WA Branch News: Archive by Date

June 2008

• Giving a voice to Rig Workers - the Offshore Alliance

January 2008

• GENERAL MEETING

August 2007

• Howard Government workplace watchdog approves $3 an hour wage for young worker.
• HOWARD GOVT ADDS $70,000 INTEREST TO TYPICAL HOME LOAN FOR WORKING FAMILIES
• New WorkChoices advertising scandal shows Howard Govt can't hide truth about IR
• Fed Govt's 'no AWA, no job' IR laws used to sack worker after 24 years service.

July 2007

• Letter to Editor
• The AWU Pilbara Rank and File Update Vol. 2
• FAIR PAY COMMISSION DECISION - RURAL WORKERS
• The AWU Pilbara Rank and File Update
• New IR laws 'fairness test' is biased against employees
• New report shows Howard Govt AWAs are used to cut workers' pay & avoid unions

June 2007

• IR laws used to deny sacked workers redundancy entitlements
• Rudd: Labor will rip up AWAs.
• Collective Bargaining Rights
• Penalty rates traded away for coffee and a cheap muffin
• "Tell them they're dreaming!"
• "UNION CAMPAIGN AGAINST IR LAWS IS LEGITIMATE" SAYS ELECTORAL COMMISSION
• Services from WA Opticians Associates to AWU Members

May 2007

• Att: Oil & Gas Industry Workers
• BUSINESS OUTCRY OVER LABOR'S PLAN TO SCRAP AWAs IS POLITICAL RATHER THAN FACTUAL
• Machinery Company fined $75, 000 over death of Worker

April 2007

• MORE EVIDENCE AWA'S ARE CUTTING PAY & CONDITIONS FOR AUSTRALIAN WORKING FAMILIES
• Julia Gillard - Tuesday 17th April - Gosnells, Perth WA
• Federal Government's voting rule changes could hurt Young Workers
• SAFETY BULLETIN ISSUED ON CYCLONE SAFETY
• Cyclone – Emergency Preparation, Planning and Preparedness.
• Availability of the Q Fever Vaccine & Q-Fever Skin Test
• Benefits for AWU Members
• Internation Day of Mourning

March 2007

• Newspaper Article on AWU's involvement at the Mandurah Crab Fest
• Letter to the Kalgoorlie Miner Newspaper's Editor
• APVMA BOARD DECISION
• One Year On
• ACTU REJECTS BIG MINERS' BACKING FOR LIBERAL'S AWA INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTS
• Mandurah Crab Fest 2007 - AWU Picture
• AUSTRALIAN WORKERS UNION SHOW A DIFFERENT FACE
• Women now earn $100 a week less than men
• Harmony Week 15-21 March 2007
• New report shows Federal Govt is failing working families says ACTU

February 2007

• ACTU Media Release - Friday 23 February 2007
• Information Session for potential WorkSafe Inspectors
• ACTU Media Release Issued Wednesday, 28 February 2007
• Attention: Oil & Gas Industry Members - important facts re: Income Tax Advice
• Women workers and low paid worst affected by IR laws: New research shows
• ACTU Media Release Issued Tuesday 13 February 2006
• WorkCover WA Customer First Feedback
• Dwellingup Fires
• ACTU Media Release Issued Monday 5 February 2007
• MEDIA RELEASE - 5th February 2007
• MEDIA STATEMENT: INSPECTION PROGRAM FOR BROADACRE FARMS UNDERWAY
• In case you haven't heard...

January 2007

• AWU FINANCIAL STATEMENT 2005/2006
• WHAT TO DO IF A WORKER SUFFERS A WORKPLACE ACCIDENT/INJURY
• ALP to toughen sham Contractor curbs; create new safety net
• MEDIA ALERT
• AWU Fact Sheet
• John Hughes for Canning
• Scheduled Election 2006 - Alcoa Pinjarra Refinery Sub-Branch

August 2006

• Important message from AWU WA Secretary Tim Daly

August 2005

• National Day of Protest - 15th November 2005
• AWU Your Rights at Work Campaign
• Protect Young Workers: Combet
• UNIONS WIN 2 YEARS PARENTAL LEAVE AND RIGHT TO P/TIME WORK FOR WORKING PARENTS

July 2005

• Bullying in the Workplace
• AWU Members March Against Howard Goverment's Proposed IR Reform
• FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS CHANGES

June 2005

• FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS CHANGES
• How John Howard’s Industrial Relations Laws....
• Aviation Industry Meeting
• Ads put human face to work changes

May 2005

• HOWARD SHAFTS BATTLERS WITH SACKING LAW

April 2005

• PUSH ON FOR PERMANENCY AFTER CASUAL JOBS CUT AT ALCOA MINE NURSERY

March 2005

• CALM Fire Service Provision Negotiations
• AIRC UPHOLDS UNION RIGHTS
• New AWU Office and Organiser in Kalgoorlie

February 2005

• AWU MOVES TO PROTECT HWE JOBS

January 2005

• AWU IS BACK IN THE GOLDFIELDS

December 2004

• Changes to the Western Australian Workers' Compensation System
• IWAs under the previous Government: Do you know?
• Annual Report 2004
• Low paid employees to be hit hardest by Howard’s IR laws
• The Howard Government law threatens right of employees to union representation

November 2004

• Former PM Bob Hawke Strongly Endorses Role of Unions
• What makes an ideal workplace ~ National Secretary Bill Shorten
• BIG SHEEP FACE NEEDLE IN SHEARERS’ SAFETY PLAN

June 2004

• Worksafe to access compliance with Shearing Code of Practice

May 2004

• BHP- BILLITON BLAST INQUIRY UNDERWAY
• BHP DEATHS REQUIRE NEW SAFETY POWERS
• Australian Workplace Agreements Questioned
• Pay Equity
• Recent WINS for Shearers!
• Workers Win $19.00 per Week
• AWU WA finalises and registers new common rule Shearing Award
• AWU MEDIA RELEASE
• Budget Fails Working Australians
• Pilbara Miners Resist AWAs
• Unions Win $19 A Week Pay Rise

April 2004

• STA & Members Equity

February 2004

• The Union buries its dead

January 2004

• Past President Passes Away

November 2003

• New Service for AWU Members

September 2003

• Labour Movement Work Experience Programme

July 2003

• Joe Keenan Passes Away

June 2003

• New award rates for shearing members
• State Award for shearing members
• Things are shaping up for the industry in WA
• Landmark victory for shearing members

May 2003

• Safety concerns for shearing members