Companies must declare use of dangerous chemicals | Feb 23, 2012
In nine years as an AMWU delegate Les Takacs has only ever had to ban dangerous chemicals from his s...

Packaging takeover could cost hundreds of jobs, warns AMWU | Feb 22, 2012
A move by the world’s largest packaging company to takeover a rival business could come at the...

Unions call on Qantas to support local jobs and keep maintenance onshore | Feb 16, 2012
The Qantas Engineers’ Alliance – representing all aircraft engineers at Qantas – i...

AMWU takes aim at supermarket duo | Feb 15, 2012
The AMWU last week gave a scathing assessment of Australia’s powerful supermarket duopoly duri...

"Everything on the line" in Newcastle | Feb 13, 2012
Newcastle fitters working for a rich global mining equipment manufacturer will this week intensify i...

Auto workers drive message to Canberra | Feb 09, 2012
AMWU members from across Australia’s three car companies have this week visited Canberra to ur...

Auto workers petition parliament to match commitments to Australian Industry | Jan 30, 2012
The AMWU has today launched a petition calling on all members of Federal Parliament to continue supp...

New poll reveals significant level of support for manufacturing in Australia | Jan 23, 2012
New research has revealed the high level of public support for manufacturing in Australia, including...

AMWU News in Brief 23/1 - 27/1 | Jan 23, 2012
Monday the 23rd of January 2011 On Monday afternoon Toyota confirmed it would cut 350 jobs from its ...

AMWU tells DIAC to get 457-visa process right | Dec 22, 2011
The AMWU has called on the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) to overhaul the consulta...

Wishing you and your family a safe and happy holiday season after a successful year | Dec 22, 2011
After a long but successful year, I would like to pass on the best wishes of the AMWU National Counc...

High Court ruling slams James Hardie bid to limit compo | Dec 16, 2011
An attempt by James Hardie to undermine 20,000 future asbestos compensation cases has been rejected ...

Australians deserve choice and clear labeling at the supermarket | Dec 09, 2011
The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union has called for clear Country-of-Origin Labeling laws (CoO...

Cochlear mocks good faith bargaining system: AMWU | Dec 08, 2011
The AMWU will challenge ear implant manufacturer Cochlear in Fair Work Australia over its failure to...

AMWU upgrades manufacturing policy at ALP conference | Dec 08, 2011
The ALP’s 46th National Conference met in Sydney last weekend, with 21 representatives from th...

Members protest in McEwen, Lindsay and Eden Monaro next | Dec 08, 2011
AMWU members working in the Department of Defence have intensified their ongoing campaign for a fair...

Canada’s asbestos export must end, says AMWU | Dec 01, 2011
The AMWU has demanded Canada end the export of asbestos to developing countries, during a rare meeti...

Careers to take flight under new aircrew agreement | Nov 24, 2011
A major pay rise and a structured career path are some of the wins secured by aircrew personnel from...

Submarine contracts provide the chance to train a generation and build a world class industry | Nov 24, 2011
 The AMWU welcomed reports on Thursday this week that the Australian Government is moving to fa...

Pacific trade deal must be open to scrutiny | Nov 17, 2011
By Dave OliverThis week the latest free trade agreement – the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreem...

Arbitration is the new black: Oliver | Nov 11, 2011
AMWU National Secretary, Dave Oliver, has told a conference of industrial relations experts that the...

Book industry to start a new chapter with major reforms | Nov 10, 2011
The AMWU has welcomed the Book Industry Strategy Group's recommendations for a reform of the Austral...

Melbourne maintenance workers vote for new alliance | Nov 08, 2011
AMWU members at the Qantas maintenance hanger in Melbourne have joined colleagues in Brisbane and Sy...

Unions combine to secure Qantas engineering jobs | Nov 04, 2011
The AMWU is part of a powerful new alliance between the three major maintenance and engineering unio...

More women, better outcomes says visiting Indonesian unionist | Oct 27, 2011
The leader of an Indonesian trade union that increased the number of women in leadership roles has e...

