December 2008
Young blood infuses union - profile article about Paul Howes
NEXT year could be bad economically, as we all know, but if there's any way to stave off job cuts for his members, that's what he'll attempt, says Paul Howes, the youngest boss of the nation's oldest union.
Garnaut's outburst asks working people to swallow worst of economic and environmental medicine
Professor Garnaut fails to understand the very real pressures on working families in the current economic climate, AWU National Secretary, Paul Howes, said today .
AWU to hold meeting with Avebury mine workers
The Australian Workers' Union will hold urgent meetings with mine workers in Tasmania following the announcement that the Avebury Nickel Mine operated by OzMinerals will suspend operations.
Indulgent Greens miss point of White Paper
AWU National Secretary Paul Howes opinion piece written for ABC Opinion Online on 19 December 2008.
Lighting candles on International Migrant Workers' Day
The common values of the trade union movement and the Jewish community were highlighted on International Migrant Workers Day in Sydney when the Australian Workers' Union and the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies co-sponsored the first ever Union Chanukah celebration
Migrant workers will suffer because of economic crisis - AWU warns
Unions have had a positive effect in preventing wage discrimination against migrant workers concentrated in the manufacturing sector, according to a report released on the eve of the UN-declared International Migrant Workers Day (December 18).
Govt sets out green pathway which provides job certainty
The Australian Workers' Union has welcomed the release of the White Paper on the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme saying it provides certainty to the workers doing the job on the frontline of this important debate.
Encouraging statements in Carbon Reduction White Paper
The headline statements coming out of the White Paper released today are very encouraging, AWU National Secretary, Paul Howes said today
Groundbreaking asbestos project takes off
In a first of its kind in Australia, the Australian Workers' Union and Cement Australia have embarked on a groundbreaking research project into the health of current and former employees at a cement plant that once produced asbestos cement products.
AWU positive about the way forward for Victoria's Transport Plan
AWU Victoria commented today on the announcement by the Mr Brumby's Government that additional "rolling stock" will be provided by way of further bus, train and tram services in the State of Victoria.
AWU's Paul Howes elected new ACTU Vice-President
For the first time in nearly a quarter of a century the Australian Workers' Union has been elected to a leadership position on the executive of the ACTU.
AWU Victoria launch racing stable employee's association
The AWU in Victoria has begun a campaign to improve the working conditions and safety of stable employees in the racing industry.
AWU protests as union leaders in Zimbabwe arrested
Police raid homes, abduct, arrest and beat union leaders and workers protesting the Zimbabwean government's refusal to allow workers to withdraw their full paychecks from the banks.
One in five put workers at risk
A survey has revealed that, although most companies take their worker's health and safety very seriously, around one in five do nothing to limit employees' exposure to sunlight, loud noises and vibrations.
Australian shearing industry threatened if shed hands continue to be ripped off
Pressure is being put on low-paid workers in the shearing industry to work extra hours for no extra pay, at a time when workers' pockets are already suffering financial distress, the Australian Workers' Union said today.
November 2008
October 2008
AWU climate change campaign praised for protecting union jobs
The Australian Workers' Union has been a fantastic advocate for its members during the current Climate Change debate, journalists at the National Press Club were told by ACTU President, Sharan Burrow.
September 2008
Protecting the Queensland dream for all health workers
Joyanne Higginbottom worries that her children and her neighbour's kids won't be able to buy a house and have the Queensland lifestyle she and her generation enjoy.
Don't let companies move to nations with laissez-faire environmental regulations
The Australian Workers' Union believes the responsible thing to do for our environment is to establish a carbon reduction scheme which does not force offshore our emissions-intensive trade-exposed industries.
West's workplace health standards should not be compromised by election result
The Australian Workers' Union wants the new Western Australian government to establish an OHS Ombudsperson, to supervise workplace safety right across WA.
Victorian Opposition's Sugarloaf position risks jobs -
Thousands of Victorian manufacturing jobs are at risk under the State Opposition's cobbled-together position on the $750 million Sugarloaf Pipeline project, the Australian Workers' Union said today.
AWU backs Pilbara workers as mining giant clings to WorkChoices
The Australian Workers' Union is standing up for the rights of all Pilbara workers to bargain collectively.
AWU says Govt carbon capture initiative important for jobs
Prime Minister Rudd's initiative to finance and develop carbon capture and storage technology has real potential to secure and support thousands of current jobs in regional Australia, the Australian Workers Union ( AWU) said today.
