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Small Business Ombudsman Refuses To Hear Testimony From Drivers On Need For Safe Rates

June 09

TWU MEDIA RELEASE, 9 June 2016

Small Business Ombudsman Kate Carnell has refused to hear evidence from owner drivers about how a system of safe minimum rates would make their jobs safer and more sustainable.
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Transport Workers' Union Supports Farmers' Call For Price Support & Assistance

May 25

TWU MEDIA RELEASE, 25 May 2016

The Transport Workers’ Union is supporting farmers’ demands for price support and financial assistance as they struggle with low milk prices.
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Seven Die In Truck Crashes In One Week As Federal Government Fails On Road Safety

May 23

TWU MEDIA RELEASE, 23 May 2016

Seven people have died in truck crashes across Australia in the last week, including two people in a Queensland crash this morning, highlighting the urgent need for a solution to the crisis in trucking.
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How Will Robots And Uber Change Our Lives? Special Taskforce Needed To Investigate Impact On Jobs, Workplace Rights

May 19

TWU MEDIA RELEASE, 19 May 2016

The Transport Workers Union will today call on the next Australian Government to urgently convene a special taskforce into the impact of the so-called “sharing economy” and automation on jobs and workplace rights.
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Truck Drivers Rally For Safe Rates, Block Busy Sydney Streets

May 18

TWU MEDIA RELEASE, 18 May 2016

Truck drivers and other transport workers have blocked a major Sydney junction, demanding the government return a system of safe rates to address the crisis in trucking and the high death toll in truck crashes.
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Two Die In WA Truck Crashes As Federal Government Opposes Solution On Road Safety

May 13

TWU MEDIA RELEASE, 13 May 2016

Two truck drivers have died in separate truck crashes in Western Australia highlighting the need for a solution to the crisis in trucking. A 39-year-old driver was killed when his truck rolled over on the Eyre Peninsula yesterday. Another driver died when his truck caught fire following a crash on Great Eastern Highway near Northam on Tuesday.