AMWU delegates are seizing the opportunity of a federal election year to campaign hard on securing workers’ entitlements, maintaining strong industry policy, developing our clean energy industries to tackle climate change, and other key issues for manufacturing workers.

Delegates in each state met during February and March to discuss the union’s campaign aims for the year with National Secretary, Dave Oliver, Acting National President, Paul Bastian, and state officials.

In each state delegates raised issues directly affecting their workplaces as well as areas concerning manufacturing workers across the country.

“The overal message that we got was that our members are concerned about job security, securing their entitlements and building up their rights at work using the new Fair Work Laws”, said Dave Oliver. “The delegates forums are important because they ensure that delegates get information on broad issues, and that the union is aware of smaller issues before they become large.”

“It’s one of our union’s proudest traditions that our members are so well represented by the thousands of dedicated delegates we have across the country.”

Delegates were given fact sheets summarising key issues for manufacturing workers. Copies of these factsheets are available to all members in the delegates’ section of www.amwu.org.au
Several videos shown at the forums are also online at www.youtube.com/AMWUTV