Queensland hospital workers begin industrial action
AWU members have begun industrial action in several Queensland hospitals to defend their working conditions.
AWU commemorates Miners' Memorial day
The Queenland State Government is holding a Miners Memorial Day to commemorate the lives of more than 1450 miners who have been killed in mining tragedies since mining began in Queensland in the 1800s.
Queensland construction and maintenance workers throw off the AWA shackles
An AWU campaign to end individual agreements, at one of the biggest employers in regional Queensland , has had a resounding victory.
Are you a Kiwi in Australia, or do you know one?
New Zealanders living in Australia are eligible to vote in the New Zealand election this spring.
AWU wants complete shutdown of BHP Iron operations until safety audit completed
The Australian Workers' Union is calling for a complete shutdown of all BHP's Iron Ore operations in Western Australia following the third death at a BHP site in about 6 weeks, and the 2nd in two weeks at Yandi.
AWU meets with shearers across Australia to defend work rights
Shearers across rural Australia need to be aware that the farmers's lobby is pushing for significant changes to their working conditions, under the guise of modernising their Award.
Cowboy workplace culture on North-West gas fields exposed
A global energy industry corporation, using a slight of hand trick, has improved their enormous bottom line, by paying skilled guest workers, on the North-West Gas Shelf off Western Australia, between S4 and $10 an hour.
Unacceptable delays by banks in passing on rate cuts will hurt home buyers
It is not good enough for some of the largest commercial banks to take almost a week before passing on Tuesday's cut in official interest rates to their customers, unions say.
AWU wins fight to protect Aramac hospital employees
The remote town of Aramac in central western Queensland has won a reprieve on the closure of its hospital, thanks to the Australian Workers’ Union winning an injunction stopping Queensland Health from going ahead with their plans.
August 2008
Hunter Region smack-bang on the frontline of climate change debate – AWU warns
Big regional industrial centres, such as Newcastle and the Hunter, are smack-bang on the front-line of Australia’s current climate change debate and the Australian Workers’ Union (AWU) wants to ensure that decisions about their future are not just made in our big metropolitan centres.
Rights on Site
Rights on Site is a campaign for the 900,000 construction workers across Australia who do not have the same rights in their workplace as all other Australian workers.
QLD: Local Government Association has misled its members
The leadership of the Local Government Association of Queensland (LGAQ) owes an apology to its members, and to the hard-working local government workforce, for consistently promoting the discredited WorkChoice laws to Queensland Councils, Bill Ludwig, said today.
Centenary of a great Australian union
More than 250 people came together in the NSW Parliament House last night to pay tribute to the Federated Ironworkers’ Association and to salute its iconic former leader Laurie Short – now 92 years old.
AWU win for local government workers across Australia
An Australian Workers’ Union win in the Federal Court in Brisbane today takes the WorkChoices yoke off the shoulders of local government workers, Bill Ludwig, AWU National President and Queensland Branch Secretary, said.
Stop the big business push in its tracks: email your MP now
This time last year, it was clear who was threatening our rights at work - the Howard Government.
AWU speaking up and defending members
The AWU has told the Australian Industrial Relations Commission (AIRC) they must protect the wages and working conditions of our members throughout Australia as part of the Award Modernisation process ordered by the Federal Government.
Saving regional jobs : AWU leaders talk lower-carbon standards
The AWU National Secretary, Paul Howes, today begins a national tour of regional centres to build grassroots understanding of the implications of the move to lower-carbon standards for AWU members’ jobs, and for the living standards of Australian families outside the capital cities.
July 2008
Construction workers should have the same rights as the rest of the workforce
It is unacceptable in a modern democracy that workers in the construction industry have fewer rights than the broader workforce, says the ACTU.
AWU wants emissions permits for workers, not just corporations
The Australian Workers’ Union wants to put our members at front and centre of the emissions trading debate, the AWU National Secretary, Paul Howes, said today.
The AWU and the Beaconsfield Inquiry
The Australian Workers’ Union is hopeful that the inquest into the death of miner Larry Knight will determine the cause of the collapse of the mine on Anzac Day in 2006.
We too are ZCTU!
This is a photo mosaic of Lovemore Matombo and Wellington Chibebe, the President and General Secretary of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU).
