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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]

Teachers to push on with strikes as pay war escalates 2026-04-10 [AAP]

Council workers strike over pay 2026-04-09 [Government News]

Why full bins are being left on the streets in Melbourne's north this week 2026-04-07 [9 News]

Council workers refuse to empty wheelie bins and issue parking fines as pay dispute intensifies 2026-04-07 [ABC]

First stage of historic pay rises for dental assistants and pathology collectors begins today 2026-04-04 [HSU]

HSU calls for targeted relief for essential workers as fuel crisis bites 2026-04-04 [HSU]

Teachers union prepares for further industrial action in term 2 2026-04-02 [The Morning Herald]

Underpaid, understaffed: Upper Yarra teachers walk out 2026-03-30 [The Star Mail]

We’ve called for in-office mandates to be suspended, as Victorian WFH protections inch closer 2026-03-28 [FSU]

Underpaid, understaffed: Upper Yarra teachers strike 2026-03-28 [The Star Mail]

Denied the right to strike, Galen staff wear black in solidarity 2026-03-26 [The Chronicle]

Teachers strike for school and teacher funding 2026-03-26 [Green Left Weekly]

Support the AEU strike and demand funding for public education 2026-03-23 [Green Left Weekly]

Schools to stay open as teachers strike over pay deal 2026-03-17 [AAP]

A safer Victoria: union calls for urgent security review 2026-03-10 [UWU]

ASU slams council over youth service cuts 2026-03-09 [Wyndham TV]

Union Fury As Youth Service Axed 2026-03-09 [Wyndham TV]

MUA slams Searoad Ferries for PR spin while safety concerns go unanswered 2026-03-06 [MUA]

Rubbish bins could go uncollected across Melbourne as council workers threaten strike action 2026-03-05 [Sky]

Concerns turn to celebration at health workers strike 2026-03-02 [The Times]

Kindergartens close across state as teachers strike 2026-02-26 [AAP]

Victorian Trades Hall Nears World Heritage Status 2026-02-25 [Government of Victoria]

Better deal for health workers 2026-02-24 [The Chronicle]

Claims of bikies, strippers and drugs in the CFMEU threaten to end Jacinta Allan’s premiership. Can she survive? 2026-02-21 [The Guardian]

This month in labour history

This month in labour history

5-06-1974 The New South Wales Builders Labourers Federation lists 49 'Green Bans' as part of its campaign of industrial action to protect the environment. [more]

16-06-1886 The Australian Workers Union, widely accepted as Australia's oldest union, was established at Fern's Hotel in Ballarat, Victoria, as a shearers' union [more]

17-06-1971 New South Wales Builders Labourers’ Federation enforces the first Green Ban, refusing to build luxury houses over the last open green space in a suburb of Sydney. Despite management threats to use scabs, the builders and residents won. [more]

24-06-1929 The six month timber workers strike ends in defeat as workers have to accept a 48 hour week. [more]