Thomas Foods Tamworth has pulled the agreement that workers just voted on, and will need to start the whole thing from scratch. The company failed to follow correct procedures and
Meat workers at Aldi supplier Bindaree Beef in Inverell in northern NSW will walk off the job on Wednesday 24 October 2018 after months of negotiations with company management. Even
The AMIEU Newcastle & Northern Branch today acknowledges and welcomes the announcement by the Australian Labor Party that it will make sweeping changes to the process by which trade agreements
The AMIEU Newcastle & Northern NSW Branch condemns Federal Labor’s decision this week to ratify the Trans-Pacific Partnership, torpedoing the efforts of Australia’s union movement to make sure that Australian
In accordance with Section 263 of the Industrial Relations Act 1996 and Section 265 of the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009, a copy of the financial statements of the
Meat workers at JBS Scone have yesterday voted overwhelmingly to accept a revised offer from the multinational meat processor after taking industrial action earlier this month. On July 6 2018,
The AMIEU and JBS Scone management have reached in-principle agreement on a revised offer, which will be voted on by meat workers at the company in the coming weeks. Management
Meat workers at Wingham Beef Exports (WBE) in Wingham, NSW will begin a month of industrial action tomorrow by walking off the job for two hours. Negotiations with WBE and
Meat workers at JBS Scone in Scone, NSW will be taking industrial action tomorrow as they continue to bargain with this massive multinational meat processing company for a better deal.
With yet another horrific live export scandal still making news around Australia, the AMIEU is greatly pleased to see more Australian politicians standing up for animal welfare and for local
Only days after holding a series of press conferences in which he promised to investigate the latest, horrific live export scandal where hundreds of sheep lost their lives, Agriculture Minister
Shocking footage has emerged of animals being mistreated, made to suffer in horrible, disgusting conditions, and dying by the hundreds as they lie bleeding in their own excrement. The government
The AMIEU and the Tamworth Regional Council Mayor Col Murray met last week to discuss the New England region’s high youth unemployment figures, with both parties agreeing on the urgent
The Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union (Newcastle and Northern Branch) is a trade union representing members working in abattoirs, poultry processing, dairy, supermarkets and butchers. We are looking for an
With grocery bills rising, medical costs climbing, and power bills spiraling out of control, Tamworth meat workers at the Teys Cargill plant are wondering how they’re going to make ends
Tamworth is in the grip of a youth unemployment crisis, with figures showing that teenagers and young adults in the area are unemployed at a rate double the national average.
Thomas Foods is secretly planning to move more than a hundred 457 visa workers into its Tamworth operation, desperate to do whatever it takes to avoid employing New England locals.
The latest revised text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership has been revealed, and it’s a nightmare for working Australians. Under the new agreement, which was negotiated in secret without public consultation,
The whole of Australia is now realising what meat workers have been talking about for years – that Barnaby Joyce is out of control. Australian media have spent the last
The Business Council of Australia, an organisation of rich people whose job it is to figure out ways they can become even more rich, has just this week announced another
