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Under the Axe

  • your job: if the company you work for has 100 or less people on its books your boss can sack you no Ys no buts
  • long service leave,
  • union picnic day, closed port days
  • penalty rates,
  • paid overtime
  • public holiday loading
  • rest breaks,
  • notice periods and variations to work;
  • incentive based payments;
  • bonuses;
  • public holidays;
  • allowances
  • loadings for working overtime
  • redundancy pay.
  • award safety net
  • collective agreements for all but the bigger, unionised workplaces
  • right to strike


  • See also Counter Revolution
  • See also Union Ambassador

  • Contact Details

    Name : Maritime Union of Australia
    Email : muano@mua.org.au

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