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	Harry Knowles \| Arthur Rae : a 'Napoleon' in Exile \| Labour History, 87 \| The History Cooperative
		Workers were entitled to the 'whole produce' of their labour and 'in some system of collective ownership of the means of production lies the only solution, at once just, permanent, and practicable of the whole world-wide labour problem'.
		The Hummer was absorbed by the Australian Worker in 1892.
		AWU officials and the parliamentary party voiced the strongest objections to this proposal and the motion was lost 127–112.
	www.historycooperative.org /journals/lab/87/knowles.html (9989 words)

	Australian Workers' Union - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The AWU grew from a number of earlier unions, notably the Australasian Shearers Union, founded by William Spence and David Temple in Creswick, Victoria in 1886.
		The Queensland Shearers Union, formed in 1887, and the Queensland Workers Union merged in 1891 to form the Amalgamated Workers Union of Queensland.
		The AWU later absorbed a number of other unions in the pastoral, mining and timber industries notably the Amalgamated Workers Association of Queensland in 1913, and the Federated Mining Employees Association of Australia in 1917.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Australian_Workers_Union (1197 words)

	The Militant - 6/5/95 -- Australian Miners Hold Off Bosses
		Workers also demanded to be allowed to join the union of their choice.
		Martin Ferguson, the president of the Australian Council of Trade Unions, and Laurie Brereton, the minister for industrial relations in the federal Labor government, stepped into the MIM dispute, brokering a two-week cooling off period to be followed by new negotiations.
		Under the plan approved by the miners, the Combined Unions Disputes Committee will be replaced by a "single bargaining unit" of MIM management, state union officials, and local union representatives chosen by the workers.
	www.themilitant.com /1995/5922/5922_7.html (880 words)

	Australian wharfies: Solidarity checks union busting \| Workers' Liberty
		The Australian waterside workers’ union, the MUA, and Patrick’s are still negotiating over their future operations.
		Reith described the waterfront workers as people “getting $70,000 [£28,000] a year to sit in a crane for 14 hours a week”, while in fact the workers’ basic pay is around $17 [£6.80] an hour and work weeks of 60 hours or more, with compulsory overtime, are common.
		Workers stopping work and walking off the job to join mass mobilisations at picket lines have clearly breached both the new Workplace Relations Act and the older sections 45D and E of the Trade Practices Act, which attempt to ban solidarity action on pain of crushing daily fines.
	www.workersliberty.org /node/4555 (1409 words)

	Boeing workers accept collective agreement \| \| The Australian
		WORKERS at the site of one of NSW's longest-running industrial disputes today overwhelmingly accepted a collective agreement developed with no union input.
		Last February, 25 Boeing workers who repair and maintain the RAAF's F/A-18 Hornet jet fighters at the Williamtown RAAF base were ordered back to work after nine months on the picket line.
		The AWU has previously accused Boeing of being against the principle of collective bargaining but the aviation giant said today that it always kept an open mind.
	www.theaustralian.news.com.au /story/0,20867,20650304-1702,00.html (407 words)

	Australian Workers Union washes its hands of Boeing workers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The AWU had urged the engineers on February 19 to lift their picket line and pin their hopes on the NSWIRC after it ruled that it had power to hear the case.
		From the outset, the AWU and the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) have cynically exploited the determined stand by Boeing workers for their own ends.
		The impact on workers was never the concern of the unions, which for decades have negotiated enterprise agreements that surrender hard-won conditions and jobs.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2006/mar2006/boei-m23_prn.shtml (905 words)

	The Australian Workers' Union - Tasmania Branch
		Workers at up to 8 petrol stations in Tasmania have been hit by the use of John Howard’s extreme industrial relations laws by their employer.
		This is the 9th edition of the new-look Australian Worker published by the Australian Workers' Union and Australian Consolidated Press.
		In this edition The Australian Worker goes on the road with Bob Ellis to go behind the headlines to see what really happened in Beaconsfield, we celebrate the 120th Anniversary of the foundation of the AWU and speak to young Australians about what they think of John Howard and his new workplace laws.
	www.awutas.org.au (755 words)

	Green Left - Metroshelf sacks union workers
		Until May the workers had been members of the Australian Workers Union, but were very frustrated with it.
		Anger really started to gather strength this year, when workers saw management fail to abide by a number of provisions they thought were included in the agreement the AWU had struck for them two years ago.
		At the moment, the workers are not blocking access to scabs and trucks and the AMWU has an unfair dismissal application before the IRC.
	www.greenleft.org.au /2001/451/25920 (731 words)

	Green Left - Victory for Metroshelf workers
		The workers were sick of the close relationship that had developed between management and the AWU's officials and organisers.
		All the workers are convinced that they were sacked purely because of their union membership.
		All of the sacked workers were Vietnamese Australians and they have no doubt that racist sentiment was used to divide the workers.
	www.greenleft.org.au /2001/460/25472 (753 words)