International print unionist positive about future | Oct 13, 2011
A leading international print unionist says the future of printing, packaging and graphical industri...

Union welcomes aboard important helicopter aircrew | Oct 13, 2011
AMWU members in the helicopter sector of Australia’s aviation industry are building their coll...

Business stuck in the past with campaign against clean energy jobs plans | Oct 10, 2011
The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union says the business coalition ‘Manufacturing A...

Jobs Forum delivers win for Australian manufacturing | Oct 07, 2011
The Prime Minister’s decision to require local content statements from companies in receipt of...

Future jobs forum must focus on manufacturing | Oct 03, 2011
Australian manufacturing unions will use this week’s Future Jobs Forum to continue the push fo...

Sensis: a new generation of AMWU print members | Sep 29, 2011
On the fifth-story of a modern Melbourne office building sits a passionate and committed union colle...

AMWU members mount defence of wages | Sep 22, 2011
AMWU members in the Department of Defence have forecast further industrial action across the country...

Landmark legal challenge taken by union against Visy over safety | Sep 15, 2011
The AWMU has launched action in the Federal Court to protect a member who is facing disciplinary act...

Asbestos threat stops work in Newcastle coal loader | Sep 15, 2011
AMWU members working on a coal-loader construction site at Kooragang Island have returned to work af...

Manufacturing unions welcome jobs forum | Sep 11, 2011
The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union and the Australian Workers’ Union have welco...

Vale Fred Thompson | Sep 09, 2011
The AMWU this week farewelled Fred Thompson, a union stalwart, socialist, and legend of the Australi...

10 years later, final Ansett redundancy payments made | Sep 08, 2011
Former AMWU members at Ansett Airlines have welcomed a final entitlement payment of $5.3 million to ...

Manufacturing must benefit from mining boom | Sep 01, 2011
The AMWU this week stepped-up its fight for local manufacturing, calling for more action from the go...

Membership grows as shipbuilding returns to Newcastle | Aug 31, 2011
Australia’s once mighty shipbuilding sector is experiencing a resurgence in Newcastle - bringi...

BlueScope maintenance workers still unsure about future | Aug 25, 2011
AMWU maintenance workers at BlueScope Steel’s Western Port in Hastings say they still don&rsqu...

Tragic Day: 1400 job losses at BlueScope | Aug 25, 2011
Up to 1400 workers at BlueScope’s Port Kembla and Western Port operations will lose their jobs...

Will the mining boom send manufacturing bust? | Aug 24, 2011
An international expert has diagnosed Australia’s manufacturing sector with a severe case of t...

East Africa Famine Appeal - Please give generously | Aug 24, 2011
Donations can be made through Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA to assist victims of the famine in the Horn of...

Bluescope job losses strengthen call for action on manufacturing | Aug 22, 2011
The push from Australian manufacturing unions for a broad-based agenda to support domestic manufactu...

Amcor members maintain fight for better redundancy provisions | Aug 19, 2011
Members from packaging company Amcor in Thomastown, Victoria, will enter their third week of industr...

AMWU women prepared to break the perspex ceiling | Aug 18, 2011
Women from AMWU workplaces across NSW and the ACT gathered at the state’s first ever womens co...

Newcastle team full steam ahead as industry booms | Aug 17, 2011
One of the AMWU’s oldest regional offices is proving to be the fastest growing as Newcastle an...

Towards equal opportunity for blue-collar women workers | Aug 12, 2011
The fight for equal opportunity for women in the workplace must move beyond the narrow focus on com...

Back to the Future | Aug 11, 2011
By Andrew Dettmer, State Secretary, Australian Manufacturing Workers Union. The Gayndah museum is h...

SPC closure another devastating blow for Goulburn valley | Aug 09, 2011
A decision by SPC to cut 150 jobs across its three Goulburn Valley operations today will be a devast...

Largest survey of Australian workers to contribute to future campaigns | Aug 04, 2011
More than 41,000 Australian workers from all industries will help shape future workplace campaigns t...

