HOMEPAGE - TRANSPORT WORKERS’ UNIONABOUT USCAMPAIGNSNEWSCONTACTSAFE RATESSAFE & SECURE SKIES Homepage - Transport Workers’ Union. Transport Workers Union | Home. Join. Strength. Safety. Solidarity. Virgin Cabin Crew: here’s why we’re recommending a “yes” vote. The reality is that a “no” vote is a vote for the Award. We’re recommending a “yes” vote
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TRANSPORT WORKERS’ UNION Aldi loses lengthy court battle against TWU over truck driver safety claims. The FWC has quashed several Swissport attempts to put workers below the Award. Frank Black receives shocking jail threat for speaking out on low rates. The TWU is responding to violence against bus drivers across Australia. CONTACT - TRANSPORT WORKERS’ UNION National Office Michael Kaine – National Secretary Transport House 388-390 Sussex St Sydney NSW 2000 Phone: 02 8114 6500 Fax: 02 9261 5416 Email: twu@twu.com.au Membership inquiries should be directed to your state branch. NSW and ACT Branch Richard Olsen – Branch Secretary 22 John Hines Avenue Minchinbury NSW 2770 Phone: 1800 729 909 Fax: 02 9891 4953 MEDIA - TRANSPORT WORKERS’ UNION Judith Crosbie, Director of Communications: 0432 552 895 Pippa Hatton, Communications Officer: 0418 982 257 LEADERSHIP - TRANSPORT WORKERS’ UNION Michael has been fighting for the rights of transport workers for over 20 years from the NSW branch legal team right through to national leadership. Michael drives the union’s national campaigns, bringing together workers from all sectors of road transport and aviation to fight as one powerful force for safe rates of pay and conditions and to
JOIN US - TRANSPORT WORKERS’ UNION Join Us - Transport Workers’ Union. Transport Workers Union | Home. Join. Join Us. Select your state to Join. WA NT QLD SA NSW ACT VIC TAS. “With the union at my back, I’ve been able to stand up to discrimination in the workplace and negotiate for decent wages.”. TRANSPORT WORKERS' UNION NATIONAL COUNCIL TO PUSH … Transport workers, union leaders and politicians will gather in Darwin next week for the annual TWU National Council, where the focus will be on emerging from covid-19 with a united push for reform for transport sectors which carried Australia through the pandemic. TWU AIRPORT CLAIM
TWU airport claim. Airports sit at the top of aviation supply chain and exercise a great deal of direct and indirect influence and control over the entire industry. They have an obligation to ensure decent labour standards and conditions. That’s why workers around Australia are standing together and fighting for fair standards for all TWU TO OPPOSE TOLL MOVE AT FAIR WORK AFTER … Workers have today been holding meetings across the country to support action against the company after talks stalled on a new agreement. Anger has mounted over cuts Toll want to make to working hours in the enterprise agreement, which the company has already begun implementing at two sites. As a result of the lengthy meetings MONASH STUDY REVEALS TRUCKIES’ HEALTH PROBLEMS Monash study reveals truckies’ health problems. We already know that trucking is a dangerous job. But a three-year study published recently by Monash University, in partnership with the TWU, paints a horrific picture of just how bad things are for drivers. Over 80% are overweight or obese, one in five suffer from severe psychological distress
HOMEPAGE - TRANSPORT WORKERS’ UNIONABOUT USCAMPAIGNSNEWSCONTACTSAFE RATESSAFE & SECURE SKIES Homepage - Transport Workers’ Union. Transport Workers Union | Home. Join. Strength. Safety. Solidarity. Virgin Cabin Crew: here’s why we’re recommending a “yes” vote. The reality is that a “no” vote is a vote for the Award. We’re recommending a “yes” vote for
TRANSPORT WORKERS’ UNION Aldi loses lengthy court battle against TWU over truck driver safety claims. The FWC has quashed several Swissport attempts to put workers below the Award. Frank Black receives shocking jail threat for speaking out on low rates. The TWU is responding to violence against bus drivers across Australia. CONTACT - TRANSPORT WORKERS’ UNION National Office Michael Kaine – National Secretary Transport House 388-390 Sussex St Sydney NSW 2000 Phone: 02 8114 6500 Fax: 02 9261 5416 Email: twu@twu.com.au Membership inquiries should be directed to your state branch. NSW and ACT Branch Richard Olsen – Branch Secretary 22 John Hines Avenue Minchinbury NSW 2770 Phone: 1800 729 909 Fax: 02 9891 4953 MEDIA - TRANSPORT WORKERS’ UNION Judith Crosbie, Director of Communications: 0432 552 895 Pippa Hatton, Communications Officer: 0418 982 257 LEADERSHIP - TRANSPORT WORKERS’ UNION Michael has been fighting for the rights of transport workers for over 20 years from the NSW branch legal team right through to national leadership. Michael drives the union’s national campaigns, bringing together workers from all sectors of road transport and aviation to fight as one powerful force for safe rates of pay and conditions and to
