collective agreements

Unions have welcomed a strong rebuke of Maersk-owned Svitzer Australia by the Fair Work Commission after the court blocked the company’s planned lockout of its entire Australian workforce which was due to begin this Friday.

An ITF-affiliated seafarers’ union based in Iran has achieved a major organising victory.

An application by A.P. Møller–Mærsk’s towage subsidiary, Svitzer, to terminate its collective agreement with its entire Australian workforce could further deepen the country’s supply chain woes.