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Transport union, politicians slam review that could close Canberra's QantasLink base 2025-09-17 [Region Canberra]

Statement from MEAA Musicians Section RE: Australian National University School of Music 2025-07-24 [MEAA]

Staffing growth welcomed, caution urged on ACT budget 2025-06-27 [CPSU]

CPSU Welcomes Staffing Growth, Urges Caution on ACT Budget Savings 2025-06-25 [The National Tribune]

CIT courts fresh controversy by axing cleaners 2025-06-20 [UWU]

CFMEU sacking shows union administrration was never about criminality 2025-05-20 [Green Left Weekly]

Protest at Canberra Airport over unpaid wages, police action 2025-05-01 [The Times]

ANU staff overwhelmingly vote no confidence in leadership 2025-03-29 [NTEU]

Security workers sidelined as Canberra airport CEO prioritises blabfest 2025-02-16 [UWU]

Staff lose confidence in ANU boss after more shocking revelations 2024-12-07 [NTEU]

ACT bodies call for change following bus driver industrial action 2024-11-18 [Bus&Coach]

ACT bus drivers strike 'screaming for help' with violence faced on job 2024-11-15 [The Times]

Canberra bus drivers call snap strike over assaults, leaving commuters stranded 2024-11-15 [ABC]

‘Staggering’: ANU cuts more jobs while asking staff to take pay cut 2024-10-17 [NTEU]

Government to insource hospital cleaners and caterers 2024-09-28 [UWU]

Australian National University underpaid casual staff $2 million over 11 years due to timesheet error 2024-07-25 [ABC]

ANU Admits $2M Wage Theft, Highlights System Flaws 2024-07-25 [NTEU]

WorkSafe ACT has its own bullying problems, says union, former employees 2024-07-11 [PSNews]

Community workers to push for leave in line with public servants 2024-06-25 [The Times]

CPSU demands more healthcare workers for Canberra 2024-05-02 [CPSU]

CPSU alarmed by ACT Government appointment 2024-04-16 [CPSU]

Parliament House sparkies pull the plug on short APS pay deal 2024-02-27 [The Mandarin]

Union says new commissioner will 'definitely' solve problems in ACT's emergency services 2024-02-17 [PS News]

Unions representing ACT Health workers call for one-off cost of living payment 2023-12-08 [Riotact]

Health Professionals Seek Cost-of-Living Relief Pre-Xmas 2023-12-06 [CPSU/PA/HSU]

Fines in landmark wage theft case fail to reflect seriousness of abuses 2023-11-21 [UWU]

ACT government prepared to 'go it alone' in banning engineered stone if national agreement isn't reached 2023-11-12 [ABC]

ETU members march on Evoenergy headquarters to demand a better deal 2023-11-01 [ETU]

Electrical trades union continue action 2023-10-25 [The Times]

Industrial Action Escalates as Allied Health Professionals leave ACT 2023-10-21 [CPSU]

CPSU welcomes Clare Holland House Insourcing 2023-06-27 [CPSU]

NTEU Decides on a Half-Day Strike for Thursday, Bush Week 2023-06-23 [Woroni]

What happens when an EV catches fire? ACT firies say it's 'sobering' 2023-03-06 [Riotact]

Govt Pay Rises Can't Leave Workers Behind 2023-02-05 [CPSU]

Engineering Registration Bill Introduced 2022-12-04 [PA]

Paramedics and Transport Workers' Union call for better working conditions, rostering and support from Emergency Services Agency 2022-11-25 [ABC]

Anti-poverty activists criticise Labor’s job summit 2022-09-29 [GreenLeft]

Voice recognition will replace health workers, union claims 2022-09-20 [Canberra Weekly]

A fair go for GSOs: workers take action in ACT 2022-08-20 [UWU]

Parliament staff demand urgent workplace changes to fix ‘toxic culture' 2021-03-27 [The New Daily]

Hundreds of Canberra teachers and nurses work as casuals — a number 'far beyond what is acceptable' 2019-11-07 [ABC]

‘Suck it up': Parliament staff claim bullying is rife and complaints ignored 2021-02-17 [The Morning Herald]

Union calls for recognition of ‘systematic bullying and sexual assault' in Australian parliament 2021-08-09 [The Guardian]

Government Climate Strategy Misses “Just Transition” 2019-09-16 [UnionsACT]

UnionsACT endorses “Students Climate Strike” 2019-09-16 [UnionsACT]

UnionsACT Statement to ‘Secure Local Jobs Bill' Assembly Inquiry 2018-09-14 [Unions ACT]

School cleaners celebrate success of ‘backsourcing' their jobs 2020-02-12 [UWU]

Incensed hospital cleaners protest 5¢ wage offer and moves to block lawful action 2020-10-30 [UWU]

Hard to Breathe: Canberran workers' rights, WHS and smoke 2020-02-15 [Unions ACT]

ACT government's commitment to ethical procurement welcomed 2021-12-10 [UWU]

This month in labour history

This month in labour history

10-09-1892 The first train of contractors brought in to scab during the Broken Hill miners' strike arrives and is met with hostility from local men and women. [more]

10-09-1917 Mass meetings of Sydney railway workers express outrage at the unions' capitulation to the government's terms, but nevertheless a return to work from the general strike begins. [more]

16-09-1917 Eva Lynch, a member of the IWW union in Australia, Is arrested while addressing a meeting in Sydney where she was training women public speakers to try to keep the union alive while so many of the men were in prison. [more]

23-09-1945 Australian wharfies refuse to work on Dutch vessels in support of Indonesia’s Independence. [more]