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The FWC has ordered a new organisation for workers employed by Korean businesses to disclose its membership list to employer associations and unions opposing its expanding application for registration as a union.

Veteran CEPU leader Jim Metcher has retired after a union-commissioned investigation found that he should have disclosed legal proceedings related to domestic violence allegations in 2009.

The Federal Court has found that while AMWU, CFMEU and AWU organisers did not "instruct", "advise" or "encourage" employees at a Victorian paper mill to walk off the job for three days, they and the unions were knowingly involved in the unlawful strikes.

Locked-out dairy workers at a Parmalat plant in northern Victoria have overwhelmingly rejected a new enterprise agreement offered by the company.

Unions are pushing to delay the reduction in late night and early morning penalty rates for fast-food workers that takes effect on March 27.

An FWC full bench has refused to overturn the termination of the agreement for the Loy Yang power station and coal mine, after it accepted that the company's commitment to extend employment protections to three years compensated for an error in the initial tribunal ruling.

The AWU’s piloting of a call centre to convince unfinancial members to return to the fold has paid off, yielding a $170,000 profit in nine months.

The AWU has for the first time revealed the progress of its joint recruitment effort with the CFMEU in WA’s Pilbara region.

The Australian Mines and Metals Association has objected to a proposed rule change by the MUA that would extend its coverage to a wider range of occupations within port authorities.

Employment Minister Michaelia Cash is trying to drum up public support from business and employer groups for the Fair Work Commission's landmark decision to cut Sunday penalty rates for some retail and hospitality workers.