Recently an Uber driver had a first-time win in the Fair Work Commission. This might not seem relevant if you’re a truck driver or a transport operator, but in fact it’s highly relevant, not just because
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TWU lifts the lid on recent government transport discussions
You don’t often get a group of a couple of dozen truck drivers, baggage handlers, food delivery riders, employers and union officials walking through Parliament House. But at the beginning of September
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TWU looks ahead to upcoming road and air industrial push
As we get closer to the end of the year, there’s a lot happening around road transport.
The first: an update on our applications – using new laws won by the industry – to lift standards in road transport.
It’s
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TWU addresses dire straits situation
We’ve known for a long time that road transport is in dire need of reform.
It’s why the whole industry has come together to campaign for and win laws that will let us start making road transport better.
Road
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TWU: Time to fight for better
When the gig economy came to Australia, we knew it spelled trouble for road transport.
First came companies like Uber with rideshare and food delivery, and then we saw the entrance of Amazon with its gig-like
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TWU: It’s now opportunity time for the industry
In my last column, I wrote about the need to ensure transport reforms won by the industry remained in place – no matter the outcome of the federal election.
On May 3, the Labor party was swept back into
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TWU – now is the time for genuine industry reform
By the time you’re reading this, the federal election will be well and truly decided.
At the time of writing, campaigning has only just begun in earnest.
Under the Albanese government, the transport
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TWU issues plea to save cash-in-transit industry
Cash still has a huge role to play in Australian society.
While that’s still the case – and it will be for several years to come – banks and retailers have to step up to ensure that can happen efficiently
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TWU: How to make the industry better for owner drivers
A couple of months into the year and the road transport laws brought in under the Albanese government are gathering steam.
At the beginning of February, I joined a road transport delegation – TWU members,
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TWU welcomes reform to start 2025
This month, truck drivers and gig workers receive new rights under transport reform laws. For the first time there will be protections from unfair contract terminations if you’re a truck driver, and
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