Qantas job cuts a sign of tough economic times
The decision by Qantas to shed 1500 jobs in Australia and overseas is disappointing and unions will seek to work with the airline to minimise compulsory redundancies for the workforce.
Keep energy and resource jobs in Australia to cut global greenhouse: AWU
Up to 15,000 Australian jobs could be under threat, Australia’s biggest energy and resource union, the AWU warned today.
Notice to Members - Rule Change
An application has been made by the Union to the Australian Industrial Relations Commission to alter the Rules (other than eligibility rules) of the Union.
Notice to Members - Rule Change
An application has been made by the Union to the Australian Industrial Relations Commission to alter the Rules (other than eligibility rules) of the Union.
Safety and training in the Queensland diving industry under the spotlight
Australia’s dive industry is booming but lacks critical unified safety standards and professional training, said the Australian Workers' Union in Cairns today.
Keeping working Australians in the debate about a green future and secure jobs
The Rudd Government’s commitment to meet their Climate Change timetable is admirable, Paul Howes, AWU National Secretary, said today.
Union warns against being wrong-footed on Climate Change
The Garnaut Draft Report’s recognition of the importance for Australia, as an exporting nation, of the big resource, energy and metallurgical mining industries, is welcomed by the Australian Workers' Union - our biggest resource and energy union.
Global energy giant facing more claims of misuse of guest workers
The Australian Workers Union has called on the Federal Government to urgently stop a global energy industry corporation moving a barge from Australia to Indonesia, while investigations into their misuse of foreign labour are completed.
June 2008
New AWU Secretary for WA plans aggressive push into mining heartland
Australia’s biggest resource and energy union will begin an aggressive new campaign to re-establish the Australian Workers’ Union back into Western Australia’s mining heartland with the election of a new WA branch secretary, Stephen Price.
Giving a voice to Rig Workers - the Offshore Alliance
Around 2000 Australian workers on drill rigs who really want secure jobs and good pay and conditions are now being dudded, Paul Howes AWU National Secretary has warned.
EastLink Welcomed By Those Who Built It
Australian Workers’ Union members who built the $2.5 billion EastLink project are filled with a sense of pride as the nation’s biggest road project opens to the public.
AWU Pushes 5pc Rises
The following article about the AWU's push for 5pc pay rises for its members was published in The Australian Financial Review on Friday 27 June, 2008.
Collective bargaining lifts pay and community standards say unions in new TV ads
Unions will ramp up the campaign to scrap Work Choices and bring in new laws that protect workers’ rights with the release of two new union TV advertisements that highlight the value of collective bargaining for Australian workers.
Safety campaign honours BlueScope steel worker
BlueScope Steel in Port Kembla have begun a Stop for Safety campaign in response to a NSW-wide ban by the Australian Workers' Union on the use of high pressure hoses.
AWU wants Govt to look at plan to trap CO2 under depleted offshore gas fields
Australia’s biggest energy and resources union – the Australian Workers Union - wants the Federal Government to provide R&D funds to research and study the potential of creating new climate change jobs in Australia based on trapping CO2 offshore.
New employment standards: Step towards plugging gaps left by Work Choices
The Labor Government's new National Employment Standards (NES) announced today are an important step towards plugging the gaps in workers’ rights and entitlements that have been left by Work Choices say unions.
Giving a voice to Rig Workers - the Offshore Alliance
Around 2000 Australian workers on drill rigs who really want secure jobs and good pay and conditions are now being dudded, Paul Howes AWU National Secretary has warned.
Boeing - recognize the union at Hawker de Havilland
AWU members are being asked to send e-mail protest letters to the big Boeing aircraft firm who are denying union rights to Sydney professional workers who want a sister union, the Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists & Managers, Australia (APESMA) to represent them.
Labour Day crowds turn out in force to dance on Workchoices' grave
Thousands of Queenslanders have turned out throughout the state to dance on the grave of the Howard Government's Workchoices laws at the annual Labour Day marches.
Pacific guest worker program must include union rights!
The Australian Workers Union will back a Federal Government scheme to allow Pacific Islanders to come to Australia under a pilot scheme for guest workers in the agricultural sector.
Maternity leave plan put by ACTU important 1st step to decent Paternity leave
The Australian Workers Union has called for the inclusion of ‘Daddy Days’ or Paternity leave in a submission to the Productivity Commission Inquiry into Maternity leave.
