logo
Where trade unionists start their day on the net.
Australia         
Victoria
Act NOW!

Top stories - Victoria

Fair Work orders Victoria University to grant weekly WFH day 2026-10-17 [HRD]

Ambulance workers to take strike action 2026-10-16 [Bay 93.9]

Merri-bek council workers strike over below-inflation pay offer 2026-10-15 [Green Left Weekly]

West Gate Bridge disaster: 56 years on, the 35 workers who never came home 2026-10-15 [Neos Kosmos]

Labor withdraws attack on RAFFWU ahead of election 2026-10-12 [Green Left Weekly]

MEU win! New specialist safety roles for Victorian power industry 2026-10-08 [MEU]

Public Mental Health: Massive Win for Allied Health Workers 2026-10-07 [HACSU]

Independent Education Union granted 30-day extension for protected action at Overnewton Anglican Community College 2026-10-07 [On Notice]

Arts Centre Melbourne workers secure 13% pay rise after historic strike action 2026-09-29 [ArtsHub]

Police union boss quits to tackle industrial criminals as new data shows fall in state’s crime 2026-09-24 [The Morning Herald]

Arts Centre Melbourne workers left with no choice but to take a second 24-hour stop work action 2026-09-19 [MEAA]

Macy Gray Reschedules Melbourne Show Due to Venue Worker Strike 2026-09-10 [Rolling Stone]

Arts Centre Melbourne workers escalate campaign with 24-hour stop work action 2026-09-09 [MEAA]

Melbourne Theatre Strike Threatens Macy Gray Concert Over Pay Dispute 2026-09-08 [Streamline]

Vessel owners and operators warned to respect rights of Quantem workers at Coode Island 2026-09-07 [ITF]

Arts Centre Melbourne workers vow to continue campaign for fair pay and proper funding after historic stop work action 2026-09-02 [MEAA]

SDA WIN: Workplace Protection Orders Pass Victorian Parliament 2026-08-30 [SDA]

Eight-year probe finds no corruption in United Firefighters Union 2026-08-30 [Green Left Weekly]

Uni of Melb NTEU strike for sick leave for casuals, safe workloads 2026-08-30 [Green Left Weekly]

MUA stands with RAFFWU and workers’ right to organise 2026-08-29 [MUA]

Coles reveal 85 per cent surge in verbal, physical attacks on Victorian staff in two years 2026-08-25 [News 24]

Labor heads for crushing defeat in Victorian parliament as Greens, Australian Jewish Association team up to condemn ‘divisive’ unions bill 2026-08-25 [News 24]

CFMEU headquarters in Melbourne raided by police investigating alleged corruption 2026-08-24 [ABC]

Coles reports 85 per cent increase in threatening incidents against staff in Victoria 2026-08-24 [ABC]

Melbourne’s classical “workers parliament” nominated for World Heritage protection 2026-08-23 [Neos Kosmos]

Health workers win 28% pay increase to 2029 2026-08-21 [The Mandarin]

‘There was grift, there was thuggery’: Victorian premier says ‘nothing is off limits’ at construction royal commission 2026-08-20 [The Guardian]

Comancheros attempted to muscle into Queensland construction sites, CFMEU inquiry hears 2026-08-19 [ABC]

Stand with RAFFWU, oppose Vic Labor’s ‘anti-association’ bill 2026-08-14 [Green Left Weekly]

Allied health workers strike for better pay, conditions 2026-08-12 [Green Left Weekly]

World’s first work-from-home law delayed in Australia after business backlash 2026-08-11 [Firstpost]

Traffic delays loom as Australian Workers’ Union strike 2026-08-05 [The Star-News]

AWU Members are taking this action for one reason: they cannot get a fair agreement out of DTP to replace an expired enterprise agreement. 2026-08-05 [AWU]

Cleanaway Dandenong: Waste workers to take industrial action 2026-08-03 [The Star-Journal]

Viva oil refinery workers win gains in new agreement 2026-08-03 [Green Left Weekly]

Victorian Trades Hall Council Thanks Outgoing Premier Jacinta Allan 2026-08-02 [We Are Union]

Victorian Unions Congratulate Sally McManus and Michele O'Neil 2026-08-02 [We Are Union]

Waste workers at deadly waste company Cleanaway vote in favour of industrial action 2026-08-02 [TWU]

MEAA members at Arts Centre Melbourne to vote on protected industrial action amid ongoing bargaining 2026-08-02 [MEAA]

Opal Must Justify Cuts to Critical Safety and Emergency Response Roles at Maryvale 2026-08-02 [TFTU]

Landmark parliamentary report calls for overhaul of Victorian university governance 2026-08-02 [NTEU]

Greater Dandenong Council workers to strike at noon 2026-07-30 [The Star-Journal]

Council workers to rally at Parliament 2026-07-29 [The Star Weekly]

Council workers rally outside council meeting 2026-07-29 [The Star Weekly]

Education workers continue to demand better pay, conditions 2026-07-28 [Green Left Weekly]

Three-hour rolling strike: Allied health workers walk out of Monash Medical Centre 2026-07-27 [The Star-News]

Proposed rate cap reforms to support council wages 2026-07-27 [Council Magazine]

‘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]

This month in labour history

This month in labour history

1-10-1855 Stonemasons in Sydney held a dinner celebrating victory in a strike for a maximum eight-hour working day. In advance of a planned campaign the following year, workers building churches had gone on strike and quickly emerged victorious. [more]

4-10-1909 Workers in new South Wales join a huge procession for the 8 hour day. [more]

14-10-1981 Dock workers in Darwin start 7-day strike, refusing to load uranium on board “Pacific Sky” for US military use. [more]