David Marin-Guzman

BHP’s long journey to devising a workplace deal for its in-house contracting division will drag on, after it was forced to withdraw a pact at the last minute.

Builders have blasted Labor’s ‘secure jobs code’ for tenderers to Commonwealth projects as “outrageous” and fear it will require them to get union agreements.

Labor will remove barriers to union officials entering work sites according to changes pushed by officials from John Setka’s Victorian CFMEU branch.

Labor’s spill of its powerful national executive threatens to rupture its even-split of Left and Right factions, as a maverick independent unionist jostles for a deciding position.

Labor will consider appointing worker representatives to the Reserve Bank board as part of a final swathe of changes pushed by unions at party conference.

Unions could start industrial action threatening billions of dollars of LNG exports in the next fortnight, after resolving to notify action if no progress is made in talks.

Builders have warned Labor’s pledge to remove barriers for unions to enter work sites is a Trojan horse for intimidation and was pushed by “one of the worst offenders”.

AustralianSuper workers are preparing to limit phone calls to two minutes as part of potential industrial action to protest real wage cuts.

The Commonwealth Bank will backpay thousands of branch staff after failing to pay them 10-minute tea breaks over at least six years.

Following a marathon 15-hour bargaining session, unions have struck their first in-principle agreement with the energy giant at its offshore platforms under threat of industrial action.