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What the compromise IR deal means for wage negotiations, and pay rises

The Albanese government’s Secure Jobs, Better Pay Bill is all set to become law, after Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke revealed amendments to secure the support of the Greens and ACT independent David Pocock in the Senate.

The Conversation

Deakin University to face Fair Work Commission over wage theft allegations

The tertiary education union is taking the university to the fair work watchdog. It alleges that university staff have been underpaid staff millions of dollars.

ABC News

Rail strikes to end as NSW govt makes deal

The NSW government has finally cut a deal with the rail union to modify a fleet of trains after months of bitter negotiation and strikes.

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2nd UPDATE | Pacific National industrial action stops 3pm trains to resume from 3am Saturday

Pacific Coal trains to return to tracks 3am Saturday

Newcastle Herald

Rail union alleges 'selective lockout' of Pacific National train drivers as Fair Work Commission unable to bring parties to an agreement

Few coal trains to run from tomorrow unless Pacific National and rail union reach agreement

Newcastle Herald

Rail union says Pacific National has locked them out of coal trains 'indefinitely'

The Rail, Tram and Bus Union says the biggest rail freight company in the NSW coal industry, Pacific National, has "locked out a major section of its workforce" from midnight last night.

Newcastle Herald

What is the sticking point in Labor’s industrial relations bill and how would it work?

Independent senator David Pocock has told Labor to pull the ‘single-interest stream’ element out of its workplace bill to get the rest through

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Labor fast-tracks territory rights vote to increase chance of passing workplace laws this year

Crossbench senator David Pocock says the two extra sitting days approved by the Senate to pass legislation is ‘a start’ but more time is needed

The Guardian - AU

Christmas may be safe, but three-year port dispute shows the IR system is full of holes

Australia’s industrial relations umpire has delayed industrial action that would have crippled Australia’s ports in the lead-up to Christmas.

The Conversation

Where are the government's workplace laws? Will they pass this year?

A report into the government's contentious workplace relations bill is set to be handed down today, likely to prompt a sense of which way two key Senate crossbenchers are leaning.

ABC News

Fair Work Commission suspends Svitzer industrial action for six months

Svitzer action suspended for six months

Newcastle Herald

All Svitzer industrial action off for six months, orders Fair Work Commission | UPDATED

Maritime union praises Fair Work Commission Svitzer decision as 'commonsense' | UPDATED

Newcastle Herald

Industrial umpire scraps Svitzer lockout

The Fair Work Commission has stepped in to ensure a port lockout by tugboat operator Svitzer cannot go ahead for six months, as a pay dispute continues.

AAP

Unions claim victory as Svitzer lockdown stopped by Fair Work Commission

High drama as Fair Work Commission stops Svitzer tug lockout

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Fair Work Commission orders Svitzer to scrap staff lockout

Danish-owned tugboat company Svitzer has been ordered to abandon its industrial action planned for tomorrow after the Fair Work Commission found it would cause significant economic damage.

The Guardian - AU

Federal industrial relations minister Tony Burke blasts NSW government over train dispute

State ministers accused of ‘political games’ after asking Canberra to intervene to stop industrial action

Newcastle Herald

Svitzer docks workers for strike that never happened, promises to make up pay

Union blast Svitzer after tug workers docked for cancelled strike

Newcastle Herald

Tug of woe: strike off but lockout still looming as Svitzer stands ground

Svitzer lockout holds national economy to ransom says ACTU

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The Guardian - AU

‘Economic vandalism’: Labor accuses tugboat operator of ‘blackmail’ over planned lockout of workers

Minister Tony Burke welcomed Fair Work Commission’s decision to take Svitzer case on given the ‘extraordinary impact on the economy’

Newcastle Herald

All parties to Svitzer tug dispute need to think hard after Fair Work Commission's rare intervention

Tug battle and 'supply chain sabotage'Tug battle and 'supply chain sabotage'

AAP

Work umpire to consider Svitzer action

The full bench of the Fair Work Commission will examine tugboat operator Svitzer's decision to lock out employees after three years of pay talks.

Newcastle Herald

Svitzer's threatened national shutdown of 17 ports returns to Fair Work Commission noon Wednesday

Fair Work Commission intervenes in Svitzer tug-of-war

ABC News

Aged care workers are getting a 15 per cent pay rise – but is it enough?

Aged care workers are set for a 15 per cent wage rise, but who gets it, and will it be enough to keep people in the industry?

AAP

Fair Work Commission president resigns

Justice Iain Ross has resigned after more than a decade as president of the Fair Work Commission.

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s aged care workers win 15% pay rise and minister says it’s the ‘first step’

Fair Work Commission accepts that ‘feminised industries’ such as care work have been ‘historically undervalued’

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