Officials move into action on climate plan | Aug 04, 2011
AMWU officials from around the country have gathered in Melbourne this week to discuss the future of...

Top climate scientist urges unionists to support action | Aug 04, 2011
One of Australia’s leading climate scientists has told a national gathering of AMWU officials ...

Lab workers put pay and conditions to the test | Jul 27, 2011
Workers at one of Australia’s largest and richest laboratory testing companies are fighting ...

Do you have questions about climate change or the price on carbon pollution? | Jul 26, 2011
Do you want to know what makes scientists so sure climate change is caused by humans?Do you want to ...

Power station members call for long-term valley plan | Jul 22, 2011
AMWU members from Victoria’s La Trobe Valley have met with Prime Minister Julia Gillard to tal...

Nuclear agency staff launch protest over delayed pay agreement | Jul 21, 2011
An industrial showdown is looming between workers at Australia’s highly respected nuclear safe...

Check your pay slip today | Jul 14, 2011
Workers should check they are not missing out on wage increases which should have automatically come...

Tea workers brew their first collective agreement | Jul 14, 2011
Tea manufacturers in Adelaide’s south, some casual for up to 20 years, have begun a campaign t...

Carbon package delivers for Australian manufacturing | Jul 10, 2011
The AMWU has welcomed the Federal Government’s historic $15 billion investment in jobs, announ...

Shameful company robs print workers of entitlements | Jul 08, 2011
This weeks closure of Australia’s largest envelope manufacturer has sparked calls from the AMW...

Defence members return fire to management | Jul 08, 2011
A joint union campaign to stop wage cuts within the Department of Defence has had a win, with a nati...

History of AMWU receives international recognition | Jun 30, 2011
One of the precursor unions to the AMWU, the Amalgamated Society of Engineers, has had its first min...

A message to the Canadian Consulate on Canada Day July 1st 2011 | Jun 29, 2011
For many Canadians this years Canada day will be one of embarrassment and disbelief as they grapple ...

Anti-dumping campaign achieves change | Jun 23, 2011
An AMWU campaign to stop illegal dumping has made inroads with the announcement this week that the F...

Support asbestos awareness in S-E Asia | Jun 22, 2011
The AMWU is calling on members to give generously to asbestos awareness education campaigns in South...

New agreements to boost conditions across Hunter | Jun 22, 2011
The AMWU has secured a series of union collective agreements that boost pay and conditions at Thomas...

Chance to win $1,000 in Working Australia Census 2011 | Jun 16, 2011
Tens of thousands of workers have taken part in the Working Australia Census, which is underway ri...

Sunstate Coatings guilty of targeting AMWU members | Jun 16, 2011
A Queensland fabrication company has been slammed by the Federal Court for breaching the Freedom ...

AMWU strengthens solidarity with Filipino union KMU | Jun 08, 2011
AMWU officials who recently took part in Filipino May Day protests say the union should continue its...

Riding a wave of clean technology jobs | Jun 07, 2011
Wave power has been explored as an energy source since the late 19th century but one Australian inno...

Members say ‘yes’ to creating jobs in clean technology | Jun 07, 2011
Hundreds of AMWU members attended action on climate change rallies held around the country on the we...

AMWU slams Abbott over plans to destroy job opportunities in clean tech manufacturing | Jun 03, 2011
The AMWU has taken out ads in every major tabloid newspaper today, slamming Tony Abbott’s re...

Have you had your say in Australia’s largest workers’ survey yet? | Jun 03, 2011
Have you had your say in Australia’s largest workers’ survey yet? AMWU members are lead...

Heinz leaves loyal regional workforce in the dark | Jun 02, 2011
The future of Heinz workers from rural Victoria and Wagga Wagga remains uncertain after a meeting on...

AMWU welcomes safety recommendations at ANSTO nuclear facility | May 30, 2011
The AMWU has welcomed a review into safety at ANSTO Health tabled in Federal Parliament today that r...

