The Rail Tram and Bus Union will hold 24-hour strikes across six of Aurizon’s Queensland coal depots this Friday and next Monday. According to The Australian, union members are striking over...
Category - Industrial Relations
Towns in Central Queensland will be paid a visit by the Fair Work Ombudsman in the coming weeks as part of a campaign to educate employers of their obligations under federal workplace laws...
Santos is slashing jobs across its Australian operations saying ‘volatile oil prices’ are to blame. The Australian Workers Union has reportedly told the ABC that employees and contractors received an...
Brisbane media is reporting that BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) is considering re-opening Norwich Park mine in Central Queensland but only if they can fly in workers from interstate and pay them much...
Bulk coal transporter, Aurizon, has succeeded in pushing through a new enterprise agreement with sections of their workforce, despite one key union conducting rolling stoppages at depots throughout...
40 workers found out they had lost their jobs at Cockatoo Coal’s Baralaba coal mine complex in Central Queensland this week after being handed a letter at the start of their shift. At the time...
The Queensland Liberal Party has vowed to save around 500 direct jobs in Mount Isa and Townsville by extending the life of Glencore’s copper smelter operations, should they win the state...
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has approved a new enterprise agreement for Thiess workers at the Burton coal mine in Central Queensland, despite noting that, “the new agreement variation...
A new bill proposing to prevent unions from striking before adequate mediation has occurred and stopping ‘manifestly excessive’ demands during enterprise bargaining negotiations was introduced into...

