When Qantas threatens to close its regional bases, it’s the pilots, cabin crew, their families and local community who pay the price.
Watch as @twuvictas Chief of Campaigns, Paul, lays out the devastating impact the base closures will have.
In the largest employer penalty in Australian corporate history, Qantas has been ordered to pay $90 million for illegally outsourcing 1,800 workers.
A massive congratulations to every worker who fought for justice over the past five years. Against all odds, TWU members have sent a $90 million warning to corporate Australia: you can’t break the law and get away with it.
Qantas must now take responsibility for the ongoing crisis in its supply chain, starting with deadly pressures and safety breaches at Swissport.
A world-first hearing for minimum pay and conditions for food delivery workers is underway.
After years of union pressure and an agreement with Uber and DoorDash late last year, food delivery workers are closer than ever to securing world-first rights.
It’s time for Border Express to raise their standards on the roads and in their yards.
Border Express: Come to the table and work with the TWU towards a fair national agreement
Eight workers. Four years. One company.
If you work in transport, waste, logistics or industrial work, this affects you.
Watch. Share. And back the workers.
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In this week's union wrap
Cleanaway's terrible safety record
The fight for stronger safety rights for offshore workers
Maccas win.
#unionproud #unionwins #work
This year, 60,000 transport workers across road and aviation are bargaining together for the first time to lift standards across the industry - with drivers at Team Global Express gearing up.�
Today, TWU National Secretary Michael Kaine and National Assistant Secretary Emily McMillan spoke with the TGE bargaining team about our 2026 plan. By aligning with 220+ agreements, we’re in the strongest position to lift conditions industry‑wide.
Today NSW Secretary Richard Olsen, National Assistant Secretary Emily McMillan, and Sydney & Central West Sub-branch Secretary Rob Rasmussen joined TWU Officials, Workers, members from across the union movement as well as local State Members and Councillors at @blacktowncitycouncil ’s event to commemorate those who have lost their lives at work for today’s International Day of Mourning.
Transport remains Australia’s most dangerous industry. Today, Richard Olsen spoke to those in attendance about the very real risks Workers are facing every day - mentioning waste management giant Cleanaway as an employer with a particularly bad track record in recent times. Five deaths in less than two years is NOT normal, and is never acceptable.
Safety at work is not negotiable, it is essential.
Five deaths in two years.
Today, on International Workers' Memorial Day, TWU officials laid flowers at the Rochedale Landfill to commemorate the lives lost at Cleanaway sites across Australia.
Despite these tragedies, Cleanaway CEO Mark Schubert took home a whopping $4.2 million last financial year.
Today we remember the workers killed at Cleanaway, and we think of their families and their communities. But we are also sending a message loud and clear: if Cleanaway refuses to lift safety and standards around the country, we will force it to.
Tomorrow, on worker’s Memorial Day, we’re taking action at Cleanaway sites across the country in memory of the workers killed on the jobs that were meant to keep them safe.
Waste management giant Cleanaway - contracted by many of our councils - has a deplorable track record for poor workplace safety. Five deaths in less than two years is NEVER normal.
Meanwhile, the CEO pocketed $4.2M in the last financial year - despite 40% of shareholders voting against executive pay over “lack of appropriate accountability” over safety.