	Australian Workers Union (i), AWU - Australian Trade Union Archives Trade Union entry
		Having registered federally in 1905 as the Australian Workers’ Union, it initially sought to serve unskilled rural workers such as shearers and general labourers and eventually grew to be politically influential within the Australian Labor Party.
		Increasing in size as members from deregistered unions such as the South Australian United Laborers’ Union, the Australian Carriers’ Union and the Australian Gardeners & Nursery Employees’ Union were absorbed into the fold, the AWU postured itself as the ‘One Big Union’ of Australian trade unionism.
		1887 - 1894 Amalgamated Shearers Union of Australasia
	www.atua.org.au /biogs/ALE0286b.htm (283 words)

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		A quick succession of amalgamations in September 1992 to the Australian Glass Workers’ Union and then in November 1992 to a number of unions representing brushmakers, rope and cordage workers and carpenters and joiners caused the union to reregister on both occasions but under the same name.
		This union later amalgamated with the Australian Workers' Union to form the AWU-FIME Amalgamated Union in 1993, later known simply as the AWU.
		This union was not related to the Amalgamated Society of Engineers which later became the Amalgamated Engineering Union.
	www.lycos.com /info/trade-union--australia.html (487 words)

	Radio Australia - News - Australian union moves to protect Filipino workers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union says it will do whatever it takes to protect Filipino workers who claim they are being exploited by a welding company in Australia's north eastern state of Queensland.
		Three workers claim they were sacked after joining a union - but the company says it was downsizing.
		Doug Cameron - from the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union says the company is allegedly planning to sack more workers and the Howard Government couldn't care less.
	www.radioaustralia.net.au /news/stories/s1768480.htm (278 words)

	AWU - Australian Workers Union
		The AWU acknowledges that all employees elected as workplace representatives have varying degrees of knowledge towards the role and responsibilities required.
		While ever unions remain on the Australian industrial landscape, the workplace membership requires the "leadership" of the workplace delegate.
		The AWU in tends to be around for a long, long time and to help ensure this happens, we'll maintain its comprehensive training programs for delegates and members, ensuring this proactive Union stays ahead of the rest.
	www.australianworkersunion.com /actiontraining.php3 (346 words)

	Amazon.com: One Big Union: A History of the Australian Workers Union 1886-1994: Books: Mark Hearn,Harry Knowles,Ian ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		From its beginnings as a sheep shearers' union, it became known as a champion of compulsory arbitration, fighting for improvements in wages and conditions through the industrial courts.
		Indeed the AWU became Australia's largest union, operating in all Australian states and across a wide range of industries.
		This comprehensive and compelling book shows that the union has been a player in key events and crises in Australian history, including the great strikes of the 1890s, the 1916-17 conscription crisis, Labor's splits in the 1950s and the 1956 shearers' strike.
	www.amazon.com /One-Big-Union-Australian-1886-1994/dp/0521551382 (687 words)

	Australian Workers Union - Western Australian Branch
		The AWU has a proud history of defending the rights of workers in government instrumentalities, agricultural, mining, manufacturing, processing, timber and a host of other industries.
		The Union is a group of people with common interests who have joined together to maintain and improve their wages and working conditions.
		The West Australian Branch of the AWU is urging all members to join with workers from across the country on Tuesday 29 August in rallying to support the 107 workers from the Mandurah Rail Project who are being prosecuted by the Federal Government for standing up for their rights at work.
	www.awu.net.au /wa (539 words)

	Australian Textile Workers Union (i) - Australian Trade Union Archives Trade Union entry
		The Textile Workers' Union was established in the aftermath of World War One, reflecting the diversification of the industry during the preceding years and its decentralisation during the 1920s.
		It amalgamated with the Federated Felt Hatting and Allied Trade Employees' Union of Australia in 1984, and with the Boot and Clothing trade unions thereafter to form the Amalgamated Footwear & Textile Workers Union of Australia in 1987.
		In 1992 the union amalgamated with the Clothing & Allied Trades Union of Australia to become the Textile Clothing & Footwear Union of Australia.
	www.atua.org.au /biogs/ALE0264b.htm (213 words)

	theage.com.au - Qantas workers threaten industrial action
		Australian Workers' Union (AWU) organiser Matt Thistlethwaite told 200 maintenance workers who marched on the Qantas domestic terminal this morning he was hopeful an agreement could be reached during talks today and tomorrow.
		The Transport Workers' Union (TWU) has negotiated a three-year pay rise of three per cent a year for baggage handlers, freight workers and ramp staff.
		Mr Thistlethwaite said the union used its industrial muscle and threats of strikes to secure the deal while maintenance workers tried to achieve a raise by being sympathetic to Qantas' position.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2002/04/10/1018333367308.html (343 words)

	Australian Glass Workers Union - Australian Trade Union Archives Trade Union entry
		This small union grew out of the Amalgamated Glass Bottle-makers' Union, which had formed before the turn of the century but wasn’t registered federally until 1909.
		In September 1992 the Australian Glass Workers’ Union was amalgamated into the Federation of Industrial Manufacturing & Engineering Employees.
		This union grew in size and strength through further amalgamations in November 1992 but reached its zenith through the amalgamation with the Australian Workers Union to form the AWU-FIME Amalgamated Union in 1993, later known simply as the AWU.
	www.atua.org.au /biogs/ALE0176b.htm (213 words)

