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CPSU 'deeply disturbed' by job cuts at CIT 2026-08-04 [CPSU]

ACT public servants to vote against ACT govt pay offer 2026-07-28 [CPSU]

'Significant failing' allows accused child abusers to work with children: union 2026-07-08 [The Times]

‘A profound betrayal’: Independent nurses and teachers claim corporate lockout by ACT Government 2026-07-07 [The Daily]

‘A profound betrayal’: Independent nurses and teachers claim corporate lockout by ACT Government 2026-07-07 [The Daily]

Australian Women Earn 79 Cents for Every Dollar Men Make. A New Law Was Supposed to Change That. For more info 2026-07-06 [The Labour Pulse]

What you'll miss if ACT govt job cuts go ahead 2026-06-10 [CPSU]

TWU protests Swissport in Canberra as workers prepare for their push to lift standards 2026-05-28 [TWU]

Public Sector Cuts to Hurt Canberrans, Warns CPSU 2026-05-30 [CPSU]

IEU Executive motion: Solidarity with AEU ACT 2026-05-19 [IEU]

Schools for our future inquiry heads to the ACT 2026-05-16 [AEU]

Housing ACT staff strike 2026-05-14 [CPSU]

Julie Bishop's resignation chance to heal ANU 2026-05-09 [NTEU]

ACT Govt workers vote for industrial action 2026-05-07 [CPSU]

Public servants have had enough 2026-05-09 [CPSU]

ACT public servants to walk off the job 2026-05-09 [CPSU]

Strike action against the ACT Government by CPSU members will take place next Thursday at Housing ACT, after an overwhelming majority voted in support of taking action in a Protected Action Ballot that closed at midday today. 2026-05-07 [The National Tribune]

Public servants have had enough. And it will be Canberrans who suffer if the ACT govt doesn’t act 2026-05-07 [The National Tribune]

Public school teachers back industrial action 2026-05-04 [Region]

Nationals leader Matt Canavan slammed for Canberra public servant comments 2026-04-16 [CPSU]

Statement on release of early childhood education and care documents 2026-01-14 [UWU]

Airport security workers flagging industrial action that may cause delays during peak travel periods. 2025-12-20 [UWU]

Union says these ACT govt staff have suffered 'severe and systemic' underpayments 2025-11-24 [The Times]

Union wants paramedic funding 'commitment by Christmas' as review highlights understaffing 2025-11-23 [Region Canberra]

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

Fair Work pay ruling leaves ACT doctors 'some of the worst paid in Australia': union 2025-10-15 [Region Canberra]

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]

This month in labour history

This month in labour history

1-08-1990 Founding of the United Firefighters Union of Australia. [more]

2-08-1917 Members of engineering and rail unions across Sydney begin to strike against the time card system, with more workers taking unofficial action the next day. [more]

9-08-1917 The number of workers on strike across Sydney increases to 45,000 when miners and longeshoremen join the action. [more]

12-08-1917 The Australian government informs the people, through the Sunday papers, that "The enemies of Britain and her Allies have succeeded in plunging Australia into a general strike." [more]

14-08-1917 Seamen's Union Vice President W. Daly is arrested and charged with conspiracy to instigate an illegal strike. [more]

16-08-1890 Marine officers walk off their ships in strike action, soon followed by their crews. [more]

17-08-1861 Coal miners in NSW refuse 20% wage cut & walk out; locked out until October. [more]

22-08-1966 200 aboriginal workers walk off the job in Wave Hill to back their demand for pay equality with white workers. The strike runs for 9 years and expands to include a demand for the return of stolen land. [more]

23-08-1966 Two hundred Gurindji workers walk off their cattle station at Wave Hill, a strike that will last almost a decade and lead to the passage of the Aboriginal Land Rights Act. [more]

24-08-1917 The government declares that the Strike Committee in Sydney shall be considered an illegal organisation. [more]

25-08-1989 All 1640 domestic airline pilots, organized by the AFAP, resign to back their pay claim. TWU members refuse to refuel RAAF planes being used to break the pilots. [more]

26-08-1894 Striking shearers burn and destroy the steamship 'Rodney', which had been used to transport scabs on the Darling River. [more]

30-08-1917 First labour martyr Merv Flanagan shot and killed in Sydney during General Strike for yelling 'scab'. His murderer Reginald Wearne ( whose brother was a consevative MP) was never convicted. [more]

31-08-1890 Up to 100,000 workers gather in Melbourne to support the sheep shearers' strike [more]