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SDA wins coverage in new Subway deal

A FWC full bench led by President Adam Hatcher has granted the SDA coverage in a deal capturing six Subway stores after the union successfully challenged approval of an agreement replacing a 17-year-old deal due to be automatically axed in December.

Mining union strikes out on its own today

The Mining and Energy Union is registered as a stand-alone entity from today, formalising its withdrawal from the Construction Forestry Maritime Mining and Energy Union.

CFMMEU's mining division seeks divorce from December 1

The CFMMEU's mining and energy division has asked the Federal Court to establish a new standalone union from December 1, after 98% of members supported its separation from the wider union in a ballot that closed in June.

Meat union weighing merger with AMWU

The meatworkers union has confirmed it is in tentative talks with the AMWU about a potential merger to boost member representation and provide "a larger voice".

FWC tells AWU to lift its game

The FWC has extended time by 48 days for a Qantas engineer to challenge his sacking after "particularly egregious" errors by the AWU, telling the union it should take immediate steps to ensure officials are equipped to provide a professional level of representation.

CFMMEU demerger to go to vote next month

The CFMMEU's mining and energy division has today won FWC approval to put its demerger proposal to a ballot of its 21,000 members.

Woolies' bid to vary award puts unions on collision course

Two of Australia's biggest unions are at loggerheads over a push by Woolworths to change the coverage of workers at the supermarket's online fulfilment centres, a move the UWU believes is partly motivated by the retailer's concerns about multi-employer bargaining.

RTBU "blindsided" by train drivers' demerger bid

The RTBU's Victorian branch says it is scheduled to meet this morning with its locomotive division to discuss a rule change bid that the division started to pursue before allegedly "blindsiding" the union on Friday with a demerger application.

Employer body merger to go to ballot

The FWC says a proposed amalgamation of the Australian Hotels Association and the Accommodation Association of Australia will give the latter a "strong voice" within the merged employer body and held that only its members will have to vote on it in a ballot opening next month.

Union density meets pandemic cliff: ABS

Union density has dropped significantly from 14.3% to 12.5% over the past two years and almost 10 percentage points a decade for the past 30 years, according to ABS data released today.