Union thankful no one killed at Varanus Island
AWU members at the Varanus Island gas explosion site in Western Australia have told their union that many of the workers believe it was more by luck than good management that no one was killed.
Are you under debt stress ? So is the worker on the other side of the counter
When was the last time you were able to visit your local bank branch without being offered a credit card or a loan?
Time to energise the Bush - writes AWU leader
The biggest selling daily newspaper in Australia the, Melbourne Herald-Sun, has this morning run a major Opinion piece by the AWU National Secretary, Paul Howes, arguing the union’s case why business and government must accept that it is Time to Energise the Bush.
Support the Big Picture in Zimbabwe
You can help support democracy and workers' rights in Zimbabwe - just by showing your face.
Tasmanian Inquiry must deliver dramatic improvements to mine safety standards
The AWU believes the Tasmanian Government should take immediate steps to introduce new mine safety regulations which address specific issues identified by the Coronial Inquiry into the Renison mine fatalities.
USA must pressure China to adopt decent global emissions trading standards: AWU
Australian Workers’ Union National Secretary Paul Howes this week met with Republican and Democrat Senators to lobby them for a global emissions trading scheme which protect the jobs of resource industry and manufacturing workers in Australia and the USA.
May 2008
Rockhampton Hospital Workers at Risk: Union Warns
Rockhampton residents could soon be worse off under a secret plan by the Queensland Government to hand over important hospital service contracts to big business, warned Paul Howes, National Secretary of the Australian Worker’s Union in Rockhampton today.
Admired AWU hero memorabilia sells for $360,000
The memorabilia of an AWU hero, Jackie Howe, was auctioned last night for an extraordinary $360,000.
Victorian firefighter lays injured for five hours before rescued
A Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment worker lay injured for five hours this past Monday before he was rescued, the Australian Workers’ Union said today.
Unions must stop opposing work schemes
The Australian has today run a opinion piece by AWU National Secretary Paul Howes on why the AWU has changed its view on some migrant labour schemes.
Union versus Asbestos: A fight for workers' lives
The Australian Workers’ Union (AWU) has organised the largest asbestos survey and research program to ever be undertaken at a single work site in Australia.
Mid Year Bonus for Disaster Relief Workers
Mackay Council workers have put in a champion effort to get this city back on its feet after the February floods, said Paul Howes, National Secretary of the Australian Worker’s Union this week in Mackay.
Worker killed by packaging machine
An NSW worker has been killed while carrying out a maintenance task on a packaging machine at Vinidex in Smithfield, Sydney. The machine was somehow activated and crushed the man killing him instantly.
Tasmanian Government must act on Coroner’s Mine Safety recommendations: AWU
The AWU believes that the Tasmanian Government should take immediate steps to introduce new mine safety regulation which addresses specific issues identified by the Coronial Inquiry into the Renison mine fatalities.
Calling all Kiwis - AWU backs NZ unions general election campaign
In October or November 2008 New Zealand will have a General Election. A Your Rights At Work NZ Campaign has been established in Australia to get eligible New Zealand voters based in Australia enrolled to vote.
Increasing minimum wages of guest workers will end cheap labour jibes
The Federal Government should be praised for today’s announcement that they will increase the minimum wages of guest workers – after a more than two year hiatus, AWU National Secretary, Paul Howes, said.
April 2008
Anglican priest & former AWU senior delegate – stands with our mining families
Reverend Jim Webster has asked the Tasmanian Government to show a little more love to the AWU’s mining membership, campaigning to defend their local community hospital.
Harness Racing stewards back to work after successful conciliation hearing
AWU harness racing stewards return to work today, satisfied with the outcome of an Industrial Relations conciliation hearing late yesterday.
Australian workers need stronger health and safety protections: review welcome
Unions have welcomed today’s announcement by the federal Labor Government of a national review of workplace health and safety laws.
New Vic transport plan crucial for survival of skilled local jobs
Victoria’s ability to provide sustainable, skilled jobs for working people would be threatened if the State Government did not act on recommendations to build two new tunnels under Melbourne, the Australian Workers’ Union said today.
Virgin needs high maintenance standards to ensure clean image
Richard Branson should demonstrate his commitment to the growth of the Australian aviation industry by announcing the heavy maintenance of his aircraft, using Sydney as an international hub, will be done in this country.
