Transport Workers Union (TWU)

StarTrack drivers vote to strike for job security

Workers at StarTrack, which is owned by Australia Post,听have voted to take strike action in a听bid to guarantee听job security. Jim McIlroy reports.

Transport Workers Union members take action at Toll warehouses

Seven thousand Transport Workers Union听delivery drivers took 24-hour strike action on August 27 after talks between the union and Toll collapsed. Alex Salmon reports.

Unions slam Qantas and government over stand downs, subsidy

Aviation workers at Qantas are missing out on a wage subsidy despite the听company听receiving billions in federal funds, reports Jim McIlroy.

Federal Court: Qantas wrong to outsource ground staff during pandemic

The Federal Court has ruled that听Qantas unfairly sacked and outsourced thousands of baggage handlers, ramp workers and cabin cleaners late last year, using the pandemic as the听excuse. Jim McIlroy reports.

Truck drivers push for strike over Toll鈥檚 threat to jobs, conditions

The Transport Workers Union is pushing for strike action after talks broke down with Toll, which wants to impose a new workplace agreement that slashes conditions. Jim McIlroy reports.

New laws target delivery riders not safety

Food delivery riders and the Transport Workers Union say that proposals for new laws to target and fine them will make their work less safe and let Uber and Deliveroo off the hook, writes听Jim McIlroy.

Gig economy worker on bicycle. Photo: Kaysgeog/Flickr.

Menulog starts trial but gig economy workers鈥 security remains precarious

A federal committee听looking into insecure work听has received submissions from a range of workers' organisations as well as the big gig corporations. Jim McIlroy and Markela Panegyres 谤别辫辞谤迟.听

Pressure mounts on Uber to end exploitative business model

The rapid growth of the gig economy has swelled the coffers of the international tech giants. Isaac Nellist reports on the growing push to end the exploitative business model which allows individuals to receive little pay while braving dangerous work conditions.

TWU: British court ruling on Uber must flow to drivers here

The Transport Workers Union is calling on the听federal government to regulate the gig economy, after a British court ruling听that Uber drivers should be considered听workers听not contractors, reports Jim McIlroy.听

TWU vows to fight Qantas sacking of 2500 workers

Jim McIlroy reports that the Transport Workers Union has warned Qantas on its latest job cuts, saying it will 鈥渉urt the airline deeply鈥.

Vigil for delivery riders

Unions call for urgent action on delivery rider deaths

The deaths of five food delivery riders in just two months prompted unions organise a vigil outside the Sydney HQ of Uber Eats, reports Jim McIlroy.

Rural unemployment and exploitation: scapegoating backpackers is not the answer

Three unions have called for the scrapping of the working holiday visa program, claiming it will lead to better wages. But will it? Or听is it an excuse to scapegoat and play the nationalist card, asks Zane Alcorn.