The FIFO life is not all it’s cracked up to be

THE rapid growth of FIFO (Fly in, Fly Out) and DIDO (Drive in, Drive Out) in Australian mining continues to throw up major problems for the workers, families and communities caught up in it.

The reason 50% of apprentices don’t finish

The apprenticeship system needs urgent reform to lift…

Pilbara mine workers unite to take on Rio Tinto

AUSTRALIA during the last ten years has witnessed one of history’s greatest mining booms.

Thanks to record demand from Asia, the extraction and export of our wealth of resources has transformed our economy.

Visy fined $52,000 as court upholds workers’ OHS rights

THE rights of elected union delegates to do their duty as health and safety representatives have been reinforced by an important court decision.

Wage justice: major pay rise for apprentices

APPRENTICES will have up to an extra $145 in their wallets following a major decision by the Fair Work Commission today that recognises they have been underpaid for far too long.

Respect finally given to Bell Bay workers

A NEW decision by the Fair Work Commission to allow collective bargaining at an aluminium smelter in northern Tasmania after two decades of de-unionisation will have significant implications for rights at work across Australia.

Building giant under fire over ‘blacklisting’ claims

Grocon has been accused of blocking union…

‘Mentally, physically, emotionally I’m a wreck’

‘SAM’ has spent the past 30 years working as a rigger on large construction sites all over Australia and parts of the rest of the world, but since 2010, he hasn’t been able to get a job.

This is our town and we want to protect it

THIRTEEN years ago, I came to Collinsville never having lived in a small rural mining town but I soon grew to love the community and the people in it, and I gained a passion for the history of the area.