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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]

Maintenance workers at dairy factories seeking pay parity with mainlanders 2025-09-29 [The Advocate]

‘Falls well short’: Tasmanian firefighters unhappy with 3% pay rise offer 2025-09-25 [Pulse]

Hobart-based Qantas pilot 'won't see kids' if airline shuts Tasmanian base 2025-09-24 [Pulse]

Union warns of more public school closures unless outdated staffing model is updated 2025-09-23 [Pulse]

Ballarat bus drivers warn of further industrial action on day of fifth strike 2025-09-20 [The Courier]

Police union slams Tasmanian government over ‘disrespectful’ wage offer 2025-09-19 [Pulse]

Several Tasmanian schools to close on Wednesday as support staff strike 2025-09-17 [Pulse]

‘Disappointing’: Multiple Tasmanian schools forced to close as support staff strike 2025-09-17 [Pulse]

'You work to live': Why Liam says he clocks off school feeling 'worn out' 2025-09-17 [The Advocate]

Royal Hobart Hospital cleaners strike over training pay dispute 2025-09-15 [Pulse]

Stolen wages: the $25 million problem impacting Tasmanian workplaces 2025-09-02 [The Advocate]

Hydro Tasmania workers set to strike as wage disputes reach boiling point 2025-09-01 [Pulse]

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