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Friday 27 January 2012, 19:35:52

Top news stories from Australia

New South Wales Scrapping of Iron Monarch a kick in the guts for maritime workers [MUA] 2012-01-26

Victoria Vic Gvt threatens Australia Day strike-breakers [AWU] 2012-01-25

Compulsory redundancies at Toyota are unacceptable says AMWU [AMWU] 2012-01-25

Insecure work in Australia: interview with ACTU Prez [ABC Radio National] For more info 2012-01-25

Victoria ANF television campaign exposes Vic Gvt plan to short change patients [ANF Victoria] 2012-01-25

Other labour news from Australia

Queensland AWU claims farmworkers at Australia's largest tomato producer haven't been paid wages [ABC] 2012-01-27

New South Wales MUA fears steel ship sale job losses [ABC] 2012-01-27

Victoria Union defends Mars Australia Day strike [ABC] 2012-01-27

California Port truck drivers in California tell Australia's Toll Group:This is what democracy looks like [Teamsters] 2012-01-27

Queensland Shaken up and stirred: health union calls in umpire [Brisbane Times] 2012-01-27

Queensland Bunnings worker loses appeal after shoot jibe [SMH] 2012-01-27

AMWU ramps up pressure on Abbott - asks for car subsidies meeting [ABC] 2012-01-27

New South Wales West Cliff coal miners continue strike threats [Australian Mining] 2012-01-27

Fate of 41 former Community Connections staff in the balance [RCT] 2012-01-27

Averse findings by Fair Work against three HSU leaders [SMH] 2012-01-27

Victoria Schweppes workers locked ut for six weeks offers $5000 sweetener to cross the picket line [Melbourne Herald-Sun] 2012-01-27

Tasmania AWU hopes for continuing work as Hellyer scales back [Hobart Mercury] 2012-01-27

Victoria Strikes keep picnicking families out of parks [The Australian] 2012-01-27

Fair Work Australia win for employers [The Australian] 2012-01-27

Job cuts fuel call for labour law shake-up [SMH] 2012-01-27

Victoria Job fears: TAFE funding set to be slashed [Melbourne Leader] 2012-01-26

Tasmania Plea to fast track Tas public service sackings [ABC] 2012-01-26

Victoria Jobs losses hit before Toyota crisis [Melbourne Herald-Sun] 2012-01-26

New South Wales Port Kembla coal terminal workers may go on strike Feb 1: [Platts] 2012-01-26

Western Australia Griffin pay talks continue [Collie Mail] 2012-01-26

New South Wales No Harbour Bridge cancer cluster - report [News.com.au] 2012-01-26

Victoria Homeless threat for low-paid workers [Melbourne Age] 2012-01-26

Ex-building watchdog snubbed by Labor MPs [The Australian] 2012-01-26

Tasmania AEU in fight for 40 jobs at skills hub [Hobart Mercury] 2012-01-26

New South Wales West Cliff miners threaten strike [Illawarra Mercury] 2012-01-26

Queensland Single mum left with just $3.49 in the bank after another Queensland Health pay bungle [Brisbane Courier Mail] 2012-01-26

Victoria Strikebreakers to stall parks pay row [The Australian] 2012-01-26

Victoria Strike breakers used to keep Parks Victoria open on Australia Day [Melbourne Herald-Sun] 2012-01-26

Gillard to support axed car workers and under-pressure industries [Canberra Times] 2012-01-25

New South Wales Payout fears over ANZ job losses [Illawarra Mercury] 2012-01-25

New South Wales Casuals pay price for retail gloom [Illawarra Mercury] 2012-01-25

Queensland Part-time and casual work on the rise with 190,000 Queenslanders underemployed [Brisbane Courier Mail] 2012-01-25

Strikes threaten BHP coal in Bowen Basin, Illawarra [Australian Mining] 2012-01-25

New South Wales Union threatens port strike [Illawarra Mercury] 2012-01-25

Queensland BHP Billiton faces strike action at metallurgical coal operations [Dow Jones] 2012-01-25

New CFMEU editions of Awards now on website [CFMEU Construction] 2012-01-25

Queensland Guarded optimism on BMA talks but hurdles remain [AMWU] 2012-01-25

Victoria Workers battle Toyota sackings at Altona plant [Melbourne Herald-Sun] 2012-01-25

Queensland Justice for Graham - Reinstate Graham Wotton at Toowoomba Regional Council [ASU] 2012-01-25

Economic fixes must provide a fair go for all [SMH] 2012-01-25

Going green, high tech will save car industry,say unions [SMH] 2012-01-25

Victoria Heinz strips plant, but co-op firm about saving jobs [Melbourne Age] 2012-01-25

Supplier saw Toyota job cuts coming two years ago [SMH] 2012-01-25

Queensland Strike threat could shut Bown Basin mining [Business Spectator] 2012-01-25

Handouts for auto industry divide ACTU and AMWU [The Australian] 2012-01-25

Innovation the key for car makers jobs [Melbourne Age] 2012-01-25

Victoria AWU threatens to ruin Australia Day celebrations [Melbourne Herald-Sun] 2012-01-25

