Tag: CFMEU
South32 coal miners go on strike after job security talks collapse
Workers at South32’s Dendrobium coal mine in the Illawarra have begun a week-long strike after negotiations over a new Enterprise Agreement broke down last...
CFMEU: China-Australia FTA will spike unemployment rate
The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) has expressed deep concerns that Australia will surpass its peek unemployment rate from 2002 under the...
BMA to let off 700 jobs at their Queensland mines
According to BMA, a major mine operator in Central Queensland, they plan to lay off 700 jobs from its Bowen Basin coal operations to...
Senator Ricky Muir vows to save Gippsland pulp and paper jobs
Gippsland paper and timber workers have welcomed Senator Ricky Muir’s commitment to support the struggling industry with the signing of the “pulp and paper...
AMWU, CFMEU and TCFUA slam Abbott Government for denying entry VISAs to international Union...
The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU), the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) and the Textile Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia (TCFUA)...
Report reveals crisis in Australian apprenticeships
An independent analysis commissioned by the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) has identified a crisis in Australian apprenticeships, with alarming shortfalls in mining and...
“Our taxes – our jobs” — More than 500 workers rally against imported steel
Demanding Victoria’s Coalition Government to support local jobs, more than 500 workers have rallied this week after allowing the steel on a major government dock expansion to be...
About 100 jobs to go from Latrobe Valley power station and briquette factory closure
The Latrobe Valley — an inland geographical region and urban area inside Gippsland in the state of Victoria, Australia — is facing approximately 100 job cuts for the...
BHP sacks 170 jobs from Mount Whaleback; provokes wrath from CFMEU
BHP Billiton continued with its cost cutting and productivity drive efforts as the company cut 170 jobs at its Mount Whaleback iron ore on...
ACCC to investigate Boral’s CFMEU allegations
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) will investigate claims by Boral that the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) was looking to...