Manufacturing: Australia’s Future campaign gets attention of politicians | May 20, 2011
On Tuesday, Deputy Prime Minister Wayne Swan and Federal Member for La Trobe Laura Smyth visited AMW...

More Bushmasters for Bendigo | May 12, 2011
The AMWU has welcomed an announcement by Defence Minister Stephen Smith that 101 Bendigo Bushmasters...

Private ferries bad news for Sydney commuters, workers | May 11, 2011
The NSW Government’s announcement it will outsource the operation and maintenance of Sydney Fe...

Federal budget: New mentoring program for 40 000 apprentices will help lift completion rates | May 10, 2011
Tens of thousands of apprentices will benefit from a new mentoring program announced in this week&rs...

Print numbers reveal Telstra to stop delivering White Pages to households | May 09, 2011
Telstra is secretly planning to stop universal delivery of metropolitan White Pages telephone direct...

Memorial day for workers who never came home | Apr 28, 2011
AMWU members across Australia joined bereaved relatives and work safety campaigners in marking Inter...

Stalled negotiations drive bus workers to take action | Apr 15, 2011
Maintenance workers from ACTION buses in Canberra will continue with industrial action this weekend ...

Newspaper workers maintain important protections | Mar 28, 2011
Rural Press workers in regional NSW and Victoria have withstood moves to remove their long-standing ...

Hunter can lead transition to low-carbon industrial future | Mar 24, 2011
The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union has welcomed the Keneally Government’s commitment t...

Manufacturing: Our Future campaign targets Government to keep jobs promises | Mar 20, 2011
The AMWU this week launched a national television and online campaign to put manufacturing back on L...

100th International Women's Day celebrates women at work | Mar 09, 2011
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Korean unionist warns of "casualisation cancer" | Feb 28, 2011
A visiting Korean unionist has warned AMWU members international moves towards casual labour in the ...

Carbon price must be matched with jobs plan | Feb 24, 2011
The AMWU says the Federal Government must match its move to set a price on carbon pollution with inv...

Regional printers shred Fairfax agreement | Feb 17, 2011
AMWU members in the newspaper industry are resisting an attempt by Fairfax Media to reduce pay and c...

Workers beat text message roster | Feb 10, 2011
Underpaid tech workers who were being informed of their roster via text message will be entitled to ...

AMWU reaches out to new members in 2011 | Feb 07, 2011
Non-union and low-paid workplaces will be a key focus of the AMWU’s Growth campaign in 2011. &...

Government should dump obsession with budget surplus, not industry programs | Jan 27, 2011
AMWU National Secretary Dave Oliver congratulated the Prime Minister for her determination to help ...

AMWU donates $20,000 to flood appeal and creates account | Jan 14, 2011
The Queensland Branch of the AMWU has called on union members around Australia to support Queenslan...

Qantas delegate returns home with new perspective | Jan 07, 2011
The annual AMWU scholarship created to honour the life of NT Organiser Steve Milne has been heralded...

“Mamma Mia, here we go again,” say Sandvik workers | Dec 06, 2010
The AMWU has called on Swedish tooling company Sandvik to deliver an equal Christmas to its worker...

Coal delegates unite to organise industry | Dec 01, 2010
Delegates from Australia’s coal industry are driving a new approach to campaigning and recru...

Visy urged to stop undermining job security | Nov 30, 2010
Around 500 Visy workers across Australia went on strike on Monday, angry at the company’s bi...

Foxteq revisits the Hungry Mile | Nov 18, 2010
Vulnerable migrant workers at a western Sydney computer assembly site are being denied basic worki...

Changes to ACT Workers Comp could hurt workers | Nov 17, 2010
The ACT Government has released a draft proposal to change the ACT Workers Compensation Act. The ACT...

NSW solar program cuts jeopardise clean jobs | Oct 28, 2010
Manufacturing workers are opposing the NSW government's decision to slash its solar bonus scheme, ...

National workplace health and safety laws must maintain the highest standards | Oct 21, 2010
The NSW Government plan to maintain the onus on employers to prove they provide safe workplaces, a...

