Some 68 skilled production and warehouse workers at CSR Gyprock in Yarraville, Melbourne, have been on strike for almost three weeks.
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Unions
A wave of strikes has hit universities across the country, as NTEU members begin the latest round of enterprise bargaining, and fight back against management restructuring.
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Administration’s control of the CFMEU ratcheted up further in November with Zach Smith, the Victorian Branch Executive Officer, putting all 30 Victorian organisers’ jobs on the line.
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After a year-long campaign, interim Vice-Chancellor Rebekah Brown has announced an end to forced redundancies under management’s drastic restructuring scheme, Renew ANU.
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One year on the Administration regime has secured a tight grip on the CFMEU.
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Despite continuing rank-and-file anger among CFMEU members, there is now widespread resignation about the Administration of the union imposed by the Labor government.
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On Thursday 28 August, a University of Sydney NTEU meeting of 140 people voted overwhelmingly to defy the five new speech policies introduced by management in June this year.
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UTS management has announced a suspension of new enrolments for more than 100 courses, leaving staff, students and community stakeholders reeling.
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The two-day strike in Queensland following the High Court decision upholding Administration was fantastic. But with no similar response anywhere else in the country the Administration has moved quickly to tighten its grip on the union.
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Fast food workers at the popular burger chain Grill’d took strike action last Friday, rallying outside the Flinders Lane store in Melbourne CBD to demand fair wages and better conditions.
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