METAL workers from Latrobe Valley are starting another round of legal action against their former employer, claiming to have been sacked for refusing to sign Australian Workplace Agreements (AWAs).
THE VICTORIAN government has called on metal fabrication, welding and engineering workers to work in Wodonga, a city in north-east Victoria.
AMERICA’S manufacturing slump could be Australia’s gain, as the Queensland government launched a recruitment drive in the US ‘rust belt’ for metal workers, fitters and engineers.
WORKERS at the AMCOR steel can fabrication plant held a protest on 19 August 2008 in support for their campaign for wage rises and a new enterprise agreement.
A METAL foundry has been fined $100,000 for the 2005 death of a 21-year-old worker at its Henderson factory.
A NARANGBA metal fabricator has been fined $35,000 after a worker was injured at its steel manufacturing business in June 2007.
THE AUSTRALIAN Workers Union (AWU) says metal workers amongst others should be given pollution permits as compensation if the emissions trading scheme drives companies to move off-shore.
THE WORKER strike at Intercast and Forge might be turning nasty, with metal workers at the foundry threatened with being locked out.
WORKERS at a metal foundry in Sydney are on strike, disputing a new enterprise bargaining agreement.
DIOPTIKA has released an ‘S’ type style of laser safety glasses with wrap-around coverage.