For many Australian trade unionists — including both elected leaders and some rank-and-file members — it was a smart investment for the union movement to make a significant contribution to the ...

Australia failed to finalize a free-trade agreement with the European Union during negotiations in Japan at the weekend, Australian Trade Minister Don Farrell said Monday. “I came to Osaka with the ...

CANBERRA, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Australian trade unions have promised a new campaign to convert millions of contract and casual workers to full-time jobs, setting the stage for a row with business groups ...

Political events of the past week in the Australian state of Queensland have provided a graphic picture of the extent to which the top trade union bureaucrats control the country’s Labor governments.