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South Australian royal commission into A.I. 2026-09-02 [ETU]

Unions call for stolen statue of suffragist and union leader Mary Lee to be restored 2026-08-30 [SA Unions]

Bunnings launches extraordinary attack on South Australian workers’ bargaining rights 2026-08-30 [SDA]

Doctors sound Mayday over SA health service 2026-08-19 [Medical Republic]

Unions welcome Royal Commission into AI as a chance for workers to have their voices heard 2026-08-13 [SA Unions]

Sally McManus leaves a towering legacy as Melissa Donnelly elected ACTU Secretary-elect 2026-08-13 [SA Unions]

Unions call on political leaders to take a stand against hate and division 2026-08-13 [SA Unions]

Neo-Nazi vandalism attack leaves Adelaide workers club 'disgusted' 2026-08-13 [ABC]

Whyalla steelworks union warns against a repeat of Gupta strife 2026-08-09 [AFR]

Billions in the bank, crumbs for workers: Arnott’s staff walk off the job in Adelaide 2026-08-05 [UWU]

Industrial manslaughter charges show employers can’t put a price on the lives of SA workers 2026-08-02 [SA Unions]

Doctors' union raises behavioural concerns about nurses' conduct at SA health service 2026-07-27 [ABC]

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]

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]