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Strikes still on cards despite "ground breaking" WFH win: CPSU

The CPSU says an APSC offer that presumes agencies will approve flexibility requests and stops them capping days spent working from home is "ground breaking", but the union is still preparing to take industrial action as it waits for a "considerably improved" pay offer.

Limited backing for coal strikes among OS workers: BHP

BHP has played down the impact of industrial action at its Queensland coal mines, highlighting that the protected action won support from only about 15% of Operations Services production employees in Queensland.

Offshore strike lull as insurance uncertainty continues

The MUA says crew working on ships servicing key offshore gas operations have stopped protected action over their workplace compensation arrangements, but maritime employers have warned the struggle to find insurers is an industry-wide problem.

NTEU threatening to escalate Victorian industrial action

NTEU members have voted to escalate industrial action, including another state-wide strike, if Victorian universities maintain their refusal to of union demands to replace most casual jobs with permanent positions.

Most women experiencing painful periods at work: Survey

Three-quarters of working women are suffering from painful periods, according to a continuing survey conducted by Maurice Blackburn that it is seeking to open up to a broader audience, as it prepares to use the data to lobby for reproductive leave and flexible work arrangements.

"All roles flex" in APS under new policy

A new set of flexible work principles for the Australian Public Service aspire to make all roles flexible - while continuing to meet organisational needs - and will provide the basis for unions and government to negotiate a common flexibility term for public sector agreements.

Victorian construction bargaining to test new forum

The looming bargaining round in the Victorian commercial construction sector might be shaping as the first test for the Albanese Government's new tripartite National Construction Industry Forum.

CPSU yet to embrace proposed Auntie deal

The CPSU says it will not endorse an ABC deal agreed in-principle with the MEAA, because although it offers an 11% raise over three years, a $1500 bonus and boosts career progression, a new annualised salary scheme has "absolutely no safety net".

Union to pursue "ambitious agenda" in CommBank bargaining

The FSU is calling on CBA workers to endorse an "ambitious" log of claims that includes trialling a 30-hour working week and banning further outsourcing, after a survey highlighted concerns about the cost of living, job security, understaffing and workloads.

BHP OS offering $5K incentive to back deals

BHP is offering workers in its in-house labour hire arm a $5000 sign-on sweetener ahead of a ballot on proposed deals that promise far less than a recently approved BMA agreement, while the union says the subsidiaries should be covered by Labor's proposed "Same Job, Same Pay" laws.