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Bell Bay smelter to close with about 250 jobs lost after sale collapses 2026-07-16 [Pulse]

'Nobody saw it coming': smelter workers shocked by closure, union says 2026-07-16 [The Examiner]

‘Very sad day’: More than 200 jobs gone after sudden closure of Australia’s only manganese smelter 2026-07-16 [9 News]

Tasmanian Government gambling with stadium success by ignoring light rail 2026-07-11 [RTBU]

Workers confused as Boag's owner Lion states the beer brand is not for sale, but it is open to offers 2026-07-01 [ABC]

James Boag’s Brewery closure petition gains 2,715 signatures 2026-06-30 [Pulse]

‘Boags belongs to Tasmania’: workers call on Lion to sell rather than close Boags brewery 2026-06-25 [UWU]

Schools for our future inquiry travels to Tasmania 2026-06-25 [AEU]

Tasmanian Kinetic bus drivers to escalate pay dispute with six-hour strike 2026-06-10 [Pulse]

Liberty Bell Bay 2026-05-30 [ETU]

Liberty Bell Bay smelter workers get another two weeks pay reprieve 2026-05-15 [ABC]

NTEU takes strike action at UTAS over pay, conditions 2026-05-06 [Green Left Weekly]

Rockliff government's $45 million TasTAFE cuts an attack on Tasmania’s future 2026-05-03 [AEU]

Beaconsfield mine rescue continues to defy belief two decades on 2026-04-25 [ABC]

Beaconsfield 20 years on: the Australian spirit of grit and humour remembered 2026-04-25 [SBS]

Bell Bay wage lifeline welcome – but workers need more than short-term fix 2026-04-22 [MEU]

Kinetic bus drivers to strike on Thursday as pay dispute escalates 2026-04-21 [Pulse]

Administrators tell Liberty Bell Bay workers to take leave without pay or be sacked 2026-04-16 [ABC]

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]

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]