Unlike previous assaults on workers’ rights, these anti-union laws have been implemented by a Labor government with the support of the leadership of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU).

Union leader Michael Kaine has ... on the roads and fund fair standards to ensure workers went home safely, “we are prepared to shut down Australian transport”. “From airports to highways ...

The Health Workers Union (HWU) is asking its more than 200 members at Australian Clinical Laboratories (ACL) in Victoria to vote on an “in-principle agreement” that would further slash the ...

including BHP Group Ltd. and Rio Tinto Ltd. Representatives from the Western Mine Workers Alliance — a coalition between the Mining and Energy Union and Australian Workers Union — have visited ...

Around 130,000 workers ... and the union leadership to keep wages as low as possible. Woolworths and competitor Coles, which between them control 65 percent of the Australian supermarket business ...

The industrial action comes after the union entered negotiations with the companies employer SC Hydro, demanding an up to 12 per cent pay increase for the project's tunnel workers. Australian ...

June 12 (Reuters) - Australia's Mining and Energy Union (MEU) has filed for "same job same pay" orders covering 1,700 labour-hire workers at ... while putting Australian jobs at risk.