Multinational liftmaker Kone has apologised to workers after underpaying 1200 employees by $7.8 million over six years, with some individual workers underpaid more than $80,000. Latest multi-million underpayment uncovered by the Electrical Trades Union. theaustralian.com.au/nation/1200-ko…

Breaking: The Communications, Electrical, Plumbing Union representing more than 100,000 workers is meeting to vote on whether to disaffiliate from the ACTU, opening up a dramatic split in the union movement. The Australian theaustralian.com.au/nation/communi…

Updated: The CEPU has voted to disaffiliate from the ACTU and back a summit of blue collar unions within 3 months to set up a rival union bloc to the ACTU. Officials said this was the biggest split in the union movement they had seen in decades.

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