EUROPE CRACKS DOWN ON GIG EXPLOITATION AS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LETS DEADLY INDUSTRY RIP: TWU

December 10, 2021
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The Transport Workers’ Union has demanded the Federal Government urgently regulate the gig economy to end the deadly exploitation of workers, as the European Union proposes laws to give workers minimum rights and protections. The proposals would end the deliberate misclassification of gig workers, setting out minimum wages, entitlements and unfair...

THOUSANDS CALL ON QANTAS BOARD TO REINSTATE WORKERS FOLLOWING DAMNING INVESTIGATION & SURVEY REVEALING 78% WANT THEIR JOBS BACK

December 10, 2021
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The Transport Workers’ Union is calling on the Qantas Board to instruct management to reinstate highly trained and experienced outsourced workers following an investigation which found worker inexperience to be the cause of a flight taking off with locking pins still in place. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau’s report on...

STARTRACK WORKERS LOCK IN JOB SECURITY DEAL AS FEDEX REMAINS INDUSTRY OUTLIER

November 15, 2021
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An almost year-long battle for job security has ended after the TWU bargaining committee reached an in-principle enterprise agreement with StarTrack on Friday, leaving FedEx the only major transport operator yet to finalise a fair deal. Workers won a backdated agreement to compensate them for the drawn-out negotiations, and commitments for...