AWU WA Year in Review 2023

What a year 2023 has been. In a year where the cost of living has continued to rise and many of our members have been struggling the AWU has been fighting from the front organising and negotiating agreement after agreement in 2023 getting you the pay increase you deserve.

In 2023 your AWU Organising and Legal teams have negotiated over 50 Enterprise Bargaining Agreements (EBAs).

Negotiating an EBA a week, 50+ agreements in one year is a huge task which we could not have achieved without our members.

In 2023 the AWU in WA was proud to:

• March at May Day alongside over 300 AWU members from across WA;
• Welcome our new AWU National Secretary, Paul Farrow and Assistant National Secretary, Kade Wakefield and thank Daniel Walton and Stephen Crawford for their stellar service to AWU members across Australia;
• Utilise the ‘Secure Jobs, Better Pay’ legislation to bring belligerent mining employers back to the bargaining table in the Goldfields, North West and the Pilbara.
• Represent members by giving evidence in support of the ‘Closing Loopholes’ Bill to address the rampant exploitation of labour hire in industries represented by the AWU;
• Remember the dead and continue our fight for the living through our ‘STOP deaths in mining and resources’ campaign;
• Complete negotiations for the new Alcoa EBA and countless others; and
• Put an end to the regressive and restrictive State Government Wages Policy.

You can check out our interactive PDF of our 2023 Year in Review here and view it as a regular PDF here.