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HealthCommentsPremiumHealth union hold ‘May Day’ mass meeting for pay rise

The Health Services Union WA held a ‘May Day’ mass meeting, with the United Workers Union, on Wednesday.

Jake Dietsch

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Critical health workers may strike if pay demands not met

Tens of thousands of critical health workers could go on strike if their union’s pay and conditions demands are not met.

Jake Dietsch

STATE POLITICSCommentsPremiumHigher wages in discussion ahead of teacher strike

Treasurer Rita Saffioti has left the door open to a higher wage rise for teachers, ahead of the first educator strike in a decade planned for Tuesday morning. 

Dylan Caporn

Unions CommentsPremiumFirefighters hose down strike plans after new agreement

Firefighters have called off a stoppage that had been due to take place across national airports next week after reaching an in-principle agreement with their Federal Government employer.

Simone Grogan

state politicsPremiumSaffioti rejects sham contracting concerns after death

The Transport Minister has brushed off a union’s allegations of widespread ‘sham contracting’ across Metronet projects after a Chinese national working on Bayswater Station was killed napping on his lunch break

Rebecca Le May

unionCommentsPremiumMining body pushes back on paid training leave

A prominent mining lobby group has sought to squash a raft of union demands put forward under the Federal Government’s new Closing Loopholes workplace reform.

Simone Grogan

aviation CommentsPremiumFirefighters to strike over safety concerns at airports

Firefighters across Australia’s biggest airports including Perth will down tools later this month claiming years of severe understaffing poses a risk to traveller safety. 

Simone Grogan

aviationCommentsPremiumStrikes called off as FWC orders pilots, Qantas to do a deal

Qantas-owned Network Aviation and the union representing hundreds of WA FIFO pilots are locked in for talks to end an 18-month long bitter pay feud and disruptive strike action. 

Simone Grogan

aviation CommentsPremiumQantas calls in workplace umpire to resolve pilot dispute

A fierce pay dispute between striking FIFO pilots in WA and employer Network Aviation could be escalated to forced peace talks  supervised by the Fair Work Commission.

Simone Grogan

aviation CommentsPremiumOff again: pilots reduce strike days due to notice issue

FIFO pilots will have to remove two days of planned industrial action from this week’s schedule after failing to lodge notice with employer Qantas in time.

Simone Grogan

Aviation CommentsPremiumWA pilots plot to strike nearly all of next week

Striking Network Aviation pilots plan to walk off the job for another two days next week and have aired grievances about the Qantas subsidiaries’ local management. 

Simone Grogan

State PoliticsCommentsPremiumGovernment hoses down four-day week push in pay deal stoush

The union spearheading public servants’ bid for a four-day workweek does not allow its own employees to cut back on hours, despite claiming overwhelming support from its members. 

Dylan Caporn

Unions infuriated CommentsPremiumFat cat pay rises to $500k salaries a ‘kick in the guts’

The pay increases that have given some of WA’s government fat cats up to five times those offered to public sector workers have been slammed by the police union. 

Dylan Caporn

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FIFO pilots readying for another round of strikes

Qantas subsidiary and FIFO servicer Network Aviation says it has started making preparations for what will mark ten days of pilot strikes since October last year should the union push ahead.

Simone Grogan

alternative arrangements CommentsPremiumPilot strikes upending WA’s critical FIFO flow

Two of the State’s iron ore giants will stop flying non-essential workers to site after pilots sprung an extra three days of strikes on them, with the logistical drama likely to get worse as the week drags on.

Simone Grogan and Adrian Rauso

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The West Australian exclusive
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Safety concerns at new WA Police CBD facility to be probed

One of WA’s biggest unions has confirmed its investigating ‘preliminary safety concerns’ surrounding one of WA Police’s newest facilities.

Phil Hickey

deal struck CommentsPremiumCFMEU secures 25pc pay bump for WA construction workers

Multiplex construction workers in WA are set for a pay rise after the CFMEU struck a new four-year agreement.

Simone Grogan

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Matt Jarman CommentsPremium
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Why our classrooms are in crisis

As the latest generation of West Australian children start their education journey it is time to stop talking and start acting to address the problems facing public education.

Matt Jarman

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The West Australian exclusive
industrial disputeCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Teachers’ union threatens back to school chaos

The teachers’ union is threatening to disrupt schools before the new school year even starts as it ramps up its demands for a 12 per cent pay rise over two years. 

Bethany Hiatt

tools down PremiumBAE Systems workers stage massive walk-out amid pay feud

Shipyard workers and sparkies marched out the Henderson gates of employer BAE Systems on Wednesday morning in the latest instalment of a bitter industrial relations dispute.

Simone Grogan

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Qantas slammed by crew for ‘horrifying’ new safety video

The main union representing Qantas cabin crew has slammed the airline’s new safety video, claiming it diminishes the role flight attendants play as first responders in an emergency situation. 

Gerard Cockburn

escalating situation PremiumHenderson shipyard workers plot more strike action

BAE Systems’ shipyard workers and electricians say they will walk out of their employer’s Henderson gates on Wednesday morning as part of another round of industrial action.

Simone Grogan

Fierce backlashComments‘Abhorrent’: Ita hits back at ABC staff, defends Anderson

ABC chair Ita Buttrose has doubled down on her support for David Anderson after the broadcaster’s union passed a vote of no confidence in the managing director.

Eli Green

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Sarah-Jane TaskerCommentsPremium
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No doubt whose side Burke is on

Industrial Relations Minister Tony Burke isn’t a fan of big business. He is more a fan of unions. 

Sarah-Jane Tasker