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Workers across wide range of sectors to benefit from pay rises 2026-04-13 [PSNews]

Zinfra Workers Win Big After Difficult Bargaining Campaign 2026-04-04 [ETU]

Tasmanian AEU president: Teachers have ‘no other option’ but to strike 2026-04-02 [Green Left Weekly]

Royal Hobart Hospital pharmacists stop work in escalating pay dispute 2026-03-16 [Pulse]

NAPLAN tests derailed this week as teachers hold strike action 2026-03-11 [Pulse]

'Insult to workers': union hits back following Health Minister's comments 2026-03-06 [The Examiner]

Hobart hospital workers to walk out today after Launceston strike yesterday 2026-03-04 [Pulse]

Hospital strikes continue as hundreds walk off the job in Hobart 2026-03-04 [Pulse]

'Good times': union man Robert has seen the best and worst of Tassie mining 2026-03-02 [The Advocate]

Health workers launch industrial action over ‘broken’ pay deal 2026-02-25 [Pulse]

Public sector workers 'furious' as Tasmanian government denies reneging on pay deal 2026-02-25 [ABC]

Kinetic bus drivers threaten strikes over pay gap dispute 2026-02-24 [Pulse]

Launceston Council scraps 4-day work week plan after backlash from business sector 2026-02-18 [ABC]

Health union ends work bans after 12-month pay dispute breakthrough 2026-02-17 [Pulse]

Are Tasmanians set to be shortchanged on a public holiday this year? 2026-02-16 [The Advocate]

TFTU Savages Bob Brown Foundation for ‘Seedy’ Attacks on Tassie Workers 2026-02-13 [Wood Central]

Union calls for urgent response after Ashley Youth Detention Centre staff hospitalised 2026-02-05 [ABC]

Staff at Tasmania's Ashley Youth Detention Centre 'at breaking point', worker says 2026-02-03 [ABC]

Ashley Youth Detention Centre workers strike following youth breakout 2026-02-03 [The Examiner]

Workers strike at troubled youth detention facility 2026-02-03 [AAP]

Council staff to vote for 4-day week 2026-01-29 [Government News]

Historic 4-day week for 600 Aussie workers 2026-01-29 [Newswire]

Launceston City Council staff to vote on four-day, full-pay work week 2026-01-23 [ABC]

Pay talks derail as TasRail workers prepare for 24-hour statewide strike 2026-01-22 [Pulse]

TasRail Workers On Strike; HACSU Slams ‘Shambolic Bargaining’ 2026-01-22 [The Times]

Nurses union seeks arbitration over ‘unsafe’ emergency department transfers 2026-01-12 [Pulse]

Pay and conditions negotiations for Tasmanian education staff fail, forcing school closures 2025-12-09 [ABC]

Union says 100 teachers too injured to work as compensation claims rise 2025-11-13 [Pulse]

Teacher crisis point: workers' compensation claims soar over the year 2025-11-11 [The Advocate]

RTBU welcomes the appointment of new Tasmanian Branch Secretary, Mark Dunsby 2025-11-09 [RTBU]

Almost a third of staff leave West Coast Council amid complaints 2025-11-05 [ABC]

'Angry' Tasmanian health workers to escalate strikes as pay dispute drags on 2025-11-03 [Pulse]

‘Show us some respect’: Tas public service workers send Govt warning with large rallies 2025-10-31 [Education HQ]

Thousands of Tasmanian public sector workers walk off job in third day of strikes 2025-10-30 [Pulse]

Union legacy inspires design of new $10 million Hobart office building 2025-10-30 [Pulse]

'Only the start': workers send warning at mass rally 2025-10-30 [AAP]

No progress on Tasmanian public sector pay deal as more industrial action flagged 2025-10-30 [ABC]

Schools closed as teachers take to streets to demand better wages across Tasmania 2025-10-29 [9 News]

Public service workers demand ‘mainland wages’ in mass walkouts 2025-10-29 [Pulse]

Teachers stop work to school government on stalled deal 2025-10-28 [The Standard]

Teachers stop work to school government on stalled deal 2025-10-28 [AAAP]

School strikes in Tasmania's north-west as public sector workers walk off the job 2025-10-28 [ABC]

School strikes in Tasmania's north-west as public sector workers walk off the job 2025-10-28 [ABC]

Stop work action to affect Tasmanian public schools and health services next week 2025-10-23 [ABC]

Public schools across Tasmania to shut next week as premier urges end to pay dispute 2025-10-22 [Pulse]

Health workers reject 3% pay offer, threaten strike action 2025-10-07 [Pulse]

'Nervous about everything': uncertain future for Bell Bay Liberty workers 2025-10-05 [The Examiner]

Remembering ETU Life Member Garry “Cackles” Laycock 2025-09-30 [ETU]

Members in Tassie are standing up for better 2025-09-30 [ETU]

Fonterra workers may 'make message louder' in pay parity industrial dispute 2025-09-29 [The Advocate]

This month in labour history

This month in labour history

2-04-1874 Workers at Moonta Mines begin a two-week strike that successfully prevents their wages being cut by maangement. [more]

21-04-1856 A day long strike by Melbourne stonemasons wins the enforcement of the eight hour day. [more]

25-04-1856 A day-long strike by stonemasons led to the establishment of the 8-hour day. [more]