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Traffic control deal does not pass go: FWC

An employer has failed to win approval for a deal that introduces a "new entrant" category paying construction workers who become traffic controllers 6% below their award rate while denying them an industry allowance, with the FWC unmoved by its argument that they need more supervision.

Court clears way for UWU to dismiss organisers

The Federal Court has refused to restrain the United Workers Union from dismissing two organisers who claim it subjected them to unlawful adverse action, finding the union's evidence "all-but-overwhelming".

Holiday trade-off should not be scrapped without bargaining: FWC

An employer seeking to be covered by an existing agreement could potentially "operate in a better way" if a clause granting five days leave in return for working on three public holidays is removed, but the FWC has found the change would deny employees the chance to use the entitlement as a bargaining chip.

"Movement" in FWC-supervised talks with DP World: MUA

The MUA says that progress has been made during the first two days of a scheduled six straight days of talks with container terminal operator DP World, in a bid to break deadlocked negotiations for a new enterprise agreement.

NTEU's Indigenous employment gains set union "benchmark"

The NTEU has contributed to a doubling of Indigenous employment in tertiary education over the past two decades, by creating a "unique" union structure and using collective bargaining to establish employment targets and other Indigenous-specific provisions in enterprise agreements, an academic says.


Ventia seeks arbitration after 15 months of talks

The FWC has reserved its decision on the first contested intractable bargaining case to be heard by a single member, after service provider Ventia told the tribunal it should find negotiations for outsourced Defence aviation firefighting operations in Queensland have reached an impasse after 15 months of talks and more than 18 months of industrial action.

FWC brokers deal to end decade-long Esso dispute

After chairing negotiations between resources giant Esso and the AWU, long-serving FWC member Bernie Riordan has today issued a recommendation that the company provide a 22% pay rise over almost four years to end a decade-long deadlock for its Bass Strait platform operators and that in return the workforce move to a new roster.

Pre-Christmas pay rise under APS deal

The CPSU is recommending the Albanese Government's "bolstered" final pay offer to its members, after winning an additional lump sum payment that brings the first year's 4% increase forward by 12 weeks.

"Pause" for BHP Iron Ore protected action

Train drivers delivering iron ore to export ports from BHP's Pilbara mines will "pause" the protected bans due to start tomorrow as "a gesture of good faith" ahead of the company preparing to put a revised bargaining offer to a ballot.