CFMEU

​The CFMEU has criticised comments from Adani’s CEO Jeyakumar Janakaraj that the Carmichael mine will have a 100 per cent FIFO workforce.

​The CFMEU has urged Rio Tinto to drop their new High Court challenge to a controversial asbestos disease compensation case.

As part of its submission to the Productivity Commission, BHP Billiton has proposed six reforms, including that strike action be a last resort.

The CFMEU has slammed BHP after the company recommended changes to the Fair Work Act aimed at limiting the scope of strike action.

A forum convened by the CFMEU heard that 100 per cent FIFO in Queensland coal mines must come to an end.

​An ex union official has won his appeal for compensation against the Queensland CFMEU over work-related stress leading to a mental breakdown in 2010.

The new Queensland Government has confirmed it will review all 100 per cent FIFO operations in the state.

The CFMEU has called for an investigation into tyre-related fatalities after a man died at Anglo American’s Dawson mine on Monday.

A new ALP Queensland government is against the use of a 100% FIFO workforce and plans to ban the practice.

The CFMEU claims BHP is planning to reopen its Norwich Park coal mine in Queensland with workers sourced from Adelaide and Melbourne.

The future of 300 coal jobs are in doubt after a mining contractor sent its workforce home over unpaid bills for the fourth time.

​BHP coal boss Dean Dalla Valle has pressed the Senate to help prevent union representatives from meeting with members in workplaces.

The CFMEU said there are other ways BHP Billiton can save money rather than cutting thousands of jobs.

​Union workers and representatives attended the BHP annual general meeting in Adelaide today to protest against 100 per cent FIFO hiring practices.

​Member for Capricornia Michelle Landry has made allegations union bullying and threats made towards her family.

The debate around FIFO mental health is heating up, with the WA inquiry to hear recommendations from the CFMEU and Chamber of Minerals and Energy today.

A miner at the Saraji coal mine, who was sacked after he waved a sign that stated: “No Principles – Scabs – No Guts”, has lost a court case to have his job reinstated.

​Central Queensland workers redundant from BMA mines are up in arms about their old positions being readvertised as casual contracts.

​Unions around the world yesterday joined to turn the spotlight on the employment practices of multinational mining giant Rio Tinto.

After being rocked by hundreds of job losses over the last week, the CFMEU has warned there could be more to come.