Tamworth Mayor Punishes Exploited Workers To Cover His Own Tracks
The AMIEU is today calling on Col Murray, the Mayor of Tamworth Regional Council, to step forward and take responsibility for the network of exploitation and intimidation which he has…
A National Disgrace: How Thomas Foods Oversees An Illegal Underground Network Of Bullying, Harassment And Exploitation
The Newcastle & Northern NSW Branch is today releasing the findings of a long-term investigation into the shocking underground black market labour network operating in Tamworth, NSW. The AMIEU believes…
The Rise of Industrial Blackmail
If you listen to your boss talk, you might think everything is fine in the workplace. They might spin you some fancy fairy tale about how you’re a “valued team…
Thomas Foods Brings In More Visa Workers While Youth Unemployment Skyrockets
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull made a shock announcement back in April, declaring that the 457 visa program was dead and buried, and that it was time to put Australian workers…
NSW Labor Finally Agrees On Urgent Need To Fight Exploitation
The trade union movement has been leading the fight against worker exploitation in Australia for many years. Australia’s meat sector has suffered greatly under some of the worst, most underhanded…
Hypocritical Live Exporters Seek Massive Government Payout After Destroying Australian Jobs
Australia’s live export producers have just launched a law suit seeking an incredible $600 million in damages from the Federal Government. In July of 2011, all live export trade to…
Casuals Win The “Right To Ask” For Permanent Work – But It’s Not Enough
Are you a casual worker? All casual workers know how scary it can be going to a job where you have no security – no right to ongoing work, no…
End The Live Export Rort: It’s Time To Put Local Jobs First
The AMIEU Newcastle & Northern NSW Branch is today calling on the Federal Government to urgently back away from spending taxpayer money propping up the live export trade. Millions of…
More Money For Live Exporters As Local Kids Go Hungry
The Australian taxpayer is about to take another hit propping up the Australian live export industry, following an announcement by Barnaby Joyce over the weekend that he has allocated $8.3…
Baiada backs down after outrage over wage cuts
The AMIEU Newcastle & Northern branch can today confirm that Baiada’s plan to slash the wages of all their agency workers by up to $200 a week has been dumped….