Tag: Unions
Health job cuts 'just the beginning'
The New South Wales Opposition and the Nurses Union believe planned jobs cuts in the North Coast Area Health Service signal further cuts across the health system. [MORE]
Teachers to continue action despite strike ban
The teachers union says its industrial campaign will go ahead, despite a strike ban.[MORE]
Govt urged to work to retain nurses
The Nursing Federation believes the Tasmanian government needs to pay more attention to retaining public hospital nurses.[MORE]
Construction union leadership voted back
The old guard of the WA Construction Union has capped off a successful election campaign, with Joe McDonald retaining his position as Assistant State Secretary.[MORE]
Protesting won't help, Govt tells teachers
The SA Govt has warned teachers that today's after school rally will not benefit their argument for better pay and a new school funding model.[MORE]
Govt, employers could share parental leave cost: ANF
The Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) says six months of paid parental leave would be possible if the Government and employers shared the cost.[MORE]
Ambulance phone operators begin strikes
Ambulance phone operators have begun refusing to process transfer calls for patients being discharged from New South Wales hospitals.[MORE]
Youth workers strike over pay cuts
About 50 youth workers across western Sydney have walked off the job to protest against pay cuts. [MORE]
Teachers' appeal on no-strike ruling
SA teachers lodge an appeal over an IRC order to abandon their Friday strike.[MORE]
Telstra workers vote on strike action
Telstra workers are voting on whether to take urgent industrial action over pay claims at the company's annual general meeting.[MORE]
Frustration over teacher strike
SA parents have express frustration at the lack of notice given about the cancellation of today's teachers' strike.[MORE]
Uranium contamination concerns at Ranger
The Australian Conservation Foundation says another contamination incident at the Ranger uranium mine should stop the operation from expanding.[MORE]
Police chief says staffing safety claims wrong
The head of the Coffs-Clarence local area command says he has upwardly referred a union request for more officers in Coffs Harbour.[MORE]
Union wants child care crisis resolved quickly
The union covering child care workers says staff at ABC centres along the New South Wales north coast need the current crisis to be resolved swiftly.[MORE]
Govt pressed to guarantee childcare worker entitlements
The Childcare workers' union is pressing the Government to ensure workers at collapsed centres get all their entitlements.[MORE]
SA teachers must show up: Education Dept
South Australian teachers are ordered by the IRC to call off their Friday strike.[MORE]
Riverina teachers threaten 48hr strike
Teachers at Riverina public schools and TAFE colleges are threatening to strike for the first two days of the 2009 school year.[MORE]
Unions 'stopped from entering desal site'
Unions New South Wales says it has serious safety concerns about a construction site at Kurnell, in Sydney's South, where a desalination plant is being built. [MORE]
Truck company defends Brisbane job cuts
Volvo Commercial Vehicles Aust has defended its decision to make 130 Brisbane staff redundant one week before Christmas.[MORE]
Parents in dark as teacher pay deal deadlocked
Parents are still in the dark about whether Friday's planned strike by New South Wales public school teachers will go ahead. [MORE]
Union concerned about safety at NT substations
The Northern Territory branch of the Electrical Trades Union says it has safety concerns about 16 Power and Water substations.[MORE]
Teachers stop work over wage dispute
Public school teachers in New South Wales are holding stop-work meetings for two hours today.[MORE]
Education Dept condemns teachers' stop-work
The regional director of the Department of Education says today's stop-work action will inconvenience parents and disrupt student learning.[MORE]
Teachers stop work over wage row
Teachers across New South Wales will stop work for up to two hours this morning over a wage dispute and the possibility that the teacher transfer system will be dismantled.[MORE]