JOIN US - TRANSPORT WORKERS’ UNION Join Us - Transport Workers’ Union. Transport Workers Union | Home. Join. Join Us. Select your state to Join. WA NT QLD SA NSW ACT VIC TAS. “With the union at my back, I’ve been able to stand up to discrimination in the workplace and negotiate for decent wages.”. TRANSPORT WORKERS' UNION NATIONAL COUNCIL TO PUSH … Transport workers, union leaders and politicians will gather in Darwin next week for the annual TWU National Council, where the focus will be on emerging from covid-19 with a united push for reform for transport sectors which carried Australia through the pandemic. TWU AIRPORT CLAIM
TWU airport claim. Airports sit at the top of aviation supply chain and exercise a great deal of direct and indirect influence and control over the entire industry. They have an obligation to ensure decent labour standards and conditions. That’s why workers around Australia are standing together and fighting for fair standards for all TWU TO OPPOSE TOLL MOVE AT FAIR WORK AFTER … Workers have today been holding meetings across the country to support action against the company after talks stalled on a new agreement. Anger has mounted over cuts Toll want to make to working hours in the enterprise agreement, which the company has already begun implementing at two sites. As a result of the lengthy meetings MONASH STUDY REVEALS TRUCKIES’ HEALTH PROBLEMS Monash study reveals truckies’ health problems. We already know that trucking is a dangerous job. But a three-year study published recently by Monash University, in partnership with the TWU, paints a horrific picture of just how bad things are for drivers. Over 80% are overweight or obese, one in five suffer from severe psychological distress
ABOUT US - TRANSPORT WORKERS’ UNION About Us. The Transport Workers’ Union is the largest collective voice for the men and women that keep Australia moving. Together, we lead the fight for a fairer transport industry and safety for all who share the roads and the skies. PRESS RELEASES ARCHIVE QANTAS PLANE BADLY DAMAGED AMID SAFETY CONCERNS OVER OUTSOURCED GROUND May 27, 2021. Read More. QANTAS UPDATE: HIGH COURT TURNS DOWN SICK WORKERS’ LEAVE APPEAL. May 21, 2021. Read More. NSW BUS DRIVERS PLEDGE TO TAKE ACTION OVER PAY, CONDITIONS & TWU AIRPORT CLAIM
Airports sit at the top of aviation supply chain and exercise a great deal of direct and indirect influence and control over the entire industry. They have an obligation to ensure decent labour standards and conditions. That’s why workers around Australia are standing together and fighting for fair standards for all aviation workers. This means:
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Majors newsletter June 2021. Join the TWU today. Transport workers are fighting for a fairer, safer industry. TWU - MAJORS NEWSLETTER 28TH MAY - 27.05.21 - EMILY MEAD together, we are stronger. join now for a better future. t r a n s p o r t o f a u s t r a l ia u n i o n w o r k e r s. majors newsletter. june2021. our army is growing QANTAS FEDERAL COURT CASE OPENS: OUTSOURCING GOES … Aviation workers’ federal court case against Qantas opens today over the outsourcing of 2,500 jobs, with the TWU set to argue that the move opens the door for companies to trash collective agreements with their workforces and replace them with insecure workers on NSW GOVERNMENT TARGETING OF EXPLOITED RIDERS WILL … The Transport Workers’ Union has slammed the NSW Government’s new food delivery laws, saying the targeting and punishment of exploited riders will add to the deadly pressures they face. In an announcement to the Sydney Morning Herald, NSW Minister for Better Regulation Kevin Anderson revealed riders will receive unique identification numbers and be targeted by
MICHAEL KAINE, NATIONAL SECRETARY Michael has been fighting for the rights of transport workers for over 20 years from the NSW branch legal team right through to national leadership. Michael drives the union’s national campaigns, bringing together workers from all sectors of road transport and aviation to fight as one powerful force for safe rates of pay and conditions and to lift standards in transport. DRIVING HEALTH STUDY The first major survey of truck driver health, conducted by Monash University in partnership with TWU, Linfox and the Centre for WHS, reveals shocking problems in Australia’s most common job for men.It points to a need for urgent reform to address and prevent physical and FAIR WORK COMMISSION QUASHES DEAL FOR WORKERS … The Transport Workers’ Union has welcomed the Fair Work Commission’s decision to quash a 2018 enterprise agreement at Swissport, the aviation company at the centre of a scandal over workers forced to sleep at the airport. Swissport (formerly Aerocare) has now failed to get approval for various enterprise agreements since 2017 and had its 2012 Transport Workers Union | Home * About Us
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