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Nov 22, 2021 - Australian consumers could see their food bills jump and even face food shortages as soaring fuel prices push the price of farm fertiliser sky high.

Feb 13, 2023 - All workers in Australia not have access to Family and Domestic Violence leave! Find out what you should be getting - and what you can do if your boss...

Nov 20, 2019 - Making sure AWU Members have safe and healthy workplaces is a top priority for our union.

Mar 11, 2022 - The AWU has been part of the project since it was first launched, and helped members navigate a million-dollar underpayments case, soil contamination, three...

Mar 22, 2021

A list of Decisions published by the Court.

Aug 12, 2025 - The AWU has been serving generations of QLD workers. We're a proud, strong union, dedicated to improving your rights and conditions at work.

Apr 5, 2020 - In the event that the federal or state governments move towards more severe lock-down scenarios to slow the spread of COVID-19, the glass industry should be...

Jul 22, 2021 - Under the new agreement, a total of around $5.75 per hour will be added to weekend casual rates.

May 6, 2020 - Alcoa has agreed to work alongside AWU Health and Safety Representatives and Delegates to trial alternatives of the Racal 3M Airstream helmet.

Mar 9, 2020 - Bargaining for the new Townsville Sunbus Union Enterprise Agreement is about to kick off. Have your say!

Aug 8, 2021 - The AWU members at Alcoa drew a line in the sand and set a precedent that no matter where you work the AWU will have your back and will not back down in face...

Sep 11, 2023 - Report your Safety Concerns to the Australian Workers' Union. Making sure AWU Members have safe and healthy workplaces is a top priority for our union.

Mar 28, 2020 - The Qantas Engineers Alliance Unions have been seeking clarity from Qantas on questions of entitlements during stand downs since they were first announced a...

Mar 3, 2020 - AWU members at Regis Aged Care have had a massive win, securing thousands of dollars in back pay after AWU officials took the fight up to Regis.

Sep 11, 2023

Dec 17, 2020 - It was the end of one era with a farewell to an Australian Workers’ Union legend but the start of a new chapter for the AWU NSW branch.

Nov 29, 2022 - Consumers and workers could be caught short after a famous Aussie toilet-paper brand warned that its gas bill will triple next year.

Mar 3, 2025 - Ever wondered how you can support the women in your life through super?

Apr 26, 2022 - The Australian Workers' Union is now counting down the days until April 28 when the new hourly minimum rate for fruit pickers will come into force.

Dec 17, 2025 - This year, the Tasmanian Branch has been fighting hard to secure the future of our industries, under attack by rising energy costs, dumping, and targeted...

Feb 17, 2022 - Cbus, the largest industry fund for the building, construction industry and allied industries with over 760, 000 members

Aug 15, 2022 - Steve Baker has retired after 23 years as an Australian Workers’ Union official and more than four as Queensland Branch Secretary, handing the baton to...

Oct 14, 2020 - Each year 600,000 Australian workers are exposed to silica dust.

Oct 2, 2024 - The Australian Workers’ Union is proud to welcome Chris Donovan as our incoming Assistant National Secretary.

Jun 15, 2022 - Millions of Australian workers will be better off after the Fair Work Commission increased the national minimum wage by 5.2 per cent.

Dec 17, 2025 - At the West Gate Tunnel, our members achieved a major safety breakthrough that’s now setting industry standards.

Jan 10, 2022

Mar 19, 2021

Aug 15, 2022 - The AWU will develop a national bargaining strategy targeting big companies such as Boral, Hanson and John Holland that have exploited weaknesses in the...

May 29, 2020

Mar 4, 2020 - During bargaining, AWU members locked in major improvements in their conditions at work. Read the latest update.

Dec 21, 2021 - The Australian Workers' Union is calling on Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews to reverse a farcical decision in relation to the new visa.

May 23, 2024 - A survey of Queensland Health workers by the Australian Workers’ Union has revealed the massive extent of violence in our public hospitals, with the union...

Mar 6, 2020 - Yola Bakker is on a mission to change the Pilbara for the better.

Apr 21, 2020 - We know this is a tough time for many AWU members right across Queensland, with the impact of COVID-19 leaving many people struggling to find work and make...

Apr 6, 2022 - The Offshore Alliance has condemned oil and gas contractor Legeneering over the shoddy treatment of two workers, one of whom contracted COVID on a Woodside...

Oct 31, 2022 - The Australian Workers' Union has welcomed steps by the Albanese Government to rein in the spiralling cost of Australian gas.

Jul 16, 2025 - The AWU has been serving generations of NSW workers since the 1880s. We're a proud, strong union, dedicated to improving your rights and conditions at...

Oct 13, 2025 - The Australian Workers’ Union has called on the Commonwealth to make major changes to the PALM Deed and Guidelines, arguing that workers’ pay, safety and...

Mar 7, 2022 - The AWU wants an apology from Senator Michaelia Cash after her government’s highly politicised, five-year-long, union-bashing exercise collapsed.

Nov 28, 2025 - The AWU believe that WorkSafe has the evidence and the tools to pursue industrial manslaughter charges. We urge them to do so. Victorian workers deserve better...

Oct 13, 2021 - AWU's Dan Walton says Australia’s switch to nuclear-powered submarines means it’s time to reconsider our ban on civil nuclear energy.

Jun 4, 2020 - A staggering 88 per cent of people agreed that Australia should be making more essential products.

Jul 16, 2021 - The Fair Work Commission has begun to hear evidence in the Horticulture Award variation case brought by the Australian Workers' Union. to end widespread...