Banks are ‘pushing debt’ onto working families
Banks are ‘pushing debt’ onto working families: unions call for cuts to lending targets
Union welcomes Pacific Island guest worker program
A progressive new guest worker scheme could help meet the demand for seasonal labour in the Australian horticulture industry without taking away aussie jobs, said Australian Workers’ Union national secretary Paul Howes today.
Time to pump life into the nation's engine rooms
The Adelaide Advertiser and the Brisbane Courier-Mail has today run a feature piece written by the Australian Workers' Union National Secretary on we need to turn our regional centres into the nation's engine rooms.
Unions to argue for smart investments at Hunter region 2020 summit
The Hunter Region 2020 conference this weekend will be told unions expect the Rudd Labor Government to support intitiatives which invest in new technology and promote smart manufacturing for our region.
Harness racing in Victoria to be crippled
Harness racing in Victoria will be severely disrupted from Friday when stewards take industrial action.
Strike action to cost Victorian Harness Racing industry millions
Harness racing in Victoria is expected to come to a standstill indefinitely from tomorrow (Wednesday) when the state’s 13 official stewards take lawful strike action, the AWU said today.
March 2008
Calling all Kiwis – AWU backs NZ unions general election campaign
At the end of this year New Zealand will have a general election. New Zealand unions have asked the Australian Workers’ Union to support their campaign to get eligible New Zealand voters, based in Australia, enrolled to vote.
2008 AFL & NRL Footy Tipping Competitions
Two Footy Codes, Two Footy Comps & $2000 up for grabs!
Road worker safety compromised by poor driving practices
The safety of more than 200 road workers along the Pacific Highway on the Mid North Coast of NSW is causing concern to the Australian Workers Union who represent the workforce building the Pacific Highway dual carriageway.
Squattocracy and Struggle - ABC documentary on early AWU years
SQUATTOCRACY & STRUGGLE, a 55 minute radio feature for the Hindsight history program, looked at some of the early years of the Australian Workers’ Union through the eyes of one family in the frontier town of Bourke.
Work laws should respect Australia’s democratic values – Senate Inquiry told
Australia’s work laws should respect our democratic values, and ensure working people are allowed to have a voice in their workplace.
Union poll shows Australians ready to give the nod for Super over a tax cut
A national poll completed for the Australian Workers’ Union has shown that Australians would give Prime Minister Rudd and Treasurer Wayne Swan the green light to deliver their election tax cuts into their retirement savings – instead of in cash.
Rural workers will cheer the end of AWAs
Low-paid workers in the rural sector will be cheering today when Parliament finally ends the most hated symbol of the WorkChoices era – the individual contract Australian Workplace Agreements (AWA).
Unions welcome start of ban on new AWAs
Unions welcome the ban on new Australian Workplace Agreements (AWAs) that takes effect today (12 midnight Friday 28 March) but plan to continue the campaign to scrap Work Choices in its entirety.
Clyde Cameron - a great AWU man
A long-serving Federal Labor MP and AWU official, Clyde Cameron, has died aged 95. Mr Cameron played an important role in the history of the Australian Workers' Union.
Too soon to inflict another interest rate rise on working families
It is too soon for working families to be slugged with another interest rate rise and the Reserve Bank should wait and see before inflicting another increase on home buyers this week says the ACTU.
Work banned on pipeline after workers exposed to asbestos
The AWU has banned work on the laying of a pipeline in Victoria after more than one dozen construction workers were exposed to asbestos in recent weeks.
Time's Up on the 12 month wage freeze in rural Australia
AWU members in the rural sector want an end to the wage freeze imposed on them by the Howard Government created Fair Pay Commission.
February 2008
Union Aid Abroad seeking volunteers
Union Aid Abroad is looking for volunteers for its Make Life Fair Everywhere campaign.
AWU calls for Govt inquiry into decision to manufacture trains overseas
The Australian Workers’ Union is calling on Victorian Premier, John Brumby, to review the Government’s decision to award a $360 million contract for the overseas manufacture of 18 new trains.
Banks must exhaust all options before closing the door on working families
Unions are calling on banks and home lenders to change the way they deal with families struggling to pay their mortgages, after reports of homeowners returning from work to find their locks had been changed.
Major newspaper editorialises to back AWU plan
The AWU's superannuation plan launched on Wednesday at the National Press Club is winning support from influential opinion-makers.
