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AWU Western Australia News

Unionizing throughout Alcoa - 7 May 2012
Bringing together Alcoa's global union network the day before the company's annual shareholders' meeting paid dividends for workers. Alcoa's Chairman and CEO Klaus Kleinfeld met with union leaders and committed to improving dialogue with unions including the global network.

Frontline firefighter morale at start of long WA fire season key to a positive resolution - 29 November 2011
The morale of front line firefighters, protecting lives and property in the Margaret River fire disaster, has been undermined by the failure of State government to properly resource the effort, the union representing Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) workers warned today.

Prosecutions for underpayment of Filipino Offshore Oil Workers starts Friday - 11 August 2011
The Australian Workers' Union will closely monitor a court case opening tomorrow in which three companies and a company director are being prosecuted for the underpayment of Filipino workers employed in Western Australia's offshore oil and gas fields.

AWU campaign for Filipino offshore oil and gas guest workers results in major prosecutions - 27 June 2011
The Australian Workers' Union welcomes today's decision by the Fair Work Ombudsman to prosecute three companies, and one company director, over more than $120,000 in alleged underpayments of four Filipino nationals who worked on oil rigs off Western Australia.

Working Australia Census 2011: Make your voice heard - 02 May 2011
Australian unions have launched the biggest ever survey of workers in Australia's history.

Perth workers want PM Gillard to know they’re concerned WTO free trade cheating will kill local jobs - 29 March 2011
Workers from the Capral Aluminium plant, in Canning Vale, twenty kilometres from Perth, will tomorrow ( Wednesday) join the Australian Workers' Union campaign to protest blatant cheating on the World Trade Organisation's free trade rules

Empowerment comes from participation - 08 March 2011
In celebration of International Women's Day the International Metalworkers' Federation interviewed two active women from the Australian Workers Union (AWU), Peta Thomson and Stephanie Eastcott who made the step from union members to workplace representatives

Offshore rig worker unions angered by Maersk excuses - 07 March 2011
Maersk management cannot wash its hands of responsibility for the treatment of Filipino guest workers who worked on their rigs on the North West Gas Shelf for more than 18 months using dodgy work visas - and were paid a pittance.

Offshore Alliance exposes Danish multinational trafficking Filipino workers into Australia - 28 February 2011
Filipino workers are being trafficked into Australia to work on the North West Gas Shelf off Western Australia.

Timber predators dumping products onto our markets forces mill closure - 01 February 2011
Western Australia's Barnett Government needs to do more to help promote and protect the State's unique timber industry the Australian Workers' Union WA Branch Secretary, Stephen Price, said today.

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No good reason for Kurnell to close

10 May 2012

The potential closure of Caltex's Kurnell refinery would be a body blow to the NSW economy, and would leave Australian motorists exposed to future petrol prices.
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