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The Maritime Union of Australia wishes to extend its deepest condolences to the family of Jarrod Hampton, the young diver whose death at sea was profiled by the 4 Corners program last night.

Reported by Debbie Whitmont and presented by Kerry O'Brien, the following went to air on Monday 9th July 2012 at 8.30pm on ABC1.

[ABC broadcast 9th July 2012]

The United Steelworkers (USW) and its global allies are hailing the end of Rio Tinto's six-month lockout of aluminum smelter workers in Alma, Quebec, as a great victory for the workers and their su

[First published in the Illawarra Mercury 5th July 2012]

Comrades, it is with great sadness that I inform you around 3.30am on July 6th, John Pracy passed away in Penrith Hospital, succumbing to his cancer.

Thousands of members of the MUA and other unions today flooded the front steps of the West Australian Parliament House in opposition to foreign workers being used on resource projects when there ar

After two days of trial for a simple misdemeanor, six Cowlitz County jurors Friday could not reach a verdict on the charges of obstructing a train against the ILWU's International President, Robert

Partners will no longer have to justify asking for time off work when their new baby arrives, thanks to new laws that ensure they have the right to access paid parental leave, say unions.

Workers unloading steel from the Donaugracht in Melbourne on Friday were shocked to discover they had come into contact with a powdery black substance.