The AMWU has accused the Perth-based newspaper group controlled by billionaire Kerry Stokes of engaging in a "war of attrition" against its printers through a long-running lockout during stalled enterprise bargaining.
Maritime unions have turned to a former senior FWC member in an effort to secure a new deal with the country's biggest tug operator after two years of fruitless negotiations.
An "excellent" expert's assessment that tugboat masters' planned protected action could cost the economy hundreds of millions has proved instrumental in convincing the FWC to suspend nationwide strikes.
The FWC has brought the shutter down on protected industrial action at a smelter after determining that its "organic" nature gave the business little chance of safely preparing for its impact.
A tribunal member has reinstated six sacked Qube Ports waterfront shift managers and expressed alarm at a senior manager's "bizarre" and "ridiculous" proposal that three of them sign an unsighted document before it divulged its plan to maintain operations during a strike.
Qantas did not have any "witching hour" deadline for pushing ahead with a plan to outsource up to 2000 ground crew jobs, a full Federal Court heard today.
The Perrottet Government will withdraw its s426 bid to suspend or terminate the rail union's industrial action at Sydney Trains, as part of a deal with the RTBU to resume bargaining.
Major tug boat operator Svitzer Australia has gained more time to prepare its application to suspend or terminate AMOU members' protected action, which is to due to start on Thursday.
A construction supply company's bid to suspend protected action for a fortnight so it can better engage with picketing union members has fallen flat in the FWC.
In a crucial ruling on the proportion of pay employers can deduct when employees impose partial work bans, the FWC has slashed the 25% to 31.5% wage reduction imposed on more than 1600 bus drivers to just 1.5%.
