02 July 2009

The Rudd government has reversed key elements of its crackdown on employee share schemes following strong union lobbying about Federal Budget measures which hurt many AWU members.
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• Time to celebrate new IR laws - stronger rights and protections for Australian workers - 01 July 2009
• AWU backs Vic Bushfire class action - 26 June 2009
• Rig Workers Say NO to Second Rate Agreement - 29 June 2009
• Iran Ambasador refuses to meet union protest delegation - 26 June 2009

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The AWU is lobbying Federal and State Governments, industry and community leaders to act now to adopt a plan to keep Australia's strategic steel industry going in the face of the global economic crisis
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• Rights on Site campaign against the ABCC launched
• PRECARIOUS WORK, affects us all

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Union officials have again been denied access under Commonwealth OHS laws to a John Holland worksite after a worker suffered injury when a wall collapsed.
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• New OHS laws must make employers provide safe workplaces say unions
• Safe Work Week timely reminder of human cost of workplace tragedies and need for strong OHS laws
• BHP Cannington mine fights for silence - newspaper report
• New OHS laws must make employers provide safe workplaces say unions
• Safe Work Week timely reminder of human cost of workplace tragedies and need for strong OHS laws
• BHP Cannington mine fights for silence - newspaper report
• New OHS laws must make employers provide safe workplaces say unions
• Safe Work Week timely reminder of human cost of workplace tragedies and need for strong OHS laws
• BHP Cannington mine fights for silence - newspaper report