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Bench shuts down employer strategy to stymie strikes

A FWC full bench has rejected an employer's bid to block protected industrial action, confirming that its invalid notice of employee representational rights didn't knock out a union's protected action ballot application.


Police end ship crew's sit-in

A police raid today has ended the sit-in protest by MUA members aboard the CSL Melbourne in the port of Newcastle.


Hutchison and MUA set deadline to reach agreement

Senior FWC member Anna Booth is today chairing negotiations between Hutchison Ports Australia and the MUA on a framework for a voluntary redundancy program the company will offer to employees in an enterprise deal that the parties have agreed to finalise by November 16.


CFMEU to pay up to $9m to settle Boral action

The CFMEU construction and general division Victorian branch will pay up to $9 million in damages and costs to Boral and has given an undertaking that it won't renew its blackban on the company's concrete supplies, under a settlement deal announced today.

Protected action ballot upheld despite "technical breach"

An employer has failed in a challenge to the validity of a protected action ballot that extended the voting period by 10 days, with the FWC finding the error was a "technical breach" that did not affect the result.

Boral case hits snag - ordered to pay costs for first part of trial

Boral Resources has suffered a setback in its push to win more than $20 million in damages from the CFMEU, with the company ordered to pay the union's "substantial" legal costs after its civil trial was adjourned today for six weeks.