By The Editor
Does the decision by the Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) to defy a Fair Work Australia (FWA) ruling to cease strike action expose flaws in the industrial framework – most notably a lack of authority to resolve potentially harmful industrial disputes?
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There has been stern examination of Australia’s current industrial relations framework, and the provisions of the Fair Work Act, in the wake of the QANTAS dispute.
As a result of the eventual lockout of workers that caused industrial action to be terminated, Greens MP Adam Bandt plans to introduce a private member’s bill to Parliament further limiting employer power and prohibiting QANTAS or any other major company from taking similar action in the future.
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By Mark Stone
We welcome the termination of industrial action in the QANTAS dispute by Fair Work Australia.
However, business needs a higher level of certainty that ongoing disputes such as this one are dealt with before they get to this stage. Read the rest of this entry »
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A Fair Work Australia Commissioner’s ruling that public transport is “not an essential service”, giving the green light for a Queensland bus company’s employees to take strike action, could have wider ramifications for the business community.
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By Erin the Employer
The fabled Christmas beer strike was seen a ghost of Christmases past, a throwback to the 1970s when union blackmail was de rigeur.
However, in the retro spirit of our times, maybe we are going back to the future.
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