LABOR UNIONS – NEW SOUTH WALES

Multi-employer laws a danger to industry: miners

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Original article by David Marin-Guzman
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 4 : 14-Feb-24

The Minerals Council of Australia will oppose a union’s push for a multi-employer enterprise agreement at five coal mines in NSW. The Collieries’ Staff & Officials Association recently applied to the Fair Work Commission to commence negotiations over a new enterprise agreement for mine supervisors at sites operated by Peabody Energy, Glencore, Whitehaven, Delta and Wollongong Resources. MCA CEO Tania Constable says each company has its own cost structures, business models and operating environments, and they not be "roped together" simply because they all produce coal.

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MINERALS COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA, COLLIERIES’ STAFF AND OFFICIALS ASSOCIATION, AUSTRALIA. FAIR WORK COMMISSION, PEABODY ENERGY AUSTRALIA COAL PTY LTD, GLENCORE AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, WHITEHAVEN COAL LIMITED – ASX WHC, DELTA ENERGY PTY LTD, WOLLONGONG RESOURCES

Unions seek ban on axing EBAs

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Original article by David Marin-Guzman
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 4 : 10-Aug-22

Unions NSW secretary Mark Morey says the termination of enterprise bargaining agreements is one of the greatest drags on wage growth in Australia. Unions NSW will push for a policy change at Labor’s state conference in October which would ban future Labor governments from terminating workplace agreements during bargaining. Rail unions have accused the state government of repeatedly threatening to terminate Sydney Trains’ enterprise during protracted negotiations over a new pay deal.

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UNIONS NSW, SYDNEY TRAINS

We’ve changed: HSU wants back in the ALP fold

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Original article by Mark Coultan, Elizabeth Colman
The Australian – Page: 1 & 4 : 14-Jan-16

The Heath Services Union ended its affiliation with the Australian Labor Party in 2011, in the wake of several high-profile fraud cases against union officials. The New South Wales branch of the union has approached Labor about renewing its affiliation, and state secretary Gerard Hayes says it has changed over the last few years. He has also stressed that his push for reaffiliation is not motivated by political ambitions.

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HEALTH SERVICES UNION OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, COUNTY COURT OF VICTORIA, UNIONS NSW, POLICE ASSOCIATION OF NEW SOUTH WALES, NEW SOUTH WALES TEACHERS’ FEDERATION, NURSES AND MIDWIVES ASSOCIATION, FLIGHT ATTENDANTS’ ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA. FAIR WORK COMMISSION