	Australian Bankers Association - 2005
		Sydney, 10 February, 2005: The Australian Bankers’ Association (ABA) said the Australian Workers’ Union’s (AWU’s) statement that employees should be given priority over lenders in the event of insolvency is very short-sighted.
		Banks are sympathetic to the impact on individuals and their families if they lose their job without receiving their entitlements.
		Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services, Inquiry into Australia’s Insolvency Laws, 31 July 2003, pp 16-17
	www.bankers.asn.au /default.aspx?ArticleID=838 (223 words)

	Australian Workers Union Road Maintenance, Marking and Traffic Management Award 2002 - The
		Union means Australian Workers Union, West Australian Branch, Industrial Union of Workers.
		Provided that, by agreement between the employer and the employees and the Union, the meal break may be shortened to not less than 30 minutes with a consequential adjustment to the daily time of cessation of work.
		This subclause shall not apply when an employee is entitled to workers'' compensation in respect to the damage.
	www.wairc.wa.gov.au /awards/AUS033/p13/AUS033clauses.html (12087 words)

	Australian workers facing
		The lowest paid workers in Australia are particularly vulnerable to the end of wage setting - the most recent minimum wage setting that took place in April (2005) could be the last.
		The deepest impact of the accord on union structures was the amalgamation it initiated.
		Particularly, the Accord period corrupted the working class movement (the Accord was a series of agreements on wage setting negotiation between the union bureaucracy and the ALP in government in the years 1983-1996).
	home.clear.net.nz /pages/wpnz/may305-ozworkers.htm (1241 words)

	RIGZONE - Australian Union Applauds OHS Change in Victoria
		The safety of Victorian miners and oil workers would be further protected under new Victorian Government arrangements, the Australian Workers' Union said Friday.
		AWU National Secretary Bill Shorten welcomed the Victorian Government's announcement that it would transfer responsibility for OHS regulation of the earth resource industries from the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) to the Victorian Workcover Authority (VWA).
		AWU Victorian Branch Secretary Cesar Melhem said the new arrangements would also strengthen the appeal of working in the earth resource industries.
	www.rigzone.com /news/article.asp?a_id=37808 (239 words)

	Maritime Union of Australia: Workers Journal: Boeing
		The 27 workers have parked three caravans outside the gates and become the frontline of the nation's industrial war.
		But the union is. After discussions between the ACTU, AWU and MUA, the unions took the fight outside the country.
		The American workers were horrified to hear that Boeing in Australia refuses point blank to accept the right of its workers to be represented by a union in discussions about wages and conditions.
	www.mua.org.au /journal/decjan_2006/Boeing.html (982 words)

	'Sleazy deal' for rail link work prompts union threat to leave ALP - smh.com.au
		The Australian Workers Union yesterday threatened to quit the ALP and the NSW Labor Council over a private deal that has handed coverage for 900 workers on the proposed Parramatta-to-Chatswood rail link to two other unions.
		Mr Collison said that his threat to disaffiliate from both the ALP and the council representing unions across NSW was based on the poor behaviour related to 900 workers to be employed by Thiess Constructions.
		The right-wing AWU believes that a go-ahead for two left-wing unions, the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union and Australian Manufacturing Workers Union, to extend their coverage rights would provoke demarcation battles across the country.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/01/10/1041990095299.html (501 words)

	Airline workers to back new deal on wages - theage.com.au
		More than 2000 Qantas maintenance workers are set to endorse a deal tomorrow that delivers pay rises and incentive bonuses of up to 25 per cent over the life of an 18-month agreement.
		The new pay structure will affect members of the Australian Workers Union and the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union who have been opposing the company's wage freeze with a rolling industrial campaign.
		The deal has also given heart to the Australian Services Union, the biggest Qantas union with more than 9000 members, which concluded a 12-month non-wage outcome earlier this year.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2002/05/05/1019441459805.html (310 words)

	PM - Union blames Holden for latest manufacturing job losses
		The union says the workers at ION will be made redundant at around the same time as the first round of cutbacks at Holden.
		Australian Workers' Union Branch Secretary Wayne Hanson says while ION Automotive has had financial problems throughout this year, Holden is firmly to blame for the latest round of jobs lost.
		NANCE HAXTON: AWU Branch Secretary Wayne Hanson says if manufacturing is to have a future in Australia, companies need to invest in modern manufacturing techniques rather than look to third world countries to source cheaper parts.
	www.abc.net.au /pm/content/2005/s1449515.htm (810 words)

	Australian Workers Union - South Australia
		elcome to the Australian Workers' Union, Greater South Australian Branch, Amalgamated AWU (SA) State Union.
		Your branch is a collective network of members, delegates, staff, officers and elected officials - a combination of youth and experience banding together with a focus and a purpose to look after workers in many different ways.
		The Australian Worker is the official national magazine of the Australian Workers' Union.
	www.awusa.asn.au (289 words)

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