Lives at risk without Asbestos register | Oct 11, 2010
The AMWU has backed calls by a leading asbestos researcher, to set up a register of contaminated N...

Disappointment as HMAS Success bid given to Singapore | Oct 08, 2010
The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union has expressed disappointment after the Minister ...

Defence workers meet with officials to maintain Australian jobs | Sep 30, 2010
Union representatives and workers from Sydney and Newcastle met with Defence Department Officials ...

Workers rally to keep defence maintenance in Australia | Sep 22, 2010
A decision to award a defence maintenance contract to Singapore will cost the Federal Government m...

Strong ‘anti-dumping’ laws protect manufacturing jobs | Sep 21, 2010
Recently, the Productivity Commission put out a report which recommended weakening Australia&rsquo...

What’s a fair wage increase these days? | Sep 16, 2010
Too many employers are offering workers annual wage increases of 3% or less in the current round o...

Election 2010: AMWU members campaign for jobs, security and rights at work | Aug 20, 2010
As Saturday’s vote approaches, AMWU members, delegates and officials are highlighting the st...

Liberal tax policy announcement bad news for workers, good news for millionaires | Aug 10, 2010
The Liberal’s recently announced tax policy would mean that workers on average income would ...

Tony Abbott`s manufacturing policies will cost 100 000 Australian jobs | Aug 05, 2010
Tony Abbott’s plan to gut programs like Enterprise Connect centres will hurt innovation, emp...

Gillard: "We will protect workers' entitlements" | Aug 04, 2010
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced that a re-elected Labor Government would protect worke...

Abbott: WorkChoices not dead, just getting ‘tweaked’ | Jul 23, 2010
Tony Abbott has let the cat out of the bag on WorkChoices, only hours after declaring it ‘de...

Abbott: WorkChoices not dead, just getting ‘tweaked’ | Jul 23, 2010
Tony Abbott has let the cat out of the bag on WorkChoices, only hours after declaring it ‘d...

Let`s make Australia asbestos-free | Jul 02, 2010
Despite decades of litigation and lobbying, Australia is still riddled with asbestos and it’...

Breakthrough on resources tax maintains benefits for workers | Jul 02, 2010
The AMWU has welcomed the government’s Minerals Resource Rent Tax, which will retain the fun...

Coalition calls for asbestos-free Australia by 2030 | Jun 28, 2010
The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU), the Australian Council of Trade Unions a...

Action at Forgacs brings company back to the table | Jun 24, 2010
Over three hundred workers across four Forgacs sites in the Lower Hunter Valley region of NSW have...

CSR demerger not so sweet for Asbestos victims | Jun 17, 2010
The AMWU and Asbestos Victims Support Groups are concerned a vote to split CSR into two separate ...

Paid Parental Leave ready for delivery | Jun 17, 2010
The Senate has today passed legislation implementing government’s universal Paid Parental L...

Mining’s gain fails to benefit manufacturing | Jun 17, 2010
Quarterly job figures released today, which show an alarming plummet in manufacturing jobs despit...

Manufacturing workers in the race for Green Jobs | Jun 10, 2010
Manufacturing workers could be big winners in the race for green jobs, according to a new report by ...

AMWU supports Equal Pay for Equal Work | Jun 10, 2010
The AMWU today supported community services sector workers in the fight for equal pay for women an...

Incolink Scholarship offers the study trip of a lifetime | Jun 09, 2010
Young workers in the building and construction industries have been given the chance to win the trip...

Mine bosses step up political campaign against tax | Jun 04, 2010
Mining bosses have spent another week playing politics over the government’s Resource Super Pr...

Links forged between unionists in France and Australia | Jun 04, 2010
Representatives from CGT, the French Metal Workers Union, are touring Australia to meet with Thales ...

AMWU welcomes $26 minimum wage increase | Jun 03, 2010
The AMWU has welcomed Fair Work Australia’s decision to lift the federal minimum wage by $26 a...

