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You know big business is getting worried when Qantas CEO Alan Joyce makes alarmist claims like a return to industry-wide bargaining will create chaos and threaten jobs – https://bit.ly/2PIKoTm.   TWU (Vic/Tas Branch) Secretary John Berger said the greatest threat to jobs and worker prosperity is, in fact, a broken...

Changes to Victoria’s long-service leave laws come into effect today. The TWU (Vic/Tas Branch) was part of the push that forced these changes and they are a BIG win for workers. The laws mean a range of new rights and responsibilities for employers and employees. The key changes are: –...

BREAKING: A heavy vehicle driver rest area strategy will be developed for Tasmania. This is a big win for our Tasmanian members. On 9 August, Branch Delegates told Senator Catryna Bilyk and Tasmanian Labor leader Rebecca White MP that the lack of stops on major roads is a serious workplace...

Senator Glenn Sterle today personally wrote to congratulate Branch Secretary John Berger for standing up for transport workers at yesterday’s Change the Rules rally and his guidance towards the Union’s 2020 vision.    The letter is below and it’s a must-read for every Branch member. Senator Sterle – a former...

TWU (Vic/Tas Branch) Secretary John Berger told 160,000 protesting unionists at today’s Australian Unions rally in Melbourne that transport industry workers are also bearing the brunt of Australia’s broken industrial relations system.   But he said, while the Coalition ripped down the Road Safety Tribunal in the dead of night,...

We are very pleased to report that our bus members and organisers had another big Bus Industry Agreement 2018 win this week. The decision to suspend a planned 24-hour stoppage scheduled for today was made by TWU Ventura negotiating committee members after the company met the union’s claims at a...

The much-respected John Douglas spent the past 50 years of his working life with TNT and has been a staunch TWU member since 1976. Through good times and bad, John has always been more than willing to assist his fellow workers and fight for right. It’s never fun to see...

Employers who refuse to allow their employees to take leave to attend this month’s Australia Needs A Payrise union rally may be breaking Australia’s workplace laws. Leading industrial law firm Maurice Blackburn says under the Fair Work Act, employees have a right not to be discriminated against because of their...

A survey of airline cabin crew shows 65% of respondents have experienced sexual harassment, with one in five crew reporting more than 10 incidents of sexual harassment. Four out of five cabin crew experienced sexual harassment from co-workers while three out of five experienced it from passengers. Reports include serious...