Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) and the Australian Workers Union (AWU) and the have signed an agreement to attempt to start re-unionising Rio Tinto Ltd's iron ore operations.
The agreement puts an end to almost three decades of "demarcation and conflict" between the unions, which according to AWU national secretary Paul Howes says "has been successfully exploited by the company to de-unionise their operations".
"I have no doubt in my mind that disputes like Hamersley Iron and Robe River would not have been successful for the company had it not been for the fact that our two unions had been fighting," he said.
"The only people that win out of demarcation disputes are the employers and that's what occurred in the North West."
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