National
Wage
Case
Decision
: $21.66
a week
The
national
decision
to award
minimum
wage
earners
a $21.66
a week
wage
rise has
encouraged
SA
Unions
to push
ahead
for its
original
$26 a
week
application.
The
recent
interest
rate
rises,
the
soaring
cost of
fuel and
cost of
living
needs to
be
recognised
in our
application
to grant
$26 a
week to
help
struggling
South
Australians
make
ends
meet.
Read on>
WorkCover
Campaign
Nobody
asks to
be
injured
at work
- if you
have a
serious
injury
you need
all the
help you
can get
to
return
to work.
SA
Unions
will
fight
for
injured
workers
against
the
planned
cuts to
injured
workers
pay and
rights
by the
Rann
government.
Read on>
Paid
Maternity
Leave
Campaign
SA
Unions
has
told a
Productivity
Commission
Inquiry
in
Adelaide
the the
state
must
possibly
double
its paid
maternity
leave
provisions
to be
nationally
competitive.
Strongly
supporting
a
national
PML
scheme
as
essential
for
ensuring
all
workplaces
understand
the
advances
of PML,
and
particularly
its
value in
convincing
small
and
medium
businesses
to adopt
uniform
Paid
Maternity
Leave.
Read on>
SA
Unions
Claim
for
Increase
for
Lower
Paid
SA
Unions
has
lodged a
claim
for a
$26 a
week
increase
for the
state's
lowest
paid
workers.
It seeks
to have
the
minimum
standard
of
remuneration
rise
from
$522.15
a week
to
$548.15
a week.
And
increased
pay is
being
sought
for
apprentices.
Currently
an
apprentice
can
receive
as
little
as 37%
of the
adult
trade
rate.
A claim
has been
lodged
seeking
to make
the
minimum
payable
to
apprentices
no less
than 55%
of the
adult
rate.
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Mitsubishi
Closure
SA
Unions
says
1000
Mitsubishi
workers
have
become
the
victim
of
disgraceful
corporate
behaviour,
in the
wake of
the
company's
decision
to close
its
Tonsley
Park
operations.
Read on>
Employers
on
Notice -
'08 The
Year of
Safety
It has
been a
bad
start to
2008 for
worker
safety,
with two
workers
killed
as a
result
of
workplace
injuries
in the
past
week.
Worker
safety
will be
a major
focus
for SA
Unions
for
2008,
and that
no
worker
should
sacrifice
their
life for
their
job.
SA
Unions
warns
employers
are on
notice -
we want
everyone
working
together
to
create
safe
workplaces,
and
irresponsible
employers
must be
held to
account.
Read on>
If you
are a
Health
and
Safety
Representative
make
sure you
attend
OHS&W
Training
for
details
go to>
Time Now
for
Genuine
Negotiation
The
AMIEU is
urging
management
of an
Adelaide
Hills
abattoir
company
to enter
into
genuine
negotiations
with the
union to
achieve
an
equitable
workplace
agreement
for its
300
employees,
following
the
comprehensive
rejection
of the
company's
proposed
workchoices
agreement.
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[9/10/07]
While
Joe
Hockey
gets
egg-on-his
face
with the
embarrassing
revelation
that the
roundly
rejected
workchoices
agreement
for the
abattoir
actually
passed
the
federal
government's
"fairness"
test,
despite
lowering
wages,
increasing
working
hours,
reducing
job
security
and
stripping
back
rights.
More >
[12/10/07]