Jul 17, 2024

Jun 15, 2023 - The Australian Workers’ Union has welcomed a suite of major changes to the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme which should provide much-needed...

Oct 24, 2021 - The Offshore Alliance has members working for Wilson’s Pipe Fabrications at oil and gas facilities in Western Australia.

Mar 26, 2020 - The union believes it can and should be possible to continue shearing during the COVID-19 crisis as long as it is done safely.

Nov 6, 2024 - If you're a member of the AWU Western Australian Branch, click here to find your local official and organiser who can help with your issues at work.

Mar 25, 2021

Aug 18, 2020 - When BP worker Scott Tracey was suspended and then sacked in 2018 for sharing a joke, he had no idea about the battle he was about to embark on.

Jun 22, 2021 - Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) pilots at Total Marine Technology on WA oil and gas installations have achieved pay gains & better conditions

Jul 17, 2024 - I am currently serving as Acting Branch and State Union Secretary whilst Peter Lamps takes a lengthy period of well-deserved leave. I’m enthusiastic that the...

May 14, 2024 - The Australian Workers’ Union has tonight strongly endorsed the Albanese Government’s second budget, which the union has characterised as relief for...

Jan 25, 2023 - A health and safety campaign that saw overworked AWU members at Brisbane’s Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital drag management to the negotiation table after...

Jan 31, 2020 - The inaugural Yossi Berger Safety Award has been presented to Grant Cunningham, an AWU delegate at Liberty Primary Steel in Whyalla, South Australia.

Mar 4, 2020 - At recent meetings right across Queensland, AWU Queensland Health members overwhelming voted to support putting the agreement to a full vote

Jul 17, 2024 - Union delegates within Australia have won improved rights and protections to support the crucial role they undertake in representing the interests of workers.

Aug 13, 2021 - The Australian Workers Union Presents: The Julia Gillard Next Generation Intern report, The Missing Women of Australian Politics:

Dec 13, 2024 - How can unions regain the power we lost after being locked out of the Pilbara for decades?

Oct 14, 2020 - Does your insurance cover you at work?

Mar 20, 2020 - National Secretary Daniel Walton and CFMMEU Divisional Secretary Paddy Crumlin have challenged employers to do more for workers due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Feb 28, 2020 - Australia must learn from the unprecedented bushfires that tore across the country and ensure firefighting agencies are fully staffed...

Jul 30, 2024 - The Australian Workers’ Union strongly endorses today’s MOU between IFM Investors, Ampol, and Graincorp to explore the establishment of low carbon fuels...

Sep 27, 2021 - On 27 March 2021, the Fair Work Amendment (Supporting Australia’s Jobs and Economic Recovery) Bill 2021 (“FW Amendment Act”) commenced operating -...

Dec 17, 2023 - DSI's vigilance, leadership and commitment to supporting the health and wellbeing of their colleagues has seen them jointly win the AWU 2023 Yossi Berger...

May 17, 2022 - The AWU has welcomed the NSW Government’s commitment to build Australia's longest road tunnel in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney.

Dec 17, 2025 - 2025 has been another big year for the WA Branch!

Feb 20, 2020 - Bushfires this summer have stretched firefighters across the country, but the AWU is also celebrating some important wins.

Aug 2, 2021 - The Australian Workers Unions says a new government procurement inquiry could force governments to think again before choosing cheap imports at the expense of...

Mar 9, 2023 - Financial markets have been up and down recently. But what does this mean for your future retirement security?

May 22, 2020 - The Australian Workers’ Union has been working alongside Federal and State Ministers to ensure gas will play a pivotal role in Australia’s post-pandemic...

Mar 4, 2020 - A boss who doesn’t provide a payslip within one working day of you being paid is breaking the law. Know your rights!

Dec 13, 2024 - When William Spence co-founded the AWU over a century ago, he could hardly have imagined that the silent killer that claimed his life would still be haunting...

Sep 23, 2021 - Denis “Junior” Williams and his father, Denis, are among about eight AWU members in the Mr Buller area, During the Melbourne earthquake/

Dec 12, 2025 - The New Australasian Company was chasing what miners called the Australasian Deep Lead in Creswick, Victoria—an ancient river system buried under volcanic...

Nov 6, 2022 - The passing of Ferdinando (Nando) Lelli is a day of great sadness, closing a chapter on one of Illawarra’s greatest labor leaders of modern times.

Jan 19, 2023 - The Albanese Government’s legislation to cap gas and coal prices sailed through Parliament this week despite predictable howls of protest from the Federal...

Dec 18, 2023 - A wide-ranging campaign to reinvigorate a network of members and delegates at Transport for NSW has been recognised as a joint winner of the Australian...

Sep 10, 2021 - Andrew was an Industrial Officer with the AWU SA Branch and who was on leave in New York and found himself in the Twin Towers

Nov 9, 2023 - With the start of a new financial year, here are steps to help take control of your super.

Sep 16, 2024 - Silica is silicon dioxide, a naturally occurring and widely available mineral that forms the major component of most rocks and soils. It doesn’t sound...

Oct 6, 2021 - In a submission to the Senate Committee, the AWU highlighted the situation Australia has put itself in by offshoring critical manufacturing.

Dec 14, 2023 - On December 7, large parts of the Closing Loopholes bill passed Federal Parliament, which means some big changes in Australian workplaces.

Jun 18, 2021 - Hear Daniel Mookhey MLC speaking on Workers at Di Costi Seafood - victims of wage theft. Di Costi is a subsidiary of ASX-listed Tassal