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The Electrical Trades Union has strongly endorsed the Federal Government’s crackdown on dodgy training colleges that are ripping off international students. New laws will enable the Government to close down training organisations that offer unauthorised courses and facilitate international students to work illegally with dodgy operators facing fines of up to $939,000. Colleges that … Continued
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The NSW Teachers Federation has paid tribute to outgoing President, Angelo Gavrielatos, whose term has concluded today. Gavrielatos assumed the presidency of the Federation four years ago and commissioned Valuing the Teaching Profession, an Independent Inquiry, helmed by former WA premier Dr Geoff Gallop, Dr Tricia Kavanagh and Patrick Lee. After conducting public hearings across … Continued
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Australian Catholic University has admitted to underpaying 1100 staff $3.6 million in the latest case of higher education wage theft. ACU has committed to full backpay with interest as soon as possible over the underpayments, which happened between 2016 and 2023. More than 101,730 university staff have now suffered $170.3 million in wage theft nationwide … Continued
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The details of police charges against a truck driver who caused a huge collision with a full-laden freight train in Katherine in June 2023 reinforce the need for a new approach to level crossing safety. According to NT Police, the truck driver failed to observe the pre-warning light, level crossing, and boom gates as he … Continued
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Crucial renewable energy and power transmission projects worth billions of dollars will be hit with major industrial action as workers ramp up demands for fair pay. Electrical Trades Union NSW members at Transgrid – which includes the troubled $2.3 billion renewables project EnergyConnect in its portfolio – will begin industrial action on Friday. This will … Continued
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Rail workers are demanding urgent action to prevent more level crossing deaths after two train drivers were killed in South Australia on New Year’s Eve. A truck driver has been charged with two counts of causing death by dangerous driving over Sunday’s incident near the SA-NSW border. Rail, Tram and Bus Union (RTBU) Assistant National … Continued
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NSW paramedics will receive historic pay rises of up to 29 per cent over the next four years, recognising the expansion of life saving clinical and diagnostic skills and helping stem their exodus to Queensland. The agreement struck today follows two years of relentless campaigning by the Ambulance Division of the Health Services Union to … Continued
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The Government’s new skilled visa framework makes it easier for migrant workers to leave exploitative employers and provides clearer pathways to permanent residency, but to fight exploitation the restriction on hours worked by international students must be lifted, according to Unions NSW. Dependency on employers to maintain migration status has been a primary driver of … Continued
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Australia’s biggest property and construction companies will ban engineered stone from new developments as part of a landmark agreement with the construction union. The CFMEU’s Stop This Killer Stone campaign now has the support of major companies including Lendlease Australia, John Holland, Mirvac and CBUS Property, retailers like Bunnings, IKEA and Mitre10, and the vast … Continued
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SafeWork NSW is on the ground inspecting the worksites of Australia’s largest renewable energy transmission project, after the Electrical Trades Union uncovered major safety breaches. An inspection blitz by the ETU last week exposed dangerous workplace practices and conditions on the sites of Project EnergyConnect, a massive transmission line connecting power grids in South Australia, … Continued
