STRIKES AND LOCKOUTS – VICTORIA

ACTU calls for a ban on employee lockouts

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Original article by Ewin Hannan
The Australian – Page: 7 : 30-Jan-25

Australian Industry Group CEO Innes Willox has urged the federal government to reject the ACTU’s push for legislative changes to ban employers from locking out their workers. ACTU secretary Sally McManus contends that reforms are needed to prevent employers from ‘abusing their power’. Her comments were made after visiting the Opal paper mill in Victoria, where its entire workforce has now been locked out for 13 days in retaliation for industrial action by a small number of staff. Willox has described the ACTU’s stance as an ‘extreme’ attack on the collective bargaining rights of employers.

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OPAL, ACTU, THE AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRY GROUP

Train staff vote to strike

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Original article by Kieran Rooney
Herald Sun – Page: 8 : 30-Jul-19

Melbourne’s train network may be hit by work bans and stoppages after about 99 per cent of Rail, Tram & Bus Union members voted to take industrial action over stalled negotiations regarding a new enterprise agreement. RTBU state secretary Luba Grigorovitch says the union has been holding talks with Metro Trains for five months, and members will try to minimise the impact of any disruption for commuters. The union is seeking a pay rise of six per cent for Metro’s operational staff, whose existing enterprise agreement expired at the start of July.

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METRO TRAINS MELBOURNE PTY LTD, AUSTRALIAN RAIL, TRAM AND BUS INDUSTRY UNION, AUSTRALIA. FAIR WORK COMMISSION

Unions block docks with cars, share bikes

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Original article by Ewin Hannan
The Australian – Page: 1 & 8 : 5-Dec-17

Maritime Union of Australia supporters are defying a court order to end a picket of Victorian International Container Terminal at Webb Dock in Melbourne. Trucks are being prevented from accessing the site, with roads being blocked with a range of objects. The blockade has been in place since late November, preventing access to more than 1,000 shipping containers of consumer goods and medical supplies. The dispute arose after the MUA alleged that VICT refused to provide one of its members with shifts at the site. VICT contends that the worker does not have a maritime security identification card.

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MARITIME UNION OF AUSTRALIA, VICTORIAN INTERNATIONAL CONTAINER TERMINAL PTY LTD, CONSTRUCTION, FORESTRY, MINING AND ENERGY UNION OF AUSTRALIA, ELECTRICAL TRADES UNION, NATIONAL UNION OF WORKERS, AUSTRALIAN RAIL, TRAM AND BUS INDUSTRY UNION, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF EMPLOYMENT, VICTORIA POLICE