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Asbestos time bomb
Asbestos-related disease remains a ticking time bomb for Australians because there is no nationally consistent approach to asbestos removal and management in buildings and infrastructure and poor data collection across states and territories, unions said today. 21 November 2008 [Read More]
Gvt must tackle sealane piracy
The Maritime Union is calling on the Australian Government to act decisively in the face of the increasing number and severity of pirate attacks on international shipping. 21 November 2008 [Read More]
Telstra workers strike action vote
Telstra workers are about to start voting on whether to take urgent industrial action over the company’s ongoing refusal to negotiate a collective agreement with its employees, the Communications Electrical Plumbing Union (CEPU) has announced. 21 November 2008 [Read More]
Childcare must return to Local Gvt
With the collapse of a second for profit child care provider, CFK Childcare Services, the Australian Services Union (ASU), has renewed its calls on the Federal Government to support a major return to local government for child care services. 21 November 2008 [Read More]
Union call centre workplace blitz
About 100 union members will take to the streets in Melbourne's CBD aided with calling cards and cup cakes and ring tones to launch a national call centre campaign today. 20 November 2008 [Read More]
AWU backs WA uranium mining
The Australian Workers’ Union has called on the leader of the West Australian Labor Party, Eric Ripper, to fall into line with Federal ALP policy on uranium mining. 20 November 2008 [Read More]
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