THE AUSTRALIAN WORKERS’ UNION
WA LABOR CONFERENCE
AWU CALLS UPON STATE GOVERNMENT TO TAKE ACTION In November, AWU Delegates from across WA proudly represented our members at the WA Labor Conference 2025. We might not always see eye to eye with the Government, but we will always have our members’ backs when it comes to their workplace safety and rights at work. Our AWU Delegates successfully called on WA Labor to: • Review the Enough is Enough report - fighting for our members’ rights to a workplace safe from sexual harrassment and violence. • Introduce a comprehensive Silica Dust monitoring regime and lower the Workplace Exposure Limit in WA’s mining industry. • Back our members in shipbuilding by reaffirming our commitment to AUKUS , the $12 billion investment in the Henderson Precinct upgrade and Mogami-class frigate projects to transform our skills, productivity, industrial capacity and research capabilities in WA. • Support our members in the Containers for Change scheme in our push for an industry-wide agreement to be negotiated with the AWU to improve the pay and conditions of all Container Deposit scheme workers. • Protect vulnerable PALM workers by capping dodgy deductions from their employers to 30% , improve accommodation standards, improve access to superannuation for PALM workers, increase union involvement in the scheme and adequately resource DWER to protect all PALM workers. Our union successfully fought for these issues and a raft of others including making TAFE more affordable and supporting people with disabilities to get back to work. Thank you to all the AWU Delegates who travelled from Perth, Peel, Goldfields, Great Southern and the South West to join us in Fremantle to fight for our members and their futures proving that we are stronger together.
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