AWU Tasmania

The official Twitter account of the Tasmanian Branch of the Australian Workers' Union

[AWU - Australian Workers' Union @AWUnion]

Tasmanian Labor MP @janiefinlay has backed the AWU's call to fast-track oxygenation technology in Macquarie Harbour and for Hydro Tasmania to regulate river flows into the waterway.

Salmon farming is critical to Tasmania and supports hundreds of workers and their families.

[AWU - Australian Workers' Union @AWUnion]

Tanya Plibersek has a choice: either back blue-collar jobs or bow to hysterical environmental activists.

The Maugean skate and salmon industry can live happily side-by-side in Macquarie Harbour, provided government and industry invest in the right technology and techniques.

[AWU - Australian Workers' Union @AWUnion]

With the right technology and techniques, there is absolutely no reason the salmon industry and Maugean skate can’t live happily side by side in Macquarie Harbour. AWU members, industry and experts are already working hard to ensure this very result.

#AWU #AWunion #ausunions

[AWU - Australian Workers' Union @AWUnion]

Thank you to all the AWU members working on the roads this summer, and helping Australians travel safely to see friends and family!

#AWU #AWUnion #ausujnions #auspol #Unionsaus

[AWU - Australian Workers' Union @AWUnion]

🎄 Merry Christmas from the AWU! 🎄 Enjoy the festive season and we hope you and your family keep safe.

[AWU - Australian Workers' Union @AWUnion]

Many AWU members in manufacturing, construction, agriculture, hospitals, mines, and other worksites across Australia will still go into work over the next couple of weeks, keeping Australia moving while others enjoy a break.

#AWU #AWUnion #ausunions #auspol

[Helen Polley @polley_helen]

The salmon industry in Tasmania is such an important part of our state and it is a part of our people. It supports over 5,000 direct and indirect jobs in mostly regional Tasmania which is good for communities #auspol #politas @AustralianLabor @AWUTasmania @AWUnion

[Helen Polley @polley_helen]

There is a lot of misinformation circulating at the moment in relation to the salmon industry in Tasmania. All Labor Senators support the salmon industry in Tasmania and the 5,000 direct and indirect jobs it provides in mostly regional Tasmania #auspol #politas @AWUTasmania

[AWU - Australian Workers' Union @AWUnion]

Big ups to the Tasmanian AWU members who completed their initial HSR training in Hobart this week!

Did you know that workplaces with trained HSRs are safer than those without? That's why the AWU is training HSR's across Australia to help keep our members safe at work.

[AWU - Australian Workers' Union @AWUnion]

Big news: Safe Work Australia has recommended a total ban on engineered stone benchtops across Australia.

#AWU #AWUnion #ausunions #auspol #Unionsaus #silicadust #silicadustkills #silica #silicosis

[AWU - Australian Workers' Union @AWUnion]

Every day, the union hears more stories about horrific mistreatment of workers on Australian farms. That is why the AWU is calling for an overhaul of our working holiday visa, and scrapping the 88-day work requirement.

#AWU #AWUnion #ausunions #auspol #Unionsaus #88days

[AWU - Australian Workers' Union @AWUnion]

Happy Father's Day to the union dads across Australia! We hope you have a fantastic day. 🎉

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[The Community & Public Sector Union @CPSUTas]

@sallymcmanus “Australian workers deserve reliable incomes. Secure jobs allow people to build secure futures. It allows them to plan, get a loan and stay at home when they are sick. It allows them to have a paid holiday, all the basics permanent jobs should have." #AusPol

[AWU - Australian Workers' Union @AWUnion]

Employers who treat workers like slaves should not be allowed to operate. End of story.

#AWU #AWUnion #ausunions #auspol #unionsaus #linx #farmworkers

[AWU - Australian Workers' Union @AWUnion]

The Fair Work Commission has announced that Award wages will increase by 5.75%, and for the small group of workers on the minimum wage, this will increase by 8.6%, from July 1.

#AWU #AWUnion #Ausunions #auspol #FWC

[AWU - Australian Workers' Union @AWUnion]

It's disgusting to see workers treated this way.

Even worse, this isn't the first time we've seen hazardous overcrowding of workers. Substandard accommodation is rampant in this labour market program.

#AWU #AWUnion #ausunions #auspol #PALMscheme #farmworkers #unionsaustralia

[AWU - Australian Workers' Union @AWUnion]

Thanks for the shoutout from Minister for Climate Change and Energy
@Bowenchris and Ministry for Industry and Science Ed Husic!

We called for action to save Australia's manufacturing industry - and the 800,000 jobs it supports across the country.

#AWU #AWUnion #ausunions

[AWU - Australian Workers' Union @AWUnion]

The House has passed the $12/GJ gas price cap by 85 votes to 41.

This price cap will save tens of thousands of Aussie jobs reliant on gas to manufacture the goods we use every day, from building products, to chips, to toilet paper.

[AWU - Australian Workers' Union @AWUnion]

Today, we celebrate 50 years since proud AWU NSW branch member Gough Whitlam won the 1972 It's Time election after 23 long years in Opposition.

The Whitlam government revolutionised Australia, both socially and politically.

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Profits are skyrocketing for multinational oil and gas companies across Australia - but many workers are seeing their wages and conditions go backwards.