Pensioners demand a fair go | May 27, 2010
Retired members of the AMWU joined pensioners at a rally at Victorian Parliament House today, to h...

AMWU seeking overtime compensation | May 26, 2010
The AMWU is preparing a test case to obtain compensation for workers who may lose out on overtime pa...

Build Them Here campaign launched | May 21, 2010
The AMWU is launching a 'Build Them Here' campaign to call on the New South Wales Government to awar...

AMWU stands up for global workers’ rights | May 21, 2010
The AMWU recently took part in the 9th Southern Initiative Global Trade Union Rights (SIGTUR) Congre...

Abbott can’t be trusted on WorkChoices | May 20, 2010
Tony Abbott has blown his credibility and admitted that he can’t be trusted not to bring back ...

Paid parental leave petition | May 20, 2010
You can sign the attached petition to help ensure that after many decades of campaigning, Australia ...

Robin Hood Tax targets G20 summit | May 12, 2010
The Robin Hood Tax is a global campaign aimed at levying corporate bank transactions in order to fun...

Golden parachutes and lead zeppelins | May 06, 2010
The AMWU is concerned that a new law aimed to curb excessive self-rewarding by corporate executives ...

Employment relocation programs must not lead to ‘revolving door’ of employment | May 05, 2010
Any potential relocation program to address skills shortages in regional Australia must avoid a &lsq...

Rally calls for end to Canadian asbestos trade | May 04, 2010
AMWU members in Sydney have joined with the Asbestos Diseases Foundation of Australia to protest out...

Komatsu workers win first collective agreement | Apr 27, 2010
AMWU members at the Komatsu site in Fairfield, NSW have successfully negotiated a 19% pay rise in th...

$5000 scholarship for women in manufacturing | Apr 27, 2010
Women in the manufacturing and automotive industries have been given the chance to win $5000 towards...

Work more deadly than war | Apr 21, 2010
Remember the dead, fight for the living: International Workers’ Memorial Day on April 28.On We...

More pain and uncertainty for casual Drivetrain workers | Mar 18, 2010
The AMWU is seeking answers as to why 170 casual and fixed-term temporary staff were stood down at A...

400+ jobs lost as Boeing closes NSW site and moves to Victoria | Mar 04, 2010
Boeing's announcement that it will close its Milperra aerospace engineering site, costing up to 400 ...

NSW Transport Plan Must Also Be a Jobs First Plan | Feb 26, 2010
The AMWU has welcomed the announcement of a new Transport Strategy for NSW, saying that investment i...

AMWU support leads to Kickstart campaign success | Feb 20, 2010
517 new apprentices have commenced work in AMWU workshops nationally due to union support of the Fed...

Waving the flag at the Mitchell | Jan 06, 2010
The proud boilermakers and shipbuilders who carried their huge union banner through Sydney's streets...

Prestige car dealer won’t pay for dinner | Nov 05, 2009
“We want the company to show the same respect for its workers as it does for its expensive car...

Lens-makers achieve long-held vision | Sep 25, 2009

Laboratory workers who make spectacle lenses for OPSM have won a union deal with a guaranteed...

How will changes to health and safety laws help or harm you? | Sep 16, 2009
Watch this short video on some of the changes that could affect you and join in the campaign.

Economic crisis not a free pass for wage cuts | Sep 10, 2009
Workers have every right to ask to see their company’s books to make sure workers are getting ...

Cochlear Workers win their right to collectively bargain | Aug 20, 2009
Cochlear workers today have finally won the right to be represented by the union of their choice aft...

Workers hope company will find buyer after going into administration | Jul 29, 2009
Mining machine company, Waratah Engineering, in Newcastle, New South Wales, has gone into voluntary ...

Visy pulps work rights in Tumut | Jun 29, 2009
The AMWU is calling on the Federal Government to reject a five-year, non-union agreement Visy is try...

AMWU campaigning against Paddle Pops made in China | Jun 24, 2009
The AMWU fears the future Australian production of iconic ice cream products could be under threat a...

