The real face of compo cuts   When Paul, a Deputy from the NSW Southern District tore his right shoulder he expected to be back at work within a year. He was injured while doing a routine...

Permanent Deputies made redundant while step-ups and labour-hire fill available jobs   Sound familiar?   In recent years with the industry down-turn, we saw most mines go through some...

    Boycott Streets ice-cream   Workers at the Minto Streets ice-cream factory on Sunday launched a boycott of the brand’s products. The boycott is a last resort response to...

Is your boss keeping you in the dark about market rates?   Take our salary survey to find out how your salary measures up against others in the industry. We run this annual survey to provide...

ROC raid first, ask questions later   Last week union offices in Sydney and Melbourne were raided by the Australian Federal Police on orders from the newly established Registered Organisations...

Deputies at Appin vote to take industrial action   Deputies at Appin have stood together and rejected South32’s unfair demand for them to work extra rostered hours for no extra...

Your union is fighting the employer front group over compo pay   Your union is fighting the unprecedented cuts to compo pay being pushed by the Coal Mining Industry Employer Group...

What penalty rates cuts mean for our communities   The Federal Court recently rejected the union challenge to the employers' cuts to penalty rates. This disgraceful attack on retail and...

What stagnating wages mean for your superannuation    A recent study by the Australia Institute's Centre for Future Work investigated the effect that wage freezes and wage theft have on...