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‘It’s only right’: parents back educators ahead of Vic teacher strike 2026-07-23 [Education HQ]

AEU members reject governments pay and conditions offer, will proceed with 24-hour statewide stopwork action 2026-07-21 [AEU]

AEU to deliver message direct to public school families 2026-07-23 [AEU]

Strike hits Geelong schools 2026-07-23 [Bay 93.9]

Tens of thousands of Victorian teachers march through Melbourne CBD during statewide strike 2026-07-23 [News.com.au]

Victorian Unions Welcome Allan Labor Government Plans To Protect Workers From Harmful Employer Surveillance 2026-07-21 [We Are Union]

Public School Teachers Initiate Second Statewide Strike Over Stalled Contract Negotiations 2026-07-21 [Streamline]

Public School Teachers to Strike After Rejecting Government Pay Offer 2026-07-21 [Allora !]

Anti-CFMEU campaign wedges Vic Labor in election year 2026-07-21 [Green Left Weekly]

Govt bypasses union with pay offer in last ditch attempt to halt school strike action 2026-07-17 [Education HQ]

Monash's embarrassing backpay bungle: uni underpays on underpayments 2026-07-11 [NTEU]

Minimum wage, paid parental leave, super: what changes on 1 July 2026? 2026-07-05 [We Are Union]

$3,000 raised for PFA Community Impact Fund after successful World Cup Trivia Night 2026-06-25 [PFA]

Union saves Deakin jobs after management pulls damaging plan 2026-06-25 [NTEU]

State leads the way by restricting NDAs in sexual harassment cases 2026-06-25 [FSU]

Educators reject gov’t offer, prepare more strike action 2026-06-22 [Green Left Weekly]

Services disrupted as council workers strike 2026-06-18 [The Star Weekly]

1500 council workers strike, with threat of more work bans 2026-06-18 [The Star-Journal]

Monash fails to repay wage theft victims almost a year after court ruling 2026-06-17 [NTEU]

Striking council workers to descend on Parliament 2026-06-17 [The Star-Journal]

Allied health workers call for fair pay, action on gender-based undervaluation 2026-06-17 [Green Left Weekly]

Allied health workers walk off the job in Victoria as pay negotiations break down 2026-06-16 [ABC]

Parks Victoria rangers demand equal pay to public servants 2026-06-12 [Green Left Weekly]

Joint Statement from Ambulance Victoria, AMPA, VAU and UWU 2026-06-10 [AV]

Angry workers take their campaign to council’s doorstep 2026-06-08 [Brunswick Voice]

PFA to host World Cup Trivia Night in Melbourne! How to buy tickets and take part in PFA Community Impact fundraiser 2026-06-04 [PFA]

AWU members at Parks Victoria set to act this long weekend unless reclassification is resolved today 2026-06-04 [AWU]

School education staff campaign for a No vote to pay, workload agreement 2026-05-29 [Green Left Weekly]

Sorbent wipes another 60 jobs as Australian manufacturing is sent offshore 2026-05-20 [TFTU]

Peer Workforce Futures 2026: Landmark LLEW Conference 2026-05-13 [HACSU]

Council workers walk off the job, close libraries 2026-05-13 [Southbank News]

Ambulance Victoria condemns assault on pregnant paramedic in Melbourne 2026-05-11 [ABC]

Dandenong workers join ‘largest-ever’ council strike 2026-05-09 [The Star]

Historic council workers’ strike demands fair pay, conditions 2026-05-09 [Green Left Weekly]

Dandenong workers join ‘largest-ever’ council strike 2026-05-07 [The Star-Journal]

Disability workers rallying to be seen 2026-05-06 [The Weekly Advertiser]

Council workers gear up for strike over pay 2026-05-04 [Green Left Weekly]

Council Workers Strike! ASU Mass Rally 2026-05-04 [Green Left Weekly]

Teachers suspend half-day strikes but industrial action remains as pay talks continue 2026-05-04 [ABC]

Schools for our future inquiry visits Victoria 2026-05-03 [AEU]

A Feminist Tour of Trades Hall 2026-04-28 [PSI]

Council workers to walk off job 2026-04-27 [The Star Weekly]

Council workers to walk off job 2026-04-24 [The Star Weekly]

Council worker strike set for day of Victorian state budget disclosure 2026-04-23 [HR Leader]

Why Melbourne council workers are escalating from skipping bins to a full strike 2026-04-21 [The Conversation]

Melbourne council workers and Victorian teachers to strike during budget week 2026-04-20 [ABC]

Firefighter union: Viva refinery fire ‘not unexpected’ 2026-04-18 [Green Left Weekly]

Uber Eats ordered to reinstate driver as automated dismissal fails Fair Work 2026-04-15 [HRD]

‘I don’t just ditch my mates’: new Victorian Labor minister defends John Setka ties amid criticism 2026-04-14 [The Guardian]

Melbourne Council Workers Strike: Rubbish Piles Up as Wage Dispute Escalates 2026-04-12 [Today]

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]