Mining is a multinational industry and companies must be held to the highest standards when it comes to dust exposure for workers, participants at a global conference on occupational dust diseases on the Gold Coast has heard.
A new ‘one stop shop’ and confidential hotline announced by the Queensland Government today is a welcome initiative to support the growing number of Queenslanders affected by mine dust lung diseases, the Miners’ Union said today.
A major report into Queensland mining fatalities released today warns that more workers will die unless the industry comprehensively changes its approach to safety.
The Miners’ Union has welcomed the introduction of a Bill to Queensland Parliament today to extend industrial manslaughter laws to the state’s mining industry.
Key points:
• The Fair Work Commission yesterday approved two Enterprise Agreements to cover BHP Operations Services employees.
• The CFMEU’s challenge to the legality of these agreements was unsuccessful and we will appeal the approvals.
A determined five-month campaign of industrial action by CFMEU Mining and Energy members has delivered a big win on pay and conditions at Boggabri Coal and set a new standard for working conditions in the Gunnedah Basin coal industry.
The collapse of Bounty Mining’s Cook Colliery in Central Queensland has left workers without jobs before Christmas and unlikely to receive any entitlements because they are casuals, the Miners’ Union said today.
December 16 marks the 90th anniversary of the bloodiest clash in the industrial history of Australia. It took place at the Rothbury Colliery during the 15-month long 1929-1930 Northern District coal miners lock-out.
