The Australian Aviation Unions Federation (AUF), of which TWU is a
member, has supported the Australian and International Pilots
Association’s vote of no confidence in Jetstar CEO Bruce Buchanan as the
airline moves to bring in overseas pilots at cut-price wages.
Read more12 Aug, 2010:
Thirty members working for United Resource Management’s Warringah
Council contract have voted unanimously to take protected action after
the company refused to negotiate over drastic pay cuts in the Modern
Award.
Read more10 Aug, 2010:
Warringah waste workers will start industrial action on Friday following
garbage contractor United Resource Management (URM)’s repeated refusal
to negotiate with the TWU, over local waste workers losing $200 per week
in pay.
Read more29 Jul, 2010:
Having been in EBA negotiations for more than six months, members at
Airport Fuel Services were insulted when company made a final offer that
proposed a two-tiered pay rate. AFS tried to bribe permanent employees
into stitching up their casual workmates by offering the permanents five
per cent increases for four years. The casuals and new staff would take
a $13/hr pay cut if AFS had had its way.
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