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So popular are weekend penalty rates that a startling 76 per cent Australians who don’t get them want them to stay. A ReachTEL poll of 3273 households conducted on Friday night found that, even among Coalition supporters, the proportion supporting penalty rates was 58 per cent. Among Labor voters it...

The TWU (Vic/Tas Branch) welcomed some important guests this week when delegates from Toll, TNT and Linfox gathered at head office to talk shop in the lead-up to their respective 2017 EBA’s. TWU (Vic/Tas Branch) Secretary John Berger said he could not be more confident in the delegates and Branch organisers...

The TWU is aware of further errors at Transdev in processing employee pays following the introduction of Pay Centre. We think they need to work faster to rectify the issues, ensure there are no repeats and we believe they should make moves to pay workers immediately by alternate means if...

Something very wrong happened in Australia yesterday morning. All union supporters need to know about it. A little after 2am the Turnbull government passed the Registered Organisations Bill which is designed to hamper the work of unions. The bill sets up a whole new commission headed by whoever the Liberals appoint that...

Transit Crime Investigation Unit detectives have released CCTV and images in relation to an unprovoked attack on a TWU member bus driver in Eltham last month. Police have been told the bus driver, Lucy, was driving along Main Rd, Eltham when she was repeatedly punched in the head by an...

TWU owner-drivers have received some good news with the establishment of a wide-ranging State Government review of laws regulating owner drivers and forestry contractors. The TWU (Vic/Tas Branch) has long-campaigned to ensure these members, particularly those in the tip-truck industry, can operate in fairer and safer workplaces. Branch Secretary John Berger...

 NEW AND IMPROVED QGS EBA ON THE TABLE Your TWU member-led negotiating team has worked hard to improve conditions at QGS and secure the bonuses on offer to Qantas Group workers. After months of negotiations we’ve reached an in-principle Agreement which you’ll soon vote on. WHAT’S IN THE NEW AGREEMENT?...

  I would like to say good morning to you all, but is it? It is deplorable that 16 physical assaults on Victorian bus drivers by aggressive passengers have already been reported this year …just a deplorable reflection on society. One driver being assaulted is too many, I see many...

COWARDLY AND UNPROVOKED PHYSICAL ASSAULTS ON BUS DRIVERS MUST STOP A large crowd of angry bus drivers protested their disgust at the escalation of violent attacks inflicted by aggressive passengers and assert their right to a safe workplace at a rally on the steps of the State Parliament of Victoria today. Photos...