Last Wednesday, our members at Qenos were told the company had slid into voluntary administration. The AWU will meet with management and the administrator this week seeking urgent clarity on its future.
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On International Workers Memorial Day, I always reflect on this passage from Humphrey McQueen’s “Framework of Flesh”. Workplace fatalities & injuries are almost always preventable, and almost always caused by the greed of bosses trying to save time and money. #ausunions
Teachers’ working conditions are kids’ learning conditions. Governments have a responsibility to sort out a fair deal for teachers so they can get on with their work. Drawing by the comrades at Workers Art Collective. #ausunions
Coles and Woolworths dominate Australia’s supermarket industry, giving them vast power over workers at every link in the grocery supply chain.
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If we want to be a country that makes things we need to secure our manufacturing sector - both now and in the future.
The AWU strongly supports the Albanese Labor Government’s Future Made in Australia plan.
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Possibly a hot take, but I reckon it's a bit of a red flag if your union puts up a social media post for Anzac Day (25 April) and not International Workers Memorial Day (28 April). #ausunions
#ausunions Seriously but, if there's stuff happening on May Day that doesn't involves sparkies shooting ducks (I'm aware of a handful), hit me up.
Around 700 Australian manufacturing jobs are likely to be destroyed, as petrochemical company Qenos prepares to shut up shop after being placed in administration
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The Australian Unions statement is an exercise in political damage control, aimed at covering over the fact that Australia’s unions continue to prevent any action by workers against the #GazaGenocide
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Hector Samuels🇦🇺🇮🇹🇺🇸 Guardian Australia Won’t report truth though will they? The New Daily Australian Labor #ausunions
Child protection caseworkers held a stopwork meeting outside Edgeworth’s Community Services Centre to protest its imminent closure. Workers in the sector are fighting for decent wages & action on workload. #ausunions
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The AFP has put forward an improved offer to federal cops to consider. In order to keep in line with the 11.2% sector wide pay increase but get more money in pockets the new offer includes allowances & inducements. #ausunions themandarin.com.au/244504-afp-sta…