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,
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.
Workers at Port Kembla Coal Terminal (PKCT) have walked off the job overnight in a fight to protect permanent employees from being replaced by casual contractors.
BHP’s announcement its new in-house labour hire company Operations Services will move into Mt Arthur Coal mine is a blow to local Hunter mineworkers, who deserve direct employment at the mine on in
CFMEU Mining and Energy members have continued a long tradition of generous community giving this year. Here are just a few of the great causes our members have supported in 2018:
