Ventia-employed court security and custodial officers walked off the jobs this morning as part of strike action for better pay from the facility management giant.
Workers at Cockburn Cement, one of the state's largest concrete manufacturers, have voted in favour of strike action as enterprise negotiations between the company and unions escalate.
Virgin Australia chief executive Jayne Hrdlicka has resigned, after leading the company through administration and the COVID-19 pandemic over the past four years.
Transport Workers Union national secretary Michael Kaine has called for prominent company director Richard Goyder to resign from the Qantas board after the airline's appeal to the High Court was tossed.
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DoorDash and the Transport Workers' Union have signed an agreement that sets out how Australia can ensure safety and fairness for contract or so-called gig workers.
Australia's peak union body has called a crisis meeting after the prime minister's "failure" to protect workers and community safety by making rapid antigen tests free.
Qantas insists safety won't be compromised by its plan to outsource about 2,000 positions, having rejected an in-house bid to save jobs at the COVID-battered airline.
TWU national secretary Michael Kaine has slammed Qantas' decision to shed 2,500 workers following reports the airline considered cutting the jobs as early as 2010.
Qantas is suspending all international flights, will delay its $201 million interim payout, and is standing down two-thirds of its 30,000-member workforce until the end of May in the face of the escalating COVID-19 pandemic.
Qantas has slashed the capacity of its international flights by almost a quarter for the next six months due to the coronavirus impact. The airline also announced cost saving measures, including cuts in salaries for its top executives.
