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The announced shutdown of Ford's manufacturing operations in Geelong, with 510 job losses, has hit the community hard.

A union has demanded a crisis meeting between the government and Ford to stop planned plant closures and 1200 job cuts.

The closure of Ford's Broadmeadows plant is sad but has been coming for a while, says the local mayor.

Victorian Ford Workers are devastated by news the company will shut down its manufacturing sites with fears job losses will gut local communities.

Julia Gillard says the government will give redundant Ford workers intensive employment assistance.

New research shows there are plenty of benefits for employers who bring older women into their workforce.

Australia's struggling farming industry would benefit from an increase in the national minimum wage, Fair Work Australia has been told.

The Victorian government will rethink promised cash for GlaxoSmithKline after the company announced it will axe 120 Melbourne jobs.

The Transport Workers' Union has staged a noisy rally at Darwin International Airport to highlight the industrial policies of Qantas.

A union says BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance is ignoring local workers by flying in staff from major cities to work at two new Queensland coal mines.

The Victorian government wants to stop strike action at power stations that has the potential to threaten the state's energy supply.

WorkCoverSA says total work days lost due to claims for workers' compensation last year equals more than 1500 years of lost productivity for businesses.

Workers employed by shipbuilder Forgacs will strike on Wednesday as part of industrial action aimed at improving working hours and conditions.

Up to 75 per cent of SA's civil construction companies have to seek work in more prosperous states such as WA and Queensland to get by, a survey says.

Paramedics will be allowed to join a breakaway union after a ruling that they no longer have to be represented by the scandal-plagued HSU.