http://www.amma.org.au/home/news/ammanews/AMMA Newshttp://www.amma.org.au/home/news/ammanews/1927529405/article.aspxAMMA's successful push to have a provision in the Fair Work Act that enables employers to refer disputes over union coverage to Fair Work Australia was noted in the Australian Financial Review today in a feature article on the state of unions.AMMA Newshttp://www.amma.org.au/home/news/ammanews/1927529405/article.aspxTuesday, 09 Mar 2010 04:48:00 +11:00AMMA Newshttp://www.amma.org.au/home/news/ammanews/1159502576/article.aspxWoodside chief executive Don Voelte's call for the Rudd Government to toughen up laws to deal with illegal strikes is reported in The Australian today.AMMA Newshttp://www.amma.org.au/home/news/ammanews/1159502576/article.aspxWednesday, 24 Feb 2010 22:49:00 +11:00AMMA Newshttp://www.amma.org.au/home/news/ammanews/2057764151/article.aspxThe Australian reports the call by AMMA's chief executive Steve Knott to make the public release of their IR election policies a priority. AMMA Newshttp://www.amma.org.au/home/news/ammanews/2057764151/article.aspxTuesday, 23 Feb 2010 01:17:00 +11:00AMMA Newshttp://www.amma.org.au/home/news/ammanews/916179335/article.aspxThe Industrial Relations policies the Federal Government and Opposition plan to take to the next Federal election should be released now according to the nation's resources and energy sectors leading employer organisation. Chief Executive of the Australian Mines and Metals Association, Steve Knott, has today called on both the Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, and Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott, to engage in debate and discussion with the Australian public over the future direction of issues in Australian workplaces. AMMA Newshttp://www.amma.org.au/home/news/ammanews/916179335/article.aspxMonday, 22 Feb 2010 23:48:00 +11:00AMMA Newshttp://www.amma.org.au/home/news/ammanews/1258002381/article.aspxToday's revelation that Mr Yoshifumi Nakata, Nippon Steel's Australian boss, had said he was "afraid and very concerned" about the escalation of industrial action in Australia's resource and energy sector has been described as a "sobering wake up call" by the sectors leading employer organisation … Chief Executive, Steve Knott, said it was imperative the Government heed this wake up call and review the legislative framework so as to ensure sufficient measures were in place to stop damaging industrial and union activity that was not in the national interest.AMMA Newshttp://www.amma.org.au/home/news/ammanews/1258002381/article.aspxThursday, 18 Feb 2010 23:19:00 +11:00AMMA Newshttp://www.amma.org.au/home/news/ammanews/810860469/article.aspxThe resources and energy sector's peak employer body, AMMA, today welcomed moves to focus on attracting more highly skilled workers into Australia. AMMA Chief Executive, Steve Knott, said there was currently a shortfall of skilled professional staff, mechanical and electrical engineering personnel, as well as a shortage of other skilled trades in the resource and energy sector. AMMA Newshttp://www.amma.org.au/home/news/ammanews/810860469/article.aspxMonday, 08 Feb 2010 04:27:00 +11:00AMMA Newshttp://www.amma.org.au/home/news/ammanews/1900820083/article.aspxThe so called 'agreement' in settlement of a three month dispute between the MUA and vessel operators in Australia's offshore oil and gas sector has created a worrying precedent according to AMMA, the national employers' organisation for the resources and energy sector.AMMA Newshttp://www.amma.org.au/home/news/ammanews/1900820083/article.aspxTuesday, 02 Feb 2010 05:01:00 +11:00AMMA Newshttp://www.amma.org.au/home/news/ammanews/226001004/article.aspxAMMA Chief executive Steve Knott has described comments made today by MUA Assistant National Secretary Warren Smith about the status of negotiations between the MUA and vessel operator Total Marine Services as "a fabrication".AMMA Newshttp://www.amma.org.au/home/news/ammanews/226001004/article.aspxWednesday, 27 Jan 2010 05:10:00 +11:00AMMA Newshttp://www.amma.org.au/home/news/ammanews/476162972/article.aspxIt has been confirmed today the MUA will now be taking a further forty eight hours of strike activity against a vessel operator in the offshore oil and gas sector from Monday – in addition to a 48 hour round of strike activity due to commence this coming Friday. AMMA Chief Executive, Steve Knott said vessel operators in the oil and gas sector have been negotiating in good faith for over fourteen months now. AMMA Newshttp://www.amma.org.au/home/news/ammanews/476162972/article.aspxWednesday, 27 Jan 2010 05:02:00 +11:00AMMA Newshttp://www.amma.org.au/home/news/ammanews/637024529/article.aspxAMMA's