LATEST NEWS AFFECTING AUSTRALIAN WORKERS:
TWU welcomes White Paper
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TWU National News
The Transport Workers Union today welcomed the Federal Government’s
Counter Terrorism Whitepaper, saying corporate Australia also needed to
heed international warnings and strengthen security.
MEDIA ALERT: TWU to appear at Parliamentary Committee
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TWU National News
The Transport Workers Union of Australia (TWU) will today appear
before the Joint Parliamentary
Committee on the Australian Crime Commission (ACC) inquiry into
organized crime.
FAIR WORK AUSTRALIA TO RULE ON QANTAS SEX DISCRIMINATION
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TWU National News
The Transport Workers Union yesterday filed an application for a general protections dispute with Fair Work Australia that seeks to reverse a recent decision by Qantas to bar all women from 47 new permanent positions created at Sydney Airport.
UNIONS TELL QANTAS: FIX SEX-DISCRIMINATION FIASCO NOW
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TWU National News
The Transport Workers Union has filed an application for a general protections dispute with Fair Work Australia that seeks to reverse a recent decision by Qantas to bar all women from 47 new permanent positions created at Sydney Airport.
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Paid parental leave ‘over my dead body’, says Abbot
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Australian IR News
Reports that Liberal leader Tony Abbott is considering a
taxpayer-funded paid maternity leave scheme must be treated with
extreme suspicion given his track record as a supporter of WorkChoices
and previous hardline opponent of helping working mothers, say unions.
UNIONS TO LOOK AT QANTAS SAFETY LAPSES IN VIETNAM
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TWU National News
The Transport Workers Union of Australia has today written letters to the Vietnamese Government and their ambassador in Australia to inform them of the Union’s intent to investigate alleged safety breaches by Australian airlines operating out of Vietnam.
QANTAS DEAL TO FACE INTERNATIONAL SCRUTINY
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TWU National News
The Transport Workers Union raised further concerns today following the announcement of Qantas’ strategic alliance with AirAsia.
Qantas deal must make jobs and security a priority
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TWU National News
The
Transport Workers Union today said that any deal between the Qantas
group of companies and Malaysia’s AirAsia must have best practice
safety, security and employment conditions as a priority.
UNION URGES DRIVERS TO TAKE CARE
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TWU National News
The
Transport Workers Union has urged all motorists to be careful
throughout the remainder of the holiday season and reminded drivers
that truck movements are the same across the year, including in the
holiday period.
TWU Safe Rates Campaign Explained
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TWU National News,
Safe Rates
Transport Workers Union national secretary Tony Sheldon, was interviewed about Safe
Rates. The interviewer was Richard Mares, and it first went to air on
Sunday, 18 December, 2009.