Tasmanian mine workers to back community campaign for local hospital
AWU mine workers in Tasmania are lending their voices to a State campaign to re-establish the Rosebery Hospital.
Working families cannot afford another interest rate rise
Unions today warned that low and middle income working families cannot afford another rise in interest rates and called on the Reserve Bank to hold rates at current levels until the full impact of the global financial situation is clearer.
First step towards dismantling ‘Work Choices’ is welcome for working Australians
The Labor Government’s proposed new workplace relations law, tabled in Parliament today, is an important and welcome first step towards reversing the damage done to working Australians by the Liberal and National Parties’ unfair ‘Work Choices’ laws, say unions.
Saying sorry is long overdue
It is an essential bridge to a better future for Indigenous Australians. This is a formal acknowledgement of the real pain and suffering experienced by the ‘stolen generations’, their families and their communities. It is a basis for both healing and progress.
AWU angered by OneSteel slash and burn plant closures
The AWU has blasted OneSteel for refusing to invest in new technologies and using their merger with Smorgons Steel as an excuse to shutdown plants across Australia.
AWU to lobby Tasmanian and Federal Govt to defend Rosebery Hospital
The AWU has stepped up a campaign in support of the Rosebery Hospital after the Tasmanian branch won the backing of the 130,000 member union’s National Executive at their two-day meeting in Hobart.
Interest rate hike puts more working families under financial pressure:unions
Working families will be put under even more financial pressure as a result of the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) decision to raiseinterest rates by 0.25 per cent, say unions.
OneSteel workforce meets to protest lack of respect for the Hunter
AWU National Secretary, Paul Howes, will speak on Wednesday morning to a 7am meeting of Newcastle’s OneSteel Bar Mill workers hit by the Friday, February 15, 2008, announcement of the closure of the Bar Mill in Mayfield.
January 2008
Is it Fair? Support Union Aid Abroad's "Make Life Fair Everywhere" Campaign
Seven out of ten of the world's poorest people are women, says Union Aid Abroad.
Banks should put people before profits
Australian unions are urging Australia’s major banks to put people before profits and refrain from increasing interest rates following recent decisions by ANZ and the National Australia Bank to put rates up.
Asian workforce on Australia’s North-West Gas shelf face wages rip-off
One of the biggest global energy industry corporations involved in the oil and gas rush on the North West Shelf is using the skills shortage to import cheap Asian labour – and they’re paying the workers less than what they were promised in their contracts.
Making our regions the engine room of Australia’s economy
The Australian Workers’ Union wants the newly elected Rudd Government to build a strategy to help turn our country towns into the long-term engine-room of Australian growth, environmental protection, population redistribution – so that we can maintain the Australian dream.
AWU backs State Gvt concerns about BHP Cannington mine
A culture of silence at BHP’s Cannington mine must come to an end, the AWU National President and Queensland Secretary, Bill Ludwig, said today.
Govt must eliminate artificial restrictions on competent union OHS people
The AWU, Australia's mining union, has called for the elimination of artificial restrictions on the right of our union's OHS people, and key officials, to represent mine workers facing workplace health crises.
Let's turn Long Service Leave into a real job right – not a virtual right
The Australian Workers’ Union wants to work with the Rudd Government to restore the right to long service leave to our union’s members, Paul Howes, AWU National Secretary, will tell the National Press Club today.
BHP Cannington mine fights for silence - newspaper report
A Queensland mine, where two workers died in 13 months, fought to stop a Government report into its safety standards being released to the public, the Brisbane Sunday Mail reported yesterday.
Union wins nearly $14,000 pay out for NSW miner
An AWU Newcastle member has got a nice big cheque to start off 2008 , after the union went into bat for him.
Miners Union denied free access to workers at isolated BHP Cannington mine
The AWU miners union is calling on the Federal Government to immediately scrap mining industry AWAs following the death of a mine worker yesterday at the isolated BHP Cannington mine 250 kilometres south east of Mt Isa.
American writers on strike get picketline backing from AWU leader
The AWU has backed some of the talented writers in Los Angeles who are behind our most popular TV programs which we all enjoy nightly. TV shows on Australian networks now under threat because of a long industrial dispute.
Night work 12-hour shifts can trigger cancer – AWU praises new UN Report
The Australian Workers' Union has welcomed a United Nations report released at the end of last year warning that shift work can be an important factor in causing certain cancers.
National Secretary: Paul Howes