Up to 90 workers will be cut at Anglo American’s German Creek coal mine following a series of industrial actions and failed EBA negotiations.
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CFMEU backs call for black lung compensation levy
The CFMEU is supporting the Black Lung Victims Group’s call for a 10c a tonne industry funded compensation levy for victims of the disease.
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Anglo American brings in strike breakers at German Creek
The CFMEU has alleged American Anglo is advertising for a new workforce to replace striking workers at its German Creek coal mine.
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Coal miners strike against workforce casualisation
Anglo American German Creek coal miners are striking as Enterprise Bargaining Agreement negotiations fail to meet a conclusion.
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Rio Tinto fined for breaching Fair Work Act
Rio Tinto’s Hail Creek coal mine has been fined $50,000 after illegally standing down an injured miner.
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Putting the cap on redundancy payments
As Australia’s coal mining industry comes to terms with the resurgence of black lung the possibility of capping coal mine worker’s redundancy pay at nine years has again thrust the industry into the spotlight. Sharon Masige writes.
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Miner dies from Black Lung, CFMEU claims
A former miner has died due to complications from Black Lung, the CFMEU has claimed.
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CFMEU calls for better training to help doctors combat black lung
The CFMEU is calling for increased training of doctors who assess the health of coal workers following the release of the Monash University review into black lung.
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Rio Tinto Hail Creek coal mine fined for denying workers sick leave
Rio Tinto has been fined $24,000, payable to the CFMEU, after it denied workers access to paid sick leave.
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Job cuts confirmed at Hay Point, CFMEU threatens legal action
The CFMEU may take legal action to prevent up to 20 forced redundancies at BHP’s Hay Point Coal Terminal.
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More than 4000 job cuts in Mackay since 2012: CFMEU report
A report by the Construction, Forestry, Mining, and Energy Union (CFMEU) has revealed 4656 jobs have been lost in Mackay region mines in the last four years.
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New black lung case identified
An eighth worker has been identified with black lung; the second coal miner in less than a week.
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BMA’s Hay Point cuts 20 jobs
Twenty people have been sacked from BMA’s Hay Point Coal Terminal in Queensland.
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Urine drug testing given all-clear at Goonyella
New drug testing arrangements at the Goonyella Riverside Mine will continue as planned following a Supreme Court decision in favour of operator BMA.
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Two more cases of black lung reported in Qld
The Queensland CFMEU has reported two more workers have black lung, taking the state total to eight confirmed cases of coal miners’ pneumoconiosis since December last year.
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Black lung senate inquiry opens public hearings
The senate inquiry into Queensland’s resurgence of miners’ pneumoconiosis opens today, the first of two public hearings this week which will examine the state’s mine worker’s health monitoring scheme.
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Black lung numbers sure to increase
Around 1000 coal miners in Queensland may have symptoms of miners’ pneumoconiosis, according to the CFMEU.
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Dragline right-of-entry: Drawing a line in the sand [opinion]
The latest precedent from the Fair Work Commission relating to right-of-entry to BMA draglines has BHP furious about the prospect of the loss of productivity, but that’s a very small part of the picture.
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Union meetings again allowed in dragline crib rooms
Union officials will maintain their right of entry for meeting dragline operators aboard BMA draglines, according to a recent Fair Work Commission decision.
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Fifth black lung case diagnosed in Queensland
The Queensland black lung toll continues to climb, with a fifth case diagnosed by a US specialist.
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