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.
24/07/2008
THE AUSTRALIAN Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) says it will be meeting with General Motors Holden over possible job cuts in Australia.
20/02/2009
THE AUSTRALIAN Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) says it is meeting with the management of Bradken Steel’s Wodonga foundry, after 21 full time workers were made redundant.
06/04/2009
TASMANIA’S metal industry could be pillaged by the emissions trading scheme, according to the Australian Workers Union.
13/11/2008
THE AUSTRALIAN Workers Union (AWU) says it is developing a plan with BlueScope Steel to help ensure the future of the steel industry.
26/02/2009
THE AUSTRALIAN Workers’ Union says it is launching a new 21st Century Steel Plan in a push to save the steel industry.
06/04/2009
THE Australian Workers’ Union (AWU) has accused OneSteel of refusing to invest in new technologies and using their merger with Smorgons Steel as an excuse to close plants and axe workers.
18/02/2008
METAL companies are part of the alliance between Australia’s richest companies and the Australian Workers Union aiming to prevent the Federal Government’s carbon trading scheme from shutting key industries.
23/07/2008
AUSTRALIAN Workers’ Union (AWU) has called for a nationwide ‘Use Australian Steel’ campaign to ensure local steel mills keep running.
02/02/2009
THE AUSTRALIAN Manufacturing Workers' Union (AMWU) says with the liquidation of metal-parts manufacturer Forgecast, 57 workers are due to lose all their entitlements.
01/12/2009
THE AUSTRALIAN Workers’ Union says it is planning to increase pressure on the Federal Government to adopt its Steel Plan.
22/07/2009
THE AUSTRALIAN Workers Union says smart national leadership will be needed if Australia is to avoid the permanent closure of many of its steel mills.
14/04/2009
THE WORKER strike at Intercast and Forge might be turning nasty, with metal workers at the foundry threatened with being locked out.
16/06/2008
REDBANK-based RI-CO Engineering has ceased trading, putting 82 jobs into jeopardy.
23/06/2009
THE AUSTRALIAN Workers Union says there are fears that Alcoa will slash jobs at its Point Henry aluminium smelter.
11/06/2009
REPRESENTATIVES from the Australian steel industry unions will be discussing a global emissions trading scheme in Japan.
04/11/2008
ONESTEEL Wire says the global financial crisis means it will cut 19 of its Geelong workers by the end of May 2009.
12/05/2009
WORKERS at a metal foundry in Sydney are on strike, disputing a new enterprise bargaining agreement.
05/06/2008
BOEING is giving 90 of its Brisbane workers 60 days notice of their redundancy, in its latest round of job axing.
05/03/2009
THE AUSTRALIAN Workers Union has released its 30-page New Steel Plan, which it claims will stave off the complete collapse of the iron and steel industry.
20/04/2009