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TWU Celebrates
Oct 12, 2016Truck drivers are celebrating a major win over industry lobby group NatRoad in its bid to pay them less by seeking an exemption from rules in NSW setting minimum pay rates. The rules have been in place for over 30 years, bringing ...
Tags: TWU, NSW, celebration
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All You Need to Know About Trucking Contracts
Oct 8, 2016The ATA has released its contract checklist, which aims to help trucking businesses ensure their contracts are fair and legal. The checklist responds to the lengthening payment terms faced by trucking businesses, as well as concerns that ...
Tags: contract checklist, ATA
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TWU Gathers On The Retail Front
Mar 22, 2016Coles has been a focus of the TWU’s road transport campaign promoting ‘Safe Rates’. The Transport Workers’ Union has lodged an application at the road safety watchdog to force major retailers to pay transport ...
Tags: TWU, Coles, Safe Rates, Retail front
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Clash Looms Over Pay Between Truck Owners and Drivers
Mar 11, 2016Against: NatRoad Australians should brace themselves for higher prices whilst owner-operator truckers are at risk of losing their livelihood ,if a new Order takes effect next month – with The National Road Transport Association ...
Tags: Natroad, Truck, Clash looms
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ITF Has Launched The Global "Afe Rates and a Safe Industry -We're in, Are You?"
Aug 20, 2014The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) Congress in Sofia, Bulgaria, has launched the global “Safe Rates and a Safe Industry – We’re In, Are you?” campaign for Australian truck drivers in the ...
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Tony Sheldon Said Road Safety Is More Than Red Tape
May 30, 2014File photo. Transport Workers’ Union national secretary Tony Sheldon said a recent court decision relating to the truck crash that killed two Western Australian men in 2011 serves as a reminder that road safety is more than red tape ...
Tags: Road Safety, Red Tape
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What Is The Real Problem in The Trucking Industry?
May 1, 2014Following Transport and Logistics News' recent report on the TWU's concerns about road tankers (Defuse mobile bombs [dangerous tanker trucks]: TWU), our expert reader Nelson Mansfield has offered the following counter argument. Nelson ...
Tags: Trucking Industry
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Mrs Broadbent Releases The ATANSW Submission to The Review of The Road Safety System
Jan 23, 2014Coles has been a focus of the TWU's road transport campaign promoting 'Safe Rates'. The Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal is significantly flawed and fails to understand the road transport industry, ATANSW manager Jodie Broadbent said. ...
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Tony Sheldon Said Six Deaths in Two Days Was Evidence of The Pressure on Drivers
Nov 25, 2013Transport Workers’ Union (TWU) national secretary Tony Sheldon said six truck crashes and six deaths in two days was evidence of the pressure on drivers to speed or skip rest breaks, to meet unrealistic deadlines. “Road ...
Tags: six, truck-related, death, two days
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Eric Abetz Announced a Review of The Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal
Nov 25, 2013Transport Workers’ Union national secretary Tony Sheldon says the Federal Government’s review of the national Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal showed contempt for families of the 330 people killed in truck-related crashes in ...
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ACCC Has Given Perspective on The Debate Surrounding The Market Share
Nov 1, 2013Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Chairman Rod Sims has given the regulator's perspective on the debate surrounding the market share held by the two major supermarket chains. Mr Sims was speaking at the Australian Food and ...
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An in-Principle Agreement Has Been Reached Between Toll Group and TWU
Sep 6, 2013An in-principle agreement has been reached between Toll Group and the Transport Workers Union (TWU) in their enterprise agreement negotiations. The outcome is subject to final drafting and the support of the 10,000 impacted Toll employees. ...
Tags: Service
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Toll Said The Union Would Not Take Industrial Action
Aug 30, 2013Following the TWU's threat of further protected strike action made on Monday, Toll spokesperson Christopher Whitefield said the company was hopeful the union would not take industrial action while negotiations were still ongoing. "[The] ...
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TWU Said Workers at Toll Have Voted in Support of Protected Industrial Action
Aug 27, 2013Workers at transport company Toll have voted convincingly in support of protected industrial action, according to the Transport Workers Union (TWU). The result, announced by the Australian Electoral Commission, means that workers at Toll ...
Tags: Logistics
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Thousands of Workers Will Vote on Industrial Action After The Fair Work Commission Today
Jul 10, 2013Thousands of workers will vote on industrial action at Australia's largest transport and logistics operator after the Fair Work Commission today approved the Transport Workers' Union (TWU) application for a Protected Action Ballot across ...
