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Big coal companies endanger mining jobs |
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9 October 2009
The Australian Government is doing more to preserve
the jobs of coal miners than the companies that continue to make multi-billion
dollar profits from coal, according to new analysis from WWF-Australia and the
Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU).
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BHP: Miners declare open season on pay increases |
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16 September 2009
BHP Billiton delegates will today respond to the decision by the
company to award its CEO a 51 per cent pay rise, by endorsing a strong
push for improved wages and conditions across the company.
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United Colliery miners set to strike |
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9 September 2009
Over a hundred miners from United Colliery in the Hunter Valley will
stop coal production from 6:30 am on Thursday 10 September until 6:30
am on Monday 14 September, in a fight for terms and conditions to be
included in a new Enterprise Agreement with the mining giant Xstrata. |
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Rio Tinto Attempting to Sidestep Rudd IR Laws |
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15 June 2009
The ability of major corporations to sidestep new industrial laws giving workers the right to bargain collectively will be challenged in a major test case to be launched today.
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Coalminers slam Opposition delay on ETS |
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Tuesday, 26 May 2009
Australia’s coalminers have today slammed the Opposition’s decision to
block the Federal Government’s emission trading scheme, accusing the
Conservative parties of taking a wrecking ball to Australia’s coal
industry.
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Coal Miners Front Up To Government: No Job Losses |
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14 May 2009
Coal miners from NSW and Queensland will today meet with Climate Change
Parliament Secretary Greg Combet urging him to push on with the
Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) and protect over 100,000 jobs generated
by the coal industry.
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CFMEU’s major win in Shell random drug testing case |
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22 May 2009
In what it describes as a “significant decision in protecting employees
privacy and improving drug and alcohol testing standards throughout the
workforce”, the CFMEU Mining and Energy Union has won a major case on
random drug testing.
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ETS Legislation in the National and Environment Interest |
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4 May 2009
The Miners' Union today called for a new bipartisan approach to
Australia’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) as the Government announced
changes to the legislation ahead of Senate negotiations over the Carbon
Pollution Reduction Scheme in June.
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Miners Welcome Emissions Trading Scheme |
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16 July 2008
Miners today welcomed the Government's Green Paper on the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme as the first big nation-building project of the 21st Century.
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Commitment to Storing Carbon shows Rudd on track |
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15 July 2008
Investment in Carbon Capture and Storage represents Australia's best
chance to maintain its standard of living as it adapts to climate
change, the CFMEU Mining and Energy Union said today.
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Greenpeace CCS campaign irresponsible |
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5 May 2008
Greenpeace's campaign to stop investment in carbon capture and storage
is hindering Australia's ability to move forward on climate change, the
CFMEU Mining and Energy Union said today.
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