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Tasmanian Office
6 Lefroy Street
North Hobart
Tasmania 7002

Phone : (03) 6234 6744

Facsimile : (03) 6234 5712

Email admin@awutas.org.au

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AWU Tasmania introduces new online asbestos register - 10 June 2009
The Australian Workers Union has taken another step in helping people who have been exposed to asbestos.

Tasmanian cement workers asked to participate in health screening program - 16 May 2009
The Australian Workers Union is urging people to take up the offer of a free health screening program if they ever worked at the Goliath Portland Cement Company in Railton, Tasmania.

State needs asbestos program to create jobs and do something for our environment - 18 March 2009
The Australian Workers Union has called on the Tasmanian government to adopt an aggressive asbestos removal strategy for all workplaces - especially school classrooms.

Union pushes for action, finally, on Beaconsfield - 06 March 2009
The Australian Workers Union is moving quickly to get action on the Beaconsfield Mine Coronial Inquest findings, handed down last week.

Asbestos study: A joint Cement Australia and AWU project commences - 24 February 2009
The first stage of a detailed Cement Australia and AWU joint asbestos project has commenced in Tasmania.

Verdict on Beaconsfield this Thursday - 24 February 2009
The coroner investigating the death of Beaconsfield miner Larry Knight will deliver his findings on Thursday, almost three years after the disaster.

Trainee Award announced at Memorial Service for AWU member - 20 January 2009
A memorial service for a young Forestry Tasmania trainee who died fighting the East Coast fires two years ago was also the occasion for the presentation of the AWU-Forestry Corporation annual Trainee of the Year Award.

AWU to hold meeting with Avebury mine workers - 19 December 2008
The Australian Workers' Union will hold urgent meetings with mine workers in Tasmania following the announcement that the Avebury Nickel Mine operated by OzMinerals will suspend operations.

Unions congratulate AWU & Cement Australia on groundbreaking project - 11 December 2008
Unions Tasmania Council Secretary, Simon Cocker today congratulated the Australian Workers Union and Cement Australia on the launch of its groundbreaking research project looking into the health of current and former employees at the Railton cement plant that once produced asbestos cement products.

Groundbreaking asbestos project takes off - 11 December 2008
In a first of its kind in Australia, the Australian Workers' Union and Cement Australia have embarked on a groundbreaking research project into the health of current and former employees at a cement plant that once produced asbestos cement products.

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AWU welcomes Government changes to Employee Share Schemes

02 July 2009

The Rudd government has reversed key elements of its crackdown on employee share schemes following strong union lobbying about Federal Budget measures which hurt many AWU members.
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