One industry source said the targeted attacks had caused veteran employees to take extended periods of stress leave. SEE THE POSTS
Dan Jervis-Bardy
A man died and another is in hospital after it’s understood a brick wall collapsed on them at an Inglewood home construction site on Thursday.
Jessica Evensen
Judges have been too soft on criminals assaulting cops, the incoming head of the police union believes, as the group calls for Government to slap a mandatory life prison sentence on anyone who kills an officer.
Dylan Caporn
The State’s union movement has a new leader, as looming state and federal elections draw new attention on Labor’s union ties.
Jessica Page
The nurses’ union has abandoned plans to establish a political party to contest the State election in March.
Joe Spagnolo
Western Power repair crews are preparing to strike on Friday after the Electrical Trades Union accused the utility of putting public and staff safety at risk.
Australia’s largest union will kick-start a fight against a safety loophole in the mining industry when its high-ranking officials convene in Perth this week.
Adrian Rauso
WA offshore gas workers could be going without a roast dinner this Christmas as caterers and hospitality union members angling for better pay from their employer Sodexo gear up to vote on industrial action.
Simone Grogan
Nurses and midwives appear set to reject a 12.25 per cent pay rise over three years, after the State Government tabled its offer on Friday.
Industry super fund Cbus has suspended payments to the besieged Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union as their big-ticket promotional and sponsorship arrangements face renewed scrutiny.
Neale Prior
Hundreds of Qantas engineers are walking off the job to highlight pay battle to AGM in Hobart
Edmond ‘Monty’ Margjini is again under siege after it was claimed he was involved in a site dispute that triggered the construction watchdog’s first-ever court case against the CFMEU.
Ben Harvey and Lauren Price
WA Police Union president Paul Gale has been axed by the body’s board, just hours after officers overwhelmingly rejected a second pay offer from the State Government.
The Fair Work Ombudsman is taking legal action against the beleaguered CFMEU and one of its WA officials for alleged misconduct at a Perth building site.
Lauren Price
Police officers are poised to reject a second wage offer from the Government amid ongoing union negotiations, with doubts about the pact.
A multinational contractor locked in pay talks with 140 Pilbara gas maintenance workers who claim they are ready to take industrial action has assured it is “committed” to striking a deal.
Australian Workers Union WA branch secretary Brad Gandy says frustrated Altrad gas maintenance workers are in favour of taking industrial action at Chevron’s Gorgon and Wheatstone operations.
Public servants have endorsed a pay deal with the State Government, and Labor has successfully resisted a push for a four-day workweek.
Mark Olson is warning nurses and midwives to prepare for a protracted industrial battle, requesting a multimillion-dollar war chest to launch the campaign for a 20 per cent pay rise.
The union representing employees of Chevron contractor Altrad will gauge appetite for industrial action amid stalled negotiations for higher pay and allowances for workers at Gorgon and Wheatstone.
The full list of demands imposed on BHP by the AWU can be revealed, with excess superannuation and fortnightly ‘mentoring bonuses’ being piled onto yearly $10,000 ‘retention bonuses’ and wage hikes.
Public sector workers have been offered a nine-day working fortnight and a 12.5 per cent pay rise by the Cook Government, in a bid to close off negotiations for the biggest pay deal before the election.
The main union group trying to muscle in on BHP’s Pilbara iron ore operations is demanding thousands of workers be gifted a $10,000 ‘retention bonus’ each year, on top of guaranteed pay rises.
Maintenance workers asking for improved wages and allowances from Chevron contractor Altrad say they will move on industrial action this week if their employer doesn’t put forward a decent offer.
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