CE Steve Knott says "senseless strike activity" by the MUA is costing the oil and gas sector millions of dollars a day, as reported in today's The Australian.AMMA Newshttp://www.amma.org.au/home/news/ammanews/637024529/article.aspxMonday, 25 Jan 2010 04:33:00 +11:00AMMA Newshttp://www.amma.org.au/home/news/ammanews/1808013808/article.aspxAMMA calls for employers and employees to be able to choose dispute-resolution mechanisms in today's The Australian.AMMA Newshttp://www.amma.org.au/home/news/ammanews/1808013808/article.aspxMonday, 25 Jan 2010 04:20:00 +11:00AMMA Newshttp://www.amma.org.au/home/news/ammanews/1244872460/article.aspxWhile a range of Federal Cabinet Minister’s appear to be tripping over themselves to get their hands on the latest literary offering of the Prime Minister, entitled Jasper and Abby and the Great Australia Day Kerfuffle, one of the nation’s peak resource and energy sector employer organisations is urging they read a far more weighty document.AMMA Newshttp://www.amma.org.au/home/news/ammanews/1244872460/article.aspxFriday, 08 Jan 2010 00:17:00 +11:00AMMA Newshttp://www.amma.org.au/home/news/ammanews/327806336/article.aspxA decision by the MUA to proceed with a further round of disruptive strike activity in the oil and gas sector has highlighted the failings of the Federal Government's "Fair Work" regime in it's very first week of full operation according to a peak resource sector employer organisation.AMMA Newshttp://www.amma.org.au/home/news/ammanews/327806336/article.aspxThursday, 07 Jan 2010 00:14:00 +11:00AMMA Newshttp://www.amma.org.au/home/news/ammanews/2112138306/article.aspxAMMA has called on the Deputy Prime Minister to intervene in an ongoing industrial dispute over a claim for up to 100% pay rise between a range of Australian vessel operators and the Maritime Union of Australia.AMMA Newshttp://www.amma.org.au/home/news/ammanews/2112138306/article.aspxFriday, 18 Dec 2009 01:58:00 +11:00AMMA Newshttp://www.amma.org.au/home/news/ammanews/6092860/article.aspxAMMA CE Steve Knott's criticism that four of the six appointments to Fair Work Australia announced by the Government are people from a union background has been reported today in The Australian.AMMA Newshttp://www.amma.org.au/home/news/ammanews/6092860/article.aspxWednesday, 16 Dec 2009 01:12:00 +11:00AMMA Newshttp://www.amma.org.au/home/news/ammanews/1925803762/article.aspxAMMA has revealed today union bosses in charge of the MUA are now recklessly forcing workers to go out on strike against more employers involved in the offshore oil and gas industry in Western Australia...AMMA Chief Executive Steve Knott said the latest strike activity, set to shut down offshore vessel operations for 48 hours at Total Marine Services from Friday, was a worrying development that had the potential to threaten the livelihoods of thousands of other hard working Australians and cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. AMMA Newshttp://www.amma.org.au/home/news/ammanews/1925803762/article.aspxFriday, 04 Dec 2009 00:27:00 +11:00AMMA Newshttp://www.amma.org.au/home/news/ammanews/21061568/article.aspxIt is a two-page document which provides basic information for workers on matters that will affect their employment and points to where they can find out moreAMMA Newshttp://www.amma.org.au/home/news/ammanews/21061568/article.aspxThursday, 03 Dec 2009 01:45:00 +11:00AMMA Newshttp://www.amma.org.au/home/news/ammanews/467383189/article.aspxChief Opposition Whip Alex Somlyay has announced that Tony Abbott has won the ballot for Leader of the Federal Parliamentary Liberal Party. Mr Abbott said he would be pleased to serve with Julie Bishop as Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party.AMMA Newshttp://www.amma.org.au/home/news/ammanews/467383189/article.aspxMonday, 30 Nov 2009 22:59:00 +11:00AMMA Newshttp://www.amma.org.au/home/news/ammanews/1225590345/article.aspxThe Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) has been accused of hypocrisy by the peak resources and energy association, AMMA following confirmation the MUA is now proceeding with a further round of strike action against a company operating in the offshore oil and gas sector this coming weekend. AMMA Newshttp://www.amma.org.au/home/news/ammanews/1225590345/article.aspxFriday, 27 Nov 2009 05:44:00 +11:00AMMA Newshttp://www.amma.org.au/home/news/ammanews/345572824/article.aspxAMMA chief executive Steve Knott provided an overview of the current IR landscape from an AMMA perspective in a speech presented to the Victorian Industrial Relations Society last night. AMMA Newshttp://www.amma.org.au/home/news/ammanews/345572824/article.aspxFriday, 27 Nov 2009 01:39:00 +11:00AMMA News