Tag: jobs
Australia’s unemployment rate up in May
The slowdown in mining investments will increase Australia’s jobless rate as the non-mining sector is unable to compensate for the losses, analysts say.
According to...
Hundreds of jobs lost as electrical firm PSG goes into receivership
600 hundred workers at electrical firm Pacific Services Group (PSG) — formerly known as Russell Smith — have lost their jobs after the company...
Hewlett Packard to axe additional 11,000 to 16,000 jobs worldwide
Hewlett Packard, the world’s second largest PC manufacturer, has announced that it will cut additional 11,000 to 16,000 jobs as part of Chief Executive...
AMWU slams Minister Johnston for failing to provide a plan to save shipbuilders’ jobs
The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) has expressed utter disappointment in Defence Minister The Hon. David Johnston, calling him a liar in the wake...
Coles $480m investment to generate 8000 jobs for Queenslanders
Premier The Hon. Campbell Newman has announced that Coles Supermarkets will invest $480 million in 31 new stores in metro and suburban Brisbane and...
Toyota to cut 160 jobs at its Technical Centre before 2017
Toyota Australia Motor Corp. has confirmed that it will axe additional 160 jobs at its Technical Centre in Victoria before ending all car manufacturing operations...
Arrium to axe 100 NSW jobs
Reduced demand for steel balls and railway wheels has forced the management of steelmaker Arrium to cut 120 jobs from its operation in Newcastle...
Geelong farmers and manufacturers gathered at the Geelong showground to demand business certainty
Food producers, manufacturers and farmers from Victoria have urged politicians to adopt a bipartisan approach to industry policy and create business certainty to protect...
CFMEU claims a new Senate election in WA would be a referendum on jobs
Michael O’Connor, National Secretary of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU), claims that a new Senate election in West Australia would be...
CFMEU outlines five steps the government could do to keep Aussie jobs
The National Secretary of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) said the government has no plans to stop the loss of jobs...