MICK CONNOLLY Reports
TWU get action on safety issues at Kwinana yard
Following complaints about shocking working conditions at Kleenheat's Kwinana depot I dropped in for a bit of a bo peep. It was still summer [ … ]
General News
The article "We smelled a rat in delegate sacking" written by Dan Cain on 20 July 2010 has been withdrawn with immediate effect.
The union was informed by Tox Free's lawyers that a series of errors were made in compiling this article, including the release of [ … ]
It was a clear cut case of sham contracting says TWU Organiser MICK KNOWLES
There is a vigorous grapevine that spreads through every nook and cranny of the transport industry and feeds back into the TWU. Not muc [ … ]
MICK CONNOLLY Reports
We managed to chalk up some good wins for long distance drivers at Pacific Transport but still have a couple of axes to grind with the Forrestfield based firm.
The biggest winners from our [ … ]
It took a while but it's a goodie says TIM DAWSON
It is with a great sense of relief that I can report on our first agreement with Kalari Transport in Kwinana.
Drivers called the TWU in after almost 12 months o [ … ]
But it was more than just a battle for money says JOHN CAIN
Recent pay negotiations at Hanson Construction Materials were very tough going but we managed to achieve a rather good outcome after a fair bit of bi [ … ]
Like getting a pedestrian barricade put up on this nightmare roadworks or saving some poor bugger's job at a disciplinary hearing reports our Bus Industrial Organiser Kevin Starr
I was a bit taken aback recent [ … ]
The guns have stayed in the holsters of our members at Chubb Security during a bitter pay battle with the company but tempers are being stretched.
The armoured van drivers have lost seven days pay in the long ru [ … ]
Why wouldn't this sartorially elegant quintet be smiling like split watermelons. They've about to enter the Parliament House dining room for a sumptuous lunch as guests of transport shadow minister Ken Travers. [ … ]
It was only about a year ago that Laurence Egan had his leg broken in two places by a forklift at the Specialised Container Transport depot in Forrestfield.
Th en recently in a real deja-vu incident Denis Pult [ … ]
But it's going to be a tough round of negotiations say MICK KNOWLES and RICK BURTON
Giacci Transport drivers are demanding large pay rises, as negotiations on a new enterprise agreement get underway.
However, w [ … ]
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