Our Summer edition of TWU News has been posted to members!
A message from TWU Secretary Richard Olsen – winning against the odds
We need everyone on board to continue the fight for a safer and fairer industry. Tell them why it is important, why they should join the TWU, it is the best way to protect the rights you have at work.
We’ve made it to the end of another year and it’s no secret it has been an excruciatingly tough road. The 107 days of lockdown was an unprecedented time of hardship for all of us at the TWU, it meant as a union we were physically cut off from the yards. We were forced to connect and meet with our members online, all the while the companies’ wheels were in motion, churning record numbers of profits off the hard work in the yards.
At the TWU, 2021, was a year of change; a year of preparing to secure the future for transport workers. We have won against the odds and have led the way in the transport industry, setting industry standards that create job security, build better pay rates and ensure that the pathway to retirement is now financially secure with many yards on or heading towards a 15% superannuation guarantee.
An appeal at the Fair Work Commission over an unfair dismissal hearing has again put the major transport company, Toll, in their place, over their treatment of a TWU member.
Cleanaway are under scrutiny from the Union. Rain, hail or shine, members are on the job and pushing to meet the conditions of Cleanaway’s local council contracts. The TWU knows Cleanaway’s history when it comes to bullying and harassing workers.
The Australian Government has introduced changes to Superannuation. As of 1 November 2021 your superannuation will follow you from job to job unless you make an active choice to have your super put into the fund you want.