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Workers mental health under threat from violence and aggression, increasing work pressure and discrimination

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Workers mental health under threat from violence and aggression, increasing work pressure and discrimination [ACTU] 20-11-2025


Women’s safety at work declines [IEU] 19-11-2025


New South Wales It pays to be union: Campaigning stops disastrous cuts to workers’ compensation [PSA] 18-11-2025


New South Wales Rix’s Creek Miners Reach Agreement After Seven Weeks on Strike [MEU] 13-11-2025


More secure jobs are being created [ACTU] 13-11-2025



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Forced to work public holidays? Check again 2025-11-20 [Australian Unions]

Workers mental health under threat from violence and aggression, increasing work pressure and discrimination 2025-11-20 [ACTU]

National principles for workers’ compensation and the gig economy now available 2025-11-20 [The National Tribune]

Long-distance truckies at national fleet to park up over pay claims 2025-11-20 [Big Rigs]

Dumping militant union 'will invite construction chaos' 2025-11-20 [AAP]

UWU boss Tim Kennedy accused of 'misleading' members about links to slush fund 2025-11-20 [ABC]

Victoria Timber workers made redundant from Gippsland sawmill weeks before Christmas 2025-11-19 [ABC]

APRA’s failures shouldn’t cost members their retirement savings 2025-11-19 [ACTU]

Victoria Health Services Union condemns dangerous plan to scrap disability watchdogs 2025-11-19 [HSU]

Women’s safety at work declines 2025-11-19 [IEU]

Queensland Police accused of signing secret agreement with CFMEU 2025-11-19 [The Examiner]

Victoria Full school funding needed, not the Premier's lip service 2025-11-19 [AEU]

Union questions charities watchdog over hospital giant’s not-for-profit status 2025-11-19 [Medianet]

Former CFMEU boss sent abusive text to anti-corruption barrister and offered weight loss advice, inquiry hears 2025-11-19 [ABC]

Victoria Scrapping by Stealth - The Allan Labor Government Must Retain The Victorian Disability Worker Commission as a Stand-Alone Regulator 2025-11-18 [HACSU]

AEU welcomes Commonwealth Teaching Scholarships 2025-11-18 [AEU]

New South Wales It pays to be union: Campaigning stops disastrous cuts to workers’ compensation 2025-11-18 [PSA]

New South Wales Nurses’ union fined $130,000 over strike action in Albury and Sydney 2025-11-17 [Region Riverina]

New South Wales 'Absolute tragedy': Union pledges support to family of worker killed at BlueScope 2025-11-17 [The Mercury]

Queensland $6,000 backpay for school officer taking on higher duties 2025-11-17 [IEU]

Outstanding IEU member activists celebrated 2025-11-17 [IEU]

New South Wales Contractor dies in workplace accident at BlueScope Steel blast furnace 2025-11-17 [ABC]

Woolworths and Coles could face millions in payouts to workers over 'entirely unknown' rule 2025-11-17 [Yahoo]

AMA calls for urgent investment in GP aged care services 2025-11-15 [AMA]

Fair Work Commission rejects McDonald’s bid to delay bargaining with the SDA 2025-11-15 [SDA]

Victoria Teachers demand Vic Labor deliver full, fair funding 2025-11-15 [Green Left Weekly]

PFA’s A-League Women Report reveals urgent need to capitalise on Australian sport’s biggest opportunity 2025-11-15 [PFA]

Public holiday work rights: What the MEU’s win means for you 2025-11-15 [MEU]

Damning statistics show the bleak state of affairs at Albury Wodonga Health 2025-11-15 [HACSU]

Nationwide protests as unions make claim to stop Amazon destruction of Australian jobs and businesses 2025-11-15 [TWU]

Victoria Deakin University admits underpaying staff almost $3 million 2025-11-15 [NTEU]

CPSU Statement on APS AI Plan 2025-11-15 [CPSU]

Australian Capital Territory CPSU Statement on ACT School Closures 2025-11-15 [CPSU]

ANZ profits soar to $5.7 billion while workers report psychological distress from mass job cuts 2025-11-15 [FSU]

Jail time for threatening staff as retail attacks surge 2025-11-15 [Ranges Trade Star Mail]

More secure jobs are being created 2025-11-13 [ACTU]

BHP must compensate workers over unlawful Christmas rostering 2025-11-13 [MEU]

New South Wales Rix’s Creek Miners Reach Agreement After Seven Weeks on Strike 2025-11-13 [MEU]

New South Wales 'Longest strike in 25 years' ends as Rix's Creek miners declare victory in new deal 2025-11-13 [Port News]

Tasmania Union says 100 teachers too injured to work as compensation claims rise 2025-11-13 [Pulse]

Queensland State appoints former chair of rightwing group Advance to school curriculum board as union leaders ousted 2025-11-13 [The Guardian]

Northern Territory 'Nothing was being done': Inpex workers raise fears over toxic chemical emissions and oil spills 2025-11-13 [ABC]

New South Wales Illawarra unions slam NSW government's workers' comp changes, urge a rethink 2025-11-12 [The Mercury]

Former construction union boss John Setka charged with threatening CFMEU administrator 2025-11-12 [ABC]

Queensland BHP ordered to pay miners $84,000 following Christmas holiday pay dispute 2025-11-12 [ABC]

Menulog closing in Australia, affecting thousands of delivery drivers and 120 employees 2025-11-12 [The Guardian]

Major warning for bosses after workers triumph in legal battle over being forced to work on Christmas 2025-11-12 [Sky]

Urgent Gig Economy Standards Needed as Menulog Exits 2025-11-12 [TWU]

Tasmania Teacher crisis point: workers' compensation claims soar over the year 2025-11-11 [The Advocate]

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This month in labour history

1-11-1923 Police in Melbourne strike against the use of labour spies. [more]

2-11-1928 Police fire on striking dock workers in Melbourne, killing one man. [more]

4-11-1908 Sydney's rockchoppers vow to continue their strike "so long as one single member of the union remains in gaol." [more]

5-11-1890 Miners in Newcastle are the last New South Wales workers to return to work after the Great Strike. [more]

29-11-1849 Chartist leader William Cuffay arrives in Australia, having been transported from Britain after his treason trial [more]