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Sydney commuters to enjoy free ferry rides for weeks, union claims as workers strike 2026-09-11 [News 24]

“Our shout” – MUA confirms fare-free ferries in September and October as industrial dispute escalates 2026-09-11 [MUA]

Transdev retaliates against ferry passengers with major cancellations as workers stand ready to work 2026-09-11 [MUA]

Statement of solidarity with Public Service Association workers in Aotearoa New Zealand 2026-09-09 [PSA]

PSA lodges dispute over Department of Education’s refusal to pay lunch meal allowances 2026-09-09 [PSA]

NSW EnergyCo: Secure, ongoing public sector jobs 2026-09-09 [PSA]

Liberal MP helping Gupta-linked company chase millions while NSW is owed $30 million 2026-09-09 [MEU]

Opals unplugged: Sydney ferry workers escalate action against foreign-owned Transdev as ferry ticket system to be switched off for almost a month 2026-09-08 [MUA]

Free public ferries for a month as maritime workers cast out wage deal 2026-09-08 [The Observer]

MUA Sydney Ferries workers strike for pay rise to address cost of living 2026-09-04 [Green Left Weekly]

‘We have had enough’: thousands of University of Sydney staff walk off the job over AI and job security 2026-09-04 [The Guardian]

Union win – Tomago saved 2026-09-02 [ETU]

Sydney Ferries workers to strike 2026-09-01 [ISG]

University of Sydney staff to strike as union clash over AI and job security deepens 2026-08-31 [News.com.au]

Advice regarding industrial action next week 2026-08-30 [PSA]

Pokies package will reduce harm 2026-08-30 [Unions NSW]

Workers at Newcastle Coal Infrastructure Group (NCIG) take action 2026-08-24 [MUA]

Injured Riverina worker forced to sleep in car over Christmas, union calls for tougher laws 2026-08-22 [Region]

Union raises alarm over Sydney Airport 2026-08-15 [News.com.au]

AWU hails Tomago agreement as win for Australian manufacturing 2026-08-14 [Australian Manufacturing]

Tomago deal a watershed victory for manufacturing jobs and Australian sovereignty 2026-08-14 [AWU]

Compelling case for labour hire licensing as exploitation evidence stacks up 2026-08-13 [Unions NSW]

Solidarity wins: Peabody workers defeat energy giant’s lockouts and win fair deal 2026-08-13 [MEU]

The bailout of Australia's largest aluminium smelter has saved thousands of jobs, with union officials calling the move a win for the working class 2026-08-13 [The Nightly]

Tragedy strikes at United Wambo 2026-08-07 [MEU]

Peabody Keeps Letting Workers Down 2026-08-07 [MEU]

Murrumbidgee Council to become first local government to trial four-day working week 2026-08-03 [ABC]

Miner dies at United Wambo Open Cut mine in NSW Hunter Valley 2026-08-03 [The Herald-Sun]

Peabody abandons third lockout after Fair Work challenge 2026-07-31 [MEU]

MUA demands DP World pays its security guards better 2026-07-29 [Green Left Weekly]

BlueScope Steel hit with multiple workplace safety breaches after contractor's death 2026-07-22 [ABC]

Northcott must consult with workers and CPSU NSW 2026-07-21 [PSA]

Members Secure Local Government (State) Award 2026-07-05 [USU]

Unions urge labour hire crackdown 2026-07-05 [Unions NSW]

Annual Conference 2026, Day One 2026-07-05 [NSWTF]

TWU Urges NHVR Probe After Goulburn Truck Crash 2026-06-30 [TWU]

Dud NSW forest carbon method “dead on arrival”, says timber workers union 2026-06-29 [TFTU]

AEC office closures put regional NSW jobs and services at risk 2026-06-29 [CPSU]

Unions ramp up calls on coalmining multinational to end lockout of workers 2026-06-22 [ACTU]

ACTU president to visit locked out Wambo Washery workers 2026-06-22 [2nm]

Tahmoor sale is a positive step – now it’s time to re-hire retrenched workers 2026-06-18 [MEU]

Peabody locks out Wambo Washery Workers 2026-06-17 [MEU]

Peabody locks out United Wambo Washery workers amid ongoing pay dispute 2026-06-17 [2nm]

Peabody locks out workers at NSW coal washery, Australian union says 2026-06-17 [Mining.com]

NRMA roadside assist staff on strike for first time in 23 years 2026-06-14 [The Morning Herald]

Common sense cannabis reform wins workers support 2026-06-06 [Unions NSW]

Schools for our future inquiry travels to NSW 2026-06-04 [AEU]

PSA CPSU NSW housing report reveals a crisis 2026-05-30 [PSA]

Landmark report launched as we celebrate 150 years of Check Inspectors in coal 2026-05-30 [MEU]

Repeat offenders could be barred from NSW bank branches 2026-05-23 [FSU]

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]