Fair Work Commission (FWC)

Fair Work rejects paid domestic violence leave
Union Briefs
Voters want to keep penalty rates
Childcare workers strike on International Women’s Day
A mass union campaign is needed to defend penalty rates
One law for them and another for us
Un-Fair Work Commission cuts penalty rates, delivers pay cut to 700,000 low-paid workers
CUB boycott campaign intensifies
Anti-firefighter law passed
Childcare workers strike for pay rise
Sydney cleaners win entitlements

Cleaners won greater protection against unfair dismissal and loss of entitlements in a Fair Work Commission (FWC) decision on July 12. FWC awarded the cleaners entitlements they had lost when they were transferred to a new company, after their former employer lost a cleaning contract with two Sydney hotels. Mel Gatfield, NSW secretary of the cleaners' union, United Voice, said the case was "hugely significant”, not just for the 19 cleaners who have received $70,000 in redundancy payments, but for the legal precedent it sets.
Beer brewer tries to slash wages by 65%

Carlton and United Brewery (CUB) is trying to impose a 65% pay cut on its maintenance workforce. The 54 electricians and fitters were called to a meeting in a pub on June 10 and told their jobs were terminated. They were then told they could reapply for their jobs with a company called Catalyst Recruitment which is part of the Programmed/Skilled Group. Five apprentices have been left in limbo with no jobs and no trade qualifications.