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TRANSPORT WORKERS’ UNION URGES FIJI'S AIR TERMINAL SERVICES TO PAY WORKERS & BEGIN TALKS IMMEDIATELY

January 23

TWU MEDIA RELEASE, 23 January 2018

The Transport Workers’ Union of Australia is urging Fiji’s Air Terminal Services to immediately begin negotiations with staff, following a ruling by an employment tribunal to allow locked-out employees to return to work.
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TIP TOP ATTACKS DRIVERS WITH DODGY DEAL TO RIP OFF PAY & OVERTIME

January 22

TWU MEDIA RELEASE 22 JANUARY 2018

Controversial bread makers Tip Top are again attacking the rights and livelihoods of truck drivers and other employees by cutting their pay in a dodgy enterprise agreement.
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AUSTRALIAN & INTERNATIONAL UNIONS HOLD RALLY OUTSIDE FIJI CONSULATE TO DEMAND END TO LOCK-OUT OF AIRPORT WORKERS

January 18

TWU MEDIA RELEASE, 18 January 2017

Australian unions, international unions and the Fijian community held a rally outside Fiji’s consulate in Sydney today to demand an end to a lock-out of over 200 of the country’s airport workers.
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HORROR CRASHES & $468K DRIVER WAGE THEFT CASE CONFIRM CRISIS IN TRUCKING: TWU

January 17

TWU MEDIA RELEASE, 17 January 2018

Three horrific crashes and a $468,000 wage theft case confirm that the transport industry is in crisis, the Transport Workers’ Union has warned.
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FAIR WORK RULING ON UBER SHOWS SYSTEM IS BROKEN & RULES MUST CHANGE: TWU

January 05

TWU Statement, 5 January 2017

A ruling by the Fair Work Commission rejecting an Uber driver’s case against an unfair dismissal clearly shows that the system is broken and that the rules need to be changed, TWU National Secretary Tony Sheldon has said.
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TWU WARNS OVER DECIMATION OF JOBS IF FOREIGN AIRLINES ALLOWED TO OPERATE DOMESTICALLY

January 05

TWU MEDIA RELEASE, 5 January 2018

The Transport Workers’ Union has warned that thousands of jobs will be put at risk in northern Australia if foreign airlines are allowed to operate domestic routes. The warning follows a call by Darwin’s Lord Mayor to apply cabotage rules in the region.