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Mine dust victims and supporters tried to meet with Queensland Member of Parliament Michelle Landry at her electorate office in Rockhampton but she would not come out to meet with them.

CFMEU members at Port Kembla Coal Terminal have rejected the company’s latest offer in on-going Enterprise Agreement negotiations and vowed to step up their fight for genuine job secu

Port Kembla Coal Terminal workers will strike for seven days from Saturday, after management refused to offer a meaningful job security clause in the new enterprise agreement.

Port Kembla Coal Terminal management has shown total disrespect to it workers and the local community by issuing their deceptive public statement.

What they have put on the table is a ‘job security’ clause riddled with holes you could drive a truck through.

Locked-out workers at Port Kembla Coal Terminal (PKCT) are picketing, after management locked out its entire local workforce over the weekend.

Wongawilli Colliery mineworkers have achieved victory against Wollongong Coal, after a nine month campaign that culminated in strike action before the company agreed to settle.

New Hope’s refusal to move to address its toxic and unfair two-tier wage system at its New Acland mine will result in the intervention of Fair Work Australia and a possible protected action ballot, according to CFMEU employee bargaining representatives.

Mineworkers at Wongawilli Colliery, who commenced a seven-day strike this morning, have now voted to apply to extend that strike by another seven days.

The tragic death of mineworker Allan Houston at BHP Coal’s Saraji mine in Central Queensland must trigger a safety ‘reset’ across all of BHP’s Central Queensland coal mines, the CFMEU said today.

A long-term employee at BHP Coal’s Goonyella Riverside will return to work on Monday after the Fair Work Commission found there was no valid reason for his dismissal in mid-2018.