AMWU Welcomes NSW Government Plan to Buy Local | Jun 15, 2009
The AMWU has welcomed the announcement that the NSW Government will buy local when it awards new con...

Sweet factory workers locked out, entitlements at risk | Jun 11, 2009
A confectionery factory in Metford has an uncertain future and appears to be in financial trouble, w...

Union effort to secure jobs for Newcastle pays off | May 12, 2009
Two hundred full time jobs will be created in Newcastle after Forgacs Engineering won a $400 million...

Asbestos victims seek Kevin Rudd’s help | May 11, 2009
The AMWU is asking the Rudd Government to step in and guarantee a $350million shortfall in the James...

Concerns over Hardie’s ability to pay compensation | Apr 30, 2009
The AMWU is seeking an urgent meeting with the NSW Premier Nathan Rees to discuss the security of co...

Man of steel remembered | Apr 30, 2009
Unionists and members of the Illawarra community have remembered the contribution of former AMWU off...

DSI entitlements situation should not happen again | Mar 12, 2009
The AMWU has welcomed moves to ensure DSI workers who have lost their jobs and entitlements receive ...

Apprentices recruitment campaign a success | Mar 03, 2009
Over ninety apprentices from different TAFEs in New South Wales have joined the AMWU in three weeks ...

Business should not be given free rein: AMWU tells NSW Treasurer | Mar 03, 2009
The AMWU has reacted strongly to NSW Treasurer Eric Roozendaal’s suggestion that the role of g...

Drivetrain workers protest at loss of jobs and entitlements | Feb 26, 2009
Sacked workers at Drivetrain Systems in Albury, have been picketing outside their factory to protest...

AMWU renews calls for entitlements protection scheme as Drivetrain enters receivership | Feb 17, 2009
Drivetrain Systems International, an Albury-Wodonga based gearbox maker went into receivership yeste...

Union on drive to sign up new generation | Feb 02, 2009
Young workers enrolling in their apprenticeship have been signing up to the AMWU across NSW.The NSW ...

Win for Cochlear workers as AIRC upholds original decision | Jan 23, 2009
The full bench of the Australian Industrial Relations Committee has upheld the original decision to ...

Power workers tell Old Macdonald ‘Don’t sell the farm’ | Jul 10, 2008
Power workers walked off the job at the Munmorah and Vales Point power stations on the NSW central c...

Local MPs face public backlash over privatisation | May 01, 2008
AMWU members in the Newcastle area have spent the week leading up to the Labor Party state conferenc...

Electric rally shocks privatisation agenda | Feb 26, 2008
Thousands of power workers and community members have demonstrated at Parliament House warning of th...

Onesteel workers unsure about their future | Feb 21, 2008
Ninety workers are set to lose their jobs following One Steel’s announcement to close its Some...

New members want their rights at work | Dec 20, 2007
It seems that the success of the Your Rights at Work campaign wasn't limited to the outcome of the f...

WorkChoices a law not even its mother could love | Dec 20, 2007
Opposition leader Brendan Nelson has announced the Liberal Party will abandon its WorkChoices laws, ...

Electricity campaign powers up | Dec 20, 2007
AMWU members have voted to campaign against the New South Wales Government's plans to privatise the ...

AMWU backs Gillard ban on safety cop-out | Dec 13, 2007
The AMWU has welcomed Acting Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s moratorium to halt companies reduc...

Public power to fight power privatisation | Dec 13, 2007
The AMWU is preparing to launch a public campaign to oppose the privatisaton of the power industry i...

Vale Bernie Banton, a fighter to the end | Dec 06, 2007
Two thousand people attended the funeral of anti-asbestos campaigner Bernie Banton who died last wee...

Delegates raise RTW issues with Minister at NSW H&S conference | Nov 11, 2007
Over 150 AMWU Health and Safety committee members, reps and union delegates attended the NSW Annual ...

WorkChoices gatecrashes Cochlear AGM | Oct 25, 2007
Cochlear shareholders and board members got a dose of workers’ rights this week as workers fro...