'Industry will stop': Wave of protests to hit construction sites

Building sites across Australia are headed for strife, with union members preparing a wave of mass walkouts over the Turnbull government's hardline new reforms.

Heavy Toll: Transport giant axes 200 staff in job cut drive

Australian workers at transport giant Toll are expected to bear the brunt of a major job-cutting drive.

'I can have 20,000 workers here tomorrow': Union fined for blockade

Australia's largest construction union has been ordered to pay almost $100,000 for blockading a major Port of Melbourne expansion project, and threatening to bring "20,000 members" to join the fight.

Clock ticking for builders to avoid 'black list'

Thousands of contractors risk being immediately barred from all new Commonwealth-funded construction work if the Turnbull government brings forward the deadline for compliance with its national building code.

Parmalat's dairy factory pay battle heads to tribunal

A pay battle that has forced the indefinite shutdown of a Parmalat dairy processing plant is "a long way" from over, the company says

Bakers Delight caves to pressure and scraps 'unfair' agreement

Hundreds of Bakers Delight workers will receive large pay rises from Thursday, after the national bakery chain succumbed to pressure to dump an outdated wage deal and lift weekend penalty rates.

'I'm not going to get this money anywhere else': Toyota names date for Altona closure

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Toyota has announced plans to close its Altona plant on October 3, a move which will cost the jobs of 2600 workers.

AGL's victory to cut wages by 30 per cent

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Hundreds of workers at one of Australia's largest power plants will have their pay drastically slashed by up to 30 per cent.

Welcome to Fat Cat Thursday

It's Thursday, January 5, and the nation's top business leaders have likely already made more money this year than the average Australian will make all year long.