Taming of the I.T. shrew

Article Abstract:

Australia's growing information technology (IT) industry is changing rapidly, and so is the workplace where IT is the main business. Unlike other industries, IT workers tend to like change, as it guarantees their positions. Also, the tempo of the IT industry is faster than in others. Salaries, especially merit pay, play a large part in determining IT workplace culture. The industry is about 40,000 workers short, allowing the elite to command salary bargaining power. Because of strategies to boost employee morale, industry turnover has fallen from close to 20% in May 1998 to close to 6%.

Social aspects, Statistical Data Included, Management, Usage, Information technology, Work environment, Contractors, Employee morale, Merit pay

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Stroppy union faces judgment in the docks

Article Abstract:

Tactics adopted by the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) in its dispute with defense contractor Tenix Group may have far-reaching implications. The union's strike action at Melbourne's Williamstown dockyards is illegal and puts future shipbuilding operations at the facility in jeopardy. The current frigate-building project at Williamstown assures work at the yard only until 2004, and AMWU's actions could prevent the yard's from receiving future contracts.

Ship Building and Repairing, Frigates & Corvettes, Economic aspects, Labor relations, Defense industry, Naval vessels, Shipbuilding industry, Melbourne, Australia, Strikes, Australian Manufacturing Workers Union, Tenix Group

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