’s national train campaign scores $400m contract for Downer Edi and UGL
The efforts of Downer EDI workers rallying for more company contracts have finally paid off, with the Queensland State Government awarding the company a...
AMWU: Coalition budget slap in the face to manufacturing workers
The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) launched a scathing attack on the Turnbull Government on Tuesday, saying its budget “failed to deliver for manufacturing...
AMWU celebrates subs triumph for Australian shipbuilders
AMWU members are celebrating the announcement that French firm DCNS would build 12 new submarines in Adelaide, which comes after the Union’s lengthy campaign...
AMWU welcomes OPV home build announcement, demands reassurances over subs deal
The AMWU has welcomed the Government’s decision to build Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) locally, but maintained that only a guaranteed involvement in the build...
AMWU welcomes federal Labor Opposition’s new steel policy
The AMWU has welcomed the federal Labor opposition’s new steel policy which includes imposing Australian standards on all steel used in federally-funded projects in...
Great news for Spain, bad for Australia – Navantia is the preferred tenderer for...
Spain’s Navantia has been selected as the preferred tenderer for the two replacement replenishment vessels for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
The replenishment ship programme...
AMWU prepares workers for life after Ford
The AMWU is working with Auto Skills Australia (ASA) and Ford to develop a strategy to ensure the 800 remaining employees at the company’s...
Alcoa rejects AMWU’s claims of endangering workers during Waroona bushfire
The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) has accused Alcoa of endangering the lives of its workers at the Wagerup aluminium refinery south of Perth...
Auto component manufacturers call for ATS reforms
Industry and union representatives have told a senate inquiry that the Automotive Transformation Scheme needs to be reformed to expend illegibility in order to...
AWU, AMWU and CEPU agree on no SA submarine strike
The three key unions at the Osborne site — the Australian Workers' Union (AWU), Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union (AMWU) and Communications, Electrical, Plumbing Union...
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