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We only achieve wins together. The power we hold is only achieved through sticking together. Following protracted negotiations, TWU Alpha members have secured themselves a better future after reaching an in-principle agreement with their employer. Further information to follow shortly, a vote will be held in coming weeks to approve...

Qantas employees are fighting in the Fair Work Commission against the wealthy airline paying them less money to work the same job. Q-Catering staff have opposed being paid, in some cases, several hundred dollars less per week after Qantas abolished the level 8 classification role for catering supervisors at Q-Catering and...

Big couple nights recently at the Bendigo and Shepparton member dinners. Congratulations to the members rewarded for their long term contributions to the movement. The Branch regularly hold events and training days to educate members and bring awareness to union activities. But, knowing that most of you enjoy nothing more...

Speed limits introduced to slow trucks on the Monash Freeway – Victoria’s busiest freight route – have been dumped. TWU member drivers were angered when the 18-month trial began last year, believing they were being unfairly targeted. The trial cut truck speed limits to 90km/h while car speed limits remained at...

The strength of the TWU (Vic/Tas Branch) has been proven once again after all three motions it put to last weekend’s ALP State Conference were passed by Victoria’s Labor Party. The resolutions: (1) Called for a change to law to ensure employers face jail if they engage in wage theft from their workforce. ...

Many new recruits into the logistics sector are unsure of the complex pay and grading systems used by their employer or even if they are getting a fair deal. So it was for the workers at CC Containers who recently contacted the TWU for assistance. Following meetings at the company’s...

Edited version of a speech delivered by Shadow Minister for Transport and Infrastructure Anthony Albanese at the TWU National Conference, 18 May 2017:   One major disappointment in the Budget was its lack of action on road safety. Mr Turnbull’s abolition of the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal in 2016 was...

Truck drivers and TWU supporters angry at wealthy retailer Aldi over a spike in deaths from truck crashes have blocked a road in South Fremantle. Traffic was halted on Hampton Road as over 150 protesters demanded that Aldi end the financial squeeze on transport companies and truck drivers, which is...

The TWU has called for jail terms for employers who engage in wage theft from their staff. The Union has demand that governments of all political persuasions hold employers to account over wage theft. The Union has sought support from the Labor Party to change the law to ensure wage theft...