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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]

Historic win for Tassie workers and their families 2025-08-31 [ETU]

Derwent Valley Council workers strike over stalled pay talks 2025-08-30 [Pulse]

ASU Slams Derwent Valley Council’s “Stinky” Wage Offer 2025-08-28 [The Times]

Program: Union leader Robbie Moore says Labor has been 'way too conservative', welcomes leader change 2025-08-21 [ABC]

Keep Tasmania’s transport public as new research exposes privatisation risk 2025-07-12 [RTBU]

Liberty Bell Bay smelter workers face a month without pay as operations scale back 2025-05-21 [Pulse]

Union organiser Josh Dolega the front runner to replace Anne Urquhart in the Senate 2025-05-21 [ABC]

Program: Workers have 'significant anxiety' over limited operations announcement at Liberty Bell Bay 2025-05-20 [ABC]

Keeping Tassie miners safe 2025-05-15 [MEU]

If the Coalition wins, Tasmanians will be worse off 2025-04-11 [CPSU]

Unions launch campaign against potential asset sell-off 2025-03-28 [Pulse]

CEPU Tasmania slams gov’t ‘asset leasing’ plans 2025-03-05 [Green Left Weekly]

Northern Tasmanian bus drivers to stop work on Wednesday 2024-11-30 [RTBU]

Tassie Government has given up governing 2024-11-30 [RTBU]

AWU backs Dean Winter’s call on Canberra 2024-11-29 [AWU]

This month in labour history

This month in labour history

1-11-1923 Police in Melbourne strike against the use of labour spies. [more]

2-11-1928 Police fire on striking dock workers in Melbourne, killing one man. [more]

4-11-1908 Sydney's rockchoppers vow to continue their strike "so long as one single member of the union remains in gaol." [more]

5-11-1890 Miners in Newcastle are the last New South Wales workers to return to work after the Great Strike. [more]

29-11-1849 Chartist leader William Cuffay arrives in Australia, having been transported from Britain after his treason trial [more]