Jul 23, 2026 – 8.00pmUnions will seek to bind Labor to restrict employers’ power to lock out workers during industrial disputes in a move aimed directly at weakening the mining industry’s response to strikes.The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union will back an amendment of Labor’s platform at the party’s national conference in Adelaide on Friday to ensure employers can only impose lockouts for as long as workers’ previous stoppage, according to union sources.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles
Unions seek to restrict employers’ lockout powers at Labor conference
Unions will move an amendment at Labor conference that targets a practice they say has become routine in the mining industry.
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