Shopping centre cleaners to walk off the job on eve of Australia Day [Clean Start] 2012-01-24

Engineers agreement is a practical solution - Sheldon [TWU] 2012-01-24

Howe Inquiry swamped with stories and submissions about insecure work [ACTU] 2012-01-24

Anglicare submission to the ACTU Insecure Work Inquiry [Anglicare] 2012-01-24

Victoria Carr 'no' on $A, tariff moves after Toyota slashes jobs [Melbourne Age] 2012-01-24

Queensland Builders fear strife at loss of watchdog [Brisbane Courier Mail] 2012-01-24

Western Australia Tip Top bakers win right to strike [West Australian] 2012-01-24

Western Australia Labor rethink opens doors for Sunday trading [Perth Now] 2012-01-24

Western Australia Worker looks for compensation after lightning strike [Australian Mining] 2012-01-24

Queensland Grasstree miner's arm caught [Mackay Daily Mercury] 2012-01-24

Roy Morgan poll - trade unions have been good for Australia [Roy Morgan] 2012-01-24

Western Australia Union push for PS job security [PS News] 2012-01-24

Tasmania Safety fears as staff cut [Hobart Mercury] 2012-01-24

Western Australia Show of force at Paraquad [NUW] 2012-01-24

Young workers hit by rising unemployment [SMH] 2012-01-24

ACTU boss Ged Kearney says new car plan needed [AAP] 2012-01-24

California ITF President Paddy Crumlin welcomes tentative settlement at Longview [MUA] 2012-01-24

Working together for social justice and decent work [Just Act] 2012-01-24

Queensland Union launches justice campaign for delegate [Toowoomba Chronicle] 2012-01-24

Western Australia One in four WA workers do not get paid leave: Unions WA [West Australian] 2012-01-24

New South Wales Casual army beats Labor's freeze and Liberal cuts [SMH] 2012-01-24

New South Wales Jobs must be protected if Australia is to ride out global economic uncretainty [NSWNA/ACTU] 2012-01-24

New South Wales Port Kembla coal terminal employees hold off on strike [Platts] 2012-01-24

Pay agreement ends bitter Qantas dispute [Melbourne Herald-Sun] 2012-01-24

Kim Carr argues This is not the time to start slashing support [Melbourne Herald-Sun] 2012-01-24

Victoria VIDEO: Employees react as jobs are slashed at Toyota’s Altona plant [Melbourne Herald-Sun] 2012-01-24

Victoria More jobs pain ahead as Toyota axes 350 jobs at Altona [Melbourne Herald-Sun] 2012-01-24

Work tribunal endorses Qantas engineers' deal [Melbourne Age] 2012-01-24

Victoria Ten weeks of nail-biting ahead for Altona North workers [Melbourne Age] 2012-01-24

ACTU slams plan to create new building regulator [The Australian] 2012-01-24

Western Australia Policy no-brainers earn ALP street cred [The Australian] 2012-01-24

Workers hit jackpot in Ford's $34m sweetheart deal [The Australian] 2012-01-24

United Voice union supports Spotless raider [The Australian] 2012-01-24

New poll reveals significant level of support for manufacturing in Australia [AMWU] 2012-01-23

Jobs must be protected if Australia is to ride out global economic uncertainty [ACTU] 2012-01-23

Victoria Toyota axes 350 jobs as export orders cut [Canberra Times] 2012-01-23

Victoria Toyota blames dollar for 350 job losses [SKY News] 2012-01-23

Fair Work approves Qantas engineers pay deal [ABC] 2012-01-23

Victoria Toyota axes 350 Australian workers due to dollar pressures [Melbourne Herald-Sun] 2012-01-23

South Australia ASU Branch Secretary wins 'Women Hold Up Half The Sky' Australia Day award [ASU] 2012-01-23

New South Wales Three workers hospitalized in paper mill blaze [ABC] 2012-01-23

Queensland Coal miner injured at Grasstree [Australian Mining] 2012-01-23

Western Australia Griffin coal unions talks continue this week [Australian Mining] 2012-01-23

Ultimate insult: Sacked Westpac workers forced to train their Indian replacements [News.com.au] 2012-01-23

Victoria Toyota expected to announce job cutd [ABC] 2012-01-23

Victoria Toyota tight-lipped on rumors of 400 jobs to go at Altona plant [News,com.au] 2012-01-23

The mining sectors is sending jobs to China and stripping them from Australian workers [AWU] 2012-01-22

Resources Minister: Worker-Migration Deals To Benefit Small Firms Too [Dow Jones] 2012-01-21

Business braces for next Friday's Australia Day hangover [Brisbane Times] 2012-01-21

Victoria Dock workers in scare [Melbourne Age] 2012-01-21

Victoria Storm of protests - hundreds of illegal workers flown in to fix hail-damaged Melbourne cars [Melbourne Age] 2012-01-21

Exhausted new fathers face greater safety risk at work [SMH] 2012-01-21

Study shows how gender affects pay [Illawarra Mercury] 2012-01-21