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'Dummy spit': union lashes out over striking workers locked out of work 2025-09-26 [The Herald]

Sydney Premiere of smash-hit comedy about overworked, underpaid, teenage wage-slaves 2025-09-25 [Aussie Theatre]

University of Wollongong to repay $6.6 million to more than 5000 underpaid staff 2025-09-25 [9 News]

GrainCorp workers walk off the job after being pushed to ‘breaking point’ 2025-09-24 [Newcastle Weekly]

Grain export workers walk out over pay offer 'below minimum wage': union 2025-09-24 [The Herald]

Walking off the job: Hunter workers from varied industries take industrial action 2025-09-23 [The Herald]

Strike signals stalled talks at GrainCorp Carrington 2025-09-23 [Grain Central]

8.5% pay rise to health workers 2025-09-23 [HRD]

Second AGNSW staff protest demands answers from Parliament on job cuts rationale 2025-09-19 [Arts Hub]

Sydney commuters face more disruption as metro workers to vote on industrial action 2025-09-19 [The Guardian]

Snowy 2.0 workers get $50k pay rise after union campaign 2025-09-13 [ABC]

Union fights to save Lithgow's workshop from being sold off to land bankers 2025-09-11 [The Mercury]

Report Details Racism Experienced by Nurses and Midwives 2025-09-08 [SBS]

Unions Slam NSW Gov for Koala Park Five Times Bigger Than Panel Advice 2025-09-07 [Wood Central]

Rank-and-file unionists call September 10 national day of action for Palestine 2025-09-06 [Green Left Weekly]

Rank-and-file unionists call September 10 national day of action for Palestine 2025-09-06 [Green Left Weekly]

Loveness says she experienced racism while working as a nurse. She isn't the only one 2025-09-06 [SBS]

Union labels Whitehaven Coal leave entitlement audit ‘unfair’ 2025-09-05 [The Times]

Nurses and midwives accept 3 per cent interim wage increase offer from NSW government 2025-09-05 [ABC]

New report finds widespread racism against culturally diverse healthcare workers 2025-09-05 [SBS]

Call for action after report details racism faced by nurses, midwives 2025-09-04 [SBS]

New Komatsu EA lifts pay, restores long service leave 2025-08-31 [MEU]

NSW Health trying to gag frontline workers on-line, union warns 2025-08-25 [Guardian Australia]

NSW Health trying to gag frontline workers on-line, union warns 2025-08-25 [Guardian Australia]

NSW Health trying to ‘gag’ frontline workers from posting online, union warns 2025-08-24 [The Guardian]

Sorry Drake, no room service today: Crown’s dirty linen revealed 2025-08-17 [UWU]

Helensburgh miners win increased pay and job security 2025-08-15 [MEU]

Fair Work steps in after firm’s bizarre move 2025-08-15 [Newswire]

'They barely see their kids': Westrac workers strike over 'punishing' conditions 2025-08-14 [The Chronicle]

Glencore Doubles Down on Disrespect: Strikebreakers Bussed in at Ulan Underground 2025-08-13 [MEU]

Salary agreement struck for 'often overlooked' NSW hospital workers 2025-08-12 [Hospital & Healthcare]

Union dives in to rescue lifeguards from 'outsourcing' 2025-08-06 [The Examiner]

Helensburgh Coal loses High Court challenge to rulings it breached Fair Work Act by sacking workers 2025-08-06 [ABC]

WaterNSW cuts 300 workers, unions say ‘enough is enough’ 2025-08-06 [HR Leader]

Union condemns shocking sacking of hundreds of WaterNSW workers 2025-08-04 [ASU]

Unions identify hundreds of millions in insurer waste to be cut from workers comp 2025-07-29 [Unions NSW]

Timber Workers Press NSW Premier on Koala Park ‘Captain’s Call’ 2025-07-28 [Wood Central]

'Respect we deserve': Hunter mining manufacturing workers walk off job 2025-07-26 [The Herald]

Sydney Trains in ‘fruitful’ talks with union in pay dock dispute, court told 2025-07-25 [Lawyerly]

'Respect we deserve': Hunter mining manufacturing workers walk off job 2025-07-24 [The Examiner]

Ulan Underground miners to march in Mudgee over ongoing pay dispute with Glencore 2025-07-23 [The Guardian]

Ulan Underground miners to march in Mudgee over ongoing pay dispute with Glencore 2025-07-23 [The Guardian]

UOW's reduction in job cuts blasted by staff union as 'corporate spin' 2025-07-19 [The Mercury]

Workers at Glencore's Australian coal mine go on strike over pay gap issues 2025-07-16 [Reuters]

Peabody again extends worker lockout at Australian coal mine 2025-07-15 [Seeking Alpha]

Glencore Pays Next Door More: Ulan Mine Workers Strike Over Unfair Pay Gap with Sister Site 2025-07-12 [MEU]

Workers at Glencore's Australian coal mine go on strike over pay gap issues 2025-07-09 [Reuters]

Snowy 2.0 concrete lab at Lobs Hole closed amid silica concerns 2025-07-08 [ABC]

Metropolitan Mine workers rally as lockout enters its third week 2025-07-08 [ABC]

Rail workers vote to accept pay offer, ending industrial action 2025-07-05 [The Times]

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]