A Fair Work Commission ruling in favour of unions against BHP has left WA’s mining and energy companies scrambling to figure out what the landmark decision means for them.
Adrian Rauso
The unions have leveraged the Albanese Government’s controversial labour hire reforms to win a landmark decision against BHP, which is set to have a ‘flow-on effect throughout the mining industry’.
One of the flagship campaigns to re-unionise the Pilbara’s lucrative iron ore mines has hit a roadblock after the unions had to make an embarrassing admission.
The union organiser that called the Prime Minister ‘Albo nazi’ and was spearheading a campaign against mining companies in the Pilbara has left his job.
A generous pay rise for State MPs is a ‘slap in the face’ for firefighters battling for a serious wages offer from the Government, its union says.
Dylan Caporn
The boss of BHP’s WA iron ore empire has fired back at the likes of Andrew Forrest for painting a ‘negative picture’ of the Pilbara after the Fortescue founder said the region risked becoming a ‘wasteland’.
The Finance Sector Union says it has reached out to Westpac seeking an urgent explanation about the bank’s plans to axe more than 1500 jobs in what would be its biggest redundancy in a decade.
Cheyanne Enciso
Bankwest will swing the axe on another 58 jobs as part of Commonwealth Bank’s latest round of cuts that will result in more than 160 roles culled nationally.
The State Government is arguing for a ‘fair and sustainable’ increase to WA’s minimum wage, but declined to put a number on it as unions brace for a new pay fight.
Jessica Page
Rio Tinto has questioned a mounting union push in the Pilbara claiming its blue collar workers are some of the highest paid in the country, as a campaign to ditch the miner’s London home narrowly misses out.
Simone Grogan
The union infiltration of BHP is spreading from mine to port after the iron ore giant was hit with a bargaining application covering more than 300 workers.
Officials from the scandal-plagued CFMEU, a union the Albanese Government is trying to sideline, are spearheading the push to re-unionise the Pilbara.
Ben Harvey
Mining giant BHP is again being threatened by a union, with its two flagship iron ore mines increasingly the target of unions trying to muscle into the mineral-rich Pilbara.
The union crusade to seize Western Australia’s iron ore heartland continues to ramp up with a massive BHP mining hub being the latest target.
A top mining lobbyist has sounded the alarm on a ‘Hunger Games’ scenario where WA projects are pitted against each other if a Labor-Greens-Teals minority forms Government.
Simone Grogan and Adrian Rauso
BHP’s iron ore boss has lauded the Cook Government but suggested its federal counterpart is putting WA’s mining industry at risk of being overtaken by the likes of Argentina, Canada and Chile.
The century-old lender has confirmed that it is closing a ‘transition team’ set up in 2022 to move its business customers across to parent Commonwealth Bank.
Sean Smith
The Financial Services Union has slammed a “draconian” new employment contract drawn up by for workers at super behemoth AMP claimed to contain “disturbing surveillance and medical privacy provisions”.
Peter Dutton and Michaelia Cash weren’t mincing their words when describing how the Coalition would deal with militant trade unions after more accusations of corruption were levelled against the CMFEU.
Shadow Workplace Relations Minister Michaelia Cash says unions have become ‘empowered’ under Anthony Albanese, as new figures show a big increase in union officials entering mine sites.
Joe Spagnolo
Anthony Albanese has backed unions in the Pilbara as it’s revealed the resources sector has seen a dramatic increase in entry to sites since he was swept to power in May 2022.
Threats of job losses, uneven rosters and a growing reliance on labour hire firms were all major factors that pushed WA Rio Tinto workers into union arms, an expert has declared.
The iron ore industry’s nightmare of re-unionisation is closer to reality after the majority of Rio Tinto workers at a large Pilbara mine voted in favour of a collective bargaining agreement.
A union organiser who called the Prime Minister ‘Albo nazi’ is spearheading recruitment efforts in the Pilbara as unions push for collective bargaining allowed under the Federal Government’s IR laws.
