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Supported bargaining victory opens door for more lowpaid workers to access bargaining 2026-07-21 [SDA]

South Flank Workers Back BHP Deal With 58% Vote For more info 2026-07-16 [The Labour Pulse]

Unions demand Bernardi “Please Explain” as One Nation desert minimum wage earners 2026-07-05 [SA Unions]

Mill workers set for pay increase 2026-07-02 [The Voice]

Social workers to strike over Chloe’s legacy 2026-07-02 [InDaily]

Chemist Warehouse workers owed tens of millions in backpay over misclassifications 2026-06-30 [SDA]

Government and union endurse 16 per cent pay rise for SA nurses and midwives 2026-06-27 [ABC]

Government and union endorse 16 per cent pay rise offer for SA nurses and midwives 2026-06-25 [ABC]

Hiring freeze sparks backlash 2026-06-09 [Government News]

New laws in effect to ban abusive customers in South Australia 2026-05-11 [sda]

'Blood on his hands': unions on prison contract renewal 2026-05-11 [AAP]

Abusive customers to be banned from South Australian stores under new laws 2026-05-07 [ABC]

Huge win for Adelaide Chemist Warehouse workers as appeal dismissed and bargaining order upheld 2026-04-07 [SDA]

Adelaide BFT franchise owner and company fined $45,000 for not paying wages and superannuation to worker 2026-04-05 [ALMM]

Junior pay rates to be scrapped for young SA workers 2026-03-31 [InDaily]

Unions Win The Right to Disconnect for SA & Local Government Workers 2026-03-19 [SA Unions]

Malinauskas Government commits to reforms to improve your workplaces 2026-03-19 [SDA]

public service union leaders detail road to victory 2026-03-17 [The Mandarin]

Unions Applauds Move to End “Buying Silence” in Workplace Sexual Harassment 2026-03-11 [SA Unions]

Malinauskas Labor Government commits to retail safety improvements in SA 2026-03-11 [SDA]

SA govt gives fair go to cleaners, security workers with portable long service leave expansion 2026-03-10 [UWU]

Unions welcome housing policy blitz 2026-02-28 [SA Unions]

South Australia PEER Enterprise Agreement Update 2026-02-28 [ETU]

Liberals announce plan to curb union influence 2026-02-27 [InDaily]

Workers launch class actions over unpaid Sunday penalty rates 2026-02-20 [HRD]

Public service union endorses pay agreement 2026-02-16 [The Mandarin]

Santos considering plans to 'simplify' SA's Port Bonython site, putting jobs at risk says union 2026-02-08 [ABC]

Union slams retailers in SA after recent heatwave 2026-01-16 [Inside Retail]

Ambulance officers secure major pay rise and improved conditions under new enterprise agreement 2026-01-07 [Glam]

Staff at new Noarlunga mental health unit 'visibly distressed and crying', union says 2026-01-07 [ABC]

Union weighs up options to break stalemate 2025-12-16 [The SE Voice]

Program: Adelaide courts impacted as public service industrial action continues 2025-12-11 [ABC]

‘Corrections Officers are not punching bags’: Prisoners in lockdown as workers strike 2025-12-10 [The Bulletin]

Seven prisons across SA are in lockdown as fed-up Corrections officers go on indefinite strike 2025-12-08 [The Herald-Sun]

Prisons in lockdown as officers walk out after rising violence 2025-12-08 [InDaily]

Chemist Warehouse ordered to negotiate with workers across South Australia 2025-12-05 [SDA]

CEPU SA wins SA safety award 2025-12-05 [ETU]

Ambulance workers set to take pay deal 2025-12-04 [InDaily]

Chemist Warehouse first retailer caught by multi‑employer bargaining in “watershed” union win 2025-12-03 [HRD]

Nyrstar Port Pirie plant set for strike just months after taxpayer bailout 2025-12-02 [The Nightly]

Keep Your Promise! Unions Launch Campaign Demanding Delivery of Gender Equality Bill 2025-11-30 [SA Unions]

Same Job = Same Pay applications lodged at three major warehouses 2025-11-30 [SDA]

Major Victory for Retail Workers as WPO Legislation passes Parliament 2025-11-30 [SDA]

Meet Mana Elisabeth De Araujo 2025-11-23 [Green Left Weekly]

1000s of low-paid workers celebrate pay win 2025-11-21 [UWU]

Protest over US global e-commerce giant Amazon’s impact on SA jobs and businesses 2025-11-11 [InDaily]

Historic wage deal for 6000 public sector workers 2025-11-02 [UWU]

‘Kick in the guts’: Nurses and midwives march on SA parliament 2025-10-30 [InDaily]

Government announces new legislation to ban abusive customers 2025-10-29 [SDA]

Union action escalates 2025-10-21 [The SE Voice]

This month in labour history

This month in labour history

3-07-1892 A 6,000 strong meeting calls for immediate strike action at Broken Hill as miners' previous agreements with employers expire. [more]

16-07-1986 The mining community of Moura was hit with disaster when a massive explosion at No. 4 mine claimed 12 lives. [more]

27-07-1917 A mass meeting of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers in Sydney votes to strike against the introduction of a time card system. [more]

28-07-1901 Birth of Harry Bridges. At 19, a sailor, he emigrated to the United States where he participated in the formation of the International Union of Longshoremen and Storekeepers (ILWU), of which he remained one of the leaders for 40 years. [more]