Members' Stories
Royce Cusick is AMWU delegate from BSR Amberely. His story is about the how the skills and training he received at an AMWU delegate course helped him in real life and how he was able to pass this...
View ArticleAMWU Kids Activity Book
We are proud to announce the launch of our 2016 AMWU Kids Activity Book! Our kids are the future of our union and the AMWU Kids Activity Book is a fun way to engage and educate children about the AMWU...
View ArticleQueensland Jobs Growth Summit
On April 26, AMWU State Secretary Rohan Webb will be speaking at The Queensland Jobs Growth Summit 2016. The summit will bring together Ministers and other key policy makers with leaders of the...
View ArticleAMWU APPRENTICES GET THE EDGE
Last week’s Queensland Apprentice Conference proved that being an active union member can help you get the edge on your apprenticeship.A group of dedicated apprentices emerged from our Queensland...
View Article2016 Women's Conference Wrap-up
Last week, AMWU women from across Queensland came together to talk about the challenges and opportunities facing women in the manufacturing industry at the 2016 AMWU Women’s Conference.Check out our...
View ArticleLabour Day 2016
This year, tens of thousands of workers across Queensland and the Northern Territory marched in celebration of the achievements of workers and the Union movement.Check out our video wrap-up of Labour...
View ArticleQueensland Aerospace 10-year Roadmap
The Queensland Government is currently developing an “Aerospace 10-year Roadmap”. The Roadmap is designed to set a forward plan for the future of the Aerospace industry with a focus on job growth....
View Article2016 QLD/NT State Conference
Over the last two days delegates have been working hard representing members at the 2016 Queensland and Northern Territory AMWU State Conference.
View ArticleAMWU QLD/NT branch welcomes Labor’s chemical contamination response
The AMWU QLD/NT branch welcomes Labor’s announcement concerning the response to perfluorinated chemical contamination at defence sites. Labor Senator and Shadow Minister for Defense Stephen Conroy...
View ArticleNational Conference 2016 wrap-up
Last week, The AMWU held it's National Conference in Sydney. One of the major resolutions to come out of this conference was "a new union". This resolution was unanimously endorsed in a push to...
View ArticleQLD SUNSHINE WARMS BREWERY PROTESTERS IN MELBOURNE
Queensland-NT Secretary Rohan Webb brought sunshine and a massive boost in confidence to dismissed CUB workers in Melbourne today when he assured them unionists in northern Australia stood “shoulder...
View ArticleCallide Mine AMWU members support Biloela High School Student
Callide Mine AMWU members support Biloela High School Student to attend International Netball Carnival in New Zealand.Adrianne Greenhalgh with AMWU Callide Mine Branch Member Andy PhilipsAfter being...
View ArticleMedia Release: UGL Kentz deliver nasty gift ahead of Christmas
The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) has condemned UGL Kentz Joint Venture’s decision to make 160 people working on the Ichthys Project redundant less than two weeks ahead of...
View ArticleMedia Release: Workers’ legal fightback against Anglo
The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) has filed legal proceedings in the Fair Work Commission against Anglo American (Capcoal management) today.The General Protections Application...
View ArticleAnother Win for All Trades Apprentices!
Yesterday, on 7 February 2017, All Trades Queensland Apprentices had another huge win for their wages and conditions!
View ArticleAMWU member named Apprentice of the Year
Janelle Kent is a young woman on a mission. She pursued her dreams of becoming an automotive electrical apprentice and was recently awarded 1st Year Automotive Apprentice of the year by TAFE Gold...
View ArticleAnother road-block put up by All Trades Queensland
On Wednesday, All Trades Queensland (ATQ) along with the Queensland Master Builders Association (MBA) and the Housing Industry Association (HIA) filed an appeal in the Federal Court of Australia in...
View ArticleLabour Day Celebrations 2017
The first week in May will see celebrations across Australia for Labour Day.The AMWU urges you to come along and celebrate the great achievements of working people and unions over more than a century....
View ArticleKSB Pumps Health and Safety Win!
The AMWU recently removed workers from unsafe working conditions, arranged paid medical examinations and devised a safe working procedure for handling chemically treated wooden crates shipped from...
View ArticleAMWU WIN: LAFHA
The AMWU and ETU have secured another major win for members employed on the Ichthys Project who are receiving a LAFHA in accordance with the EBA.
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