Nurses fought back against their union for better pay. Here’s what’s now on the table

Nurses fought back against their union for better pay. Here’s what’s now on the table

The leadership of the nursing and midwifery union was last month left reeling when members rejected an earlier deal they were expected to accept.

  • byJewel Topsfield andLachlan Abbott

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More than 170 breaches,50 court cases:CFMEU deemed ‘recidivist offender’

More than 170 breaches,50 court cases:CFMEU deemed ‘recidivist offender’

A Federal Court judge said the construction union’s record showed a “general disregard” for workplace laws after three officials were fined over breaches.

  • byDavid Estcourt
Top public servant gets 20 per cent pay rise to $710,000

Top public servant gets 20 per cent pay rise to $710,000

Director of Public Prosecutions Raelene Sharp,KC,received a pay rise after Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus wrote to the independent Remuneration Tribunal to assist in its review of the pay packet.

  • byOlivia Ireland
ACTU head Sally McManus silent on John Setka’s threats and insults

ACTU head Sally McManus silent on John Setka’s threats and insults

The militant unionist’s bid to oust former construction watchdog Stephen McBurney from his AFL job is backed in by his national CFMEU counterpart. But the ACTU chief refused to comment.

  • byAngus Thompson andAndrew Wu
Workers are trying to escape their jobs. This is why
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Workers are trying to escape their jobs. This is why

Workers are keen to look for work elsewhere as most do not believe they are paid enough,according to Australia’s largest report on salary trends.

  • bySue White
Private schools oppose right to disconnect for teachers

Private schools oppose right to disconnect for teachers

Some of the country’s most elite schools,like Sydney’s SCEGGS Darlinghurst and Melbourne’s Scotch College,want to retain the “flexibility” they require from staff.

  • byOlivia Ireland
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It’s not just office romances that cause heartbreak at work

It’s not just office romances that cause heartbreak at work

Freshly let go from my own job,I sought out other women who’d faced the same fate. What emerged was a universal truth.

  • byJill Valentine
Antoinette Lattouf was sacked by ABC,Fair Work rules

Antoinette Lattouf was sacked by ABC,Fair Work rules

The Fair Work Commission has ruled against the public broadcaster in its attempts to have the unlawful dismissal case thrown out.

  • byCalum Jaspan
Deakin University admits it underpaid staff

Deakin University admits it underpaid staff

The university has turned itself in to the Fair Work Ombudsman after discovering it had been underpaying casual academic staff – two years after the union first accused it of doing so.

  • byRobyn Grace
Disgraced union official sues for $1.3 million over denied claim for mental illness

Disgraced union official sues for $1.3 million over denied claim for mental illness

Kathy Jackson,the former Health Services Union national secretary,claims she was left unable to work two days after the union took steps to remove her over allegations of gross misconduct.

  • bySarah Danckert
Jubilant to hostile:How a done deal blew up in the nursing union’s face

Jubilant to hostile:How a done deal blew up in the nursing union’s face

A collapsed pay deal has left the union reeling,insulted members are calling for long-time Victorian branch secretary Lisa Fitzpatrick to stand down and its industrial action is in disarray.

  • byHenrietta Cook andJewel Topsfield