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Two mining companies charged after fatal rockfall accident at Ballarat Gold Mine 2025-11-27 [7 News]

Ballarat Gold Mine operators charged over 2024 rockfall that killed miner Kurt Hourigan 2025-11-27 [ABC]

Charges laid after fatal mine collapse 2025-11-27 [Newswire]

Timber workers made redundant from Gippsland sawmill weeks before Christmas 2025-11-19 [ABC]

Health Services Union condemns dangerous plan to scrap disability watchdogs 2025-11-19 [HSU]

Full school funding needed, not the Premier's lip service 2025-11-19 [AEU]

Scrapping by Stealth - The Allan Labor Government Must Retain The Victorian Disability Worker Commission as a Stand-Alone Regulator 2025-11-18 [HACSU]

Teachers demand Vic Labor deliver full, fair funding 2025-11-15 [Green Left Weekly]

Deakin University admits underpaying staff almost $3 million 2025-11-15 [NTEU]

Workers warn time is running out for new retail laws as Bunnings copies Woolworths and Coles move 2025-11-10 [Yahoo]

Test on services as levy revolt plays out 2025-11-09 [The Chronicle]

A-League rivals unite to empower Victorian communities to tackle racism 2025-11-05 [PFA]

Women paid thousands less per year than men in Victoria's forest firefighting ranks 2025-10-31 [ABC]

Firefighters take to the streets for fair pay 2025-10-31 [Green Left Weekly]

Firefighters take to the streets for fair pay 2025-10-31 [Green Left Weekly]

Bold move to end Non-Disclosure Agreements that silence survivor 2025-10-30 [Women's Agenda]

Teachers stop work to school government on stalled deal 2025-10-28 [The Standard]

Push for better forest firefighter pay, vehicles 2025-10-28 [Farmer News]

Flemington track staff set to strike days out from Melbourne Cup 2025-10-26 [The Straight]

UWU members strike at GrainCorp Geelong, Portland 2025-10-23 [Grain Central]

Laverton steel workers to strike 2025-10-22 [The Star Weekly]

Police union boss likens Melbourne protest to Northern Ireland in the 1970s 2025-10-20 [SBS]

Police union boss likens Melbourne protest to Northern Ireland in the 1970s 2025-10-20 [SBS]

Hospital and housing guards say: respect the risk, pay the rate 2025-10-04 [UWU]

Engineering A Better Victoria 2025-10-04 [Professionals Australia]

HACSU + VAHPA: Stronger Together 2025-10-04 [HACSU]

Workers face brazen shoplifters and the wrath of ‘Kens and Karens’ as retail crime surges in Victoria 2025-09-29 [The Guardian]

Valley ‘abandoned’ by govt, union boss claims 2025-09-23 [The Express]

Early childhood workers stand up for better pay 2025-09-23 [The Star-Mail]

NTEU briefs Victorian Government MPs at Parliament on university reform 2025-09-21 [NTEU]

Victorian commuters hit by fifth CDC bus strike since May 2025-09-19 [Australian Bus and Coach]

‘Forgotten’ healthcare workers take action against privatisation 2025-09-17 [The Star-Mail]

Emerging Red Union pushing for 43 per cent pay rise for Vic teachers 2025-09-17 [Education HQ]

Alcoa’s AWU members secure right to strike 2025-09-17 [Mining.com]

Rolling strikes: Fonterra dairy workers fired up to fight for fair pay 2025-09-09 [UWU]

Powerful Australian nurses' union ANMF set to elect new Victorian boss 2025-09-08 [ABC]

Unexpected accolade for ‘accidental’ unionist 2025-09-05 [Brunswick Voice]

Disability sector in crisis with forced eviction of participants without continuity of care 2025-09-02 [HACSU]

Bargaining at VICT reaches historic conclusion: pay rises, permanent roles and roster improvements 2025-08-28 [MUA]

ICTSI’s Australian arm inks 4-year deal with local unions 2025-08-28 [The Inquirer]

VICT agrees on new deal with unions 2025-08-28 [World Cargo News]

Unions join forces to oppose Bendigo Writers Festival’s move against free speech 2025-08-25 [NTEU]

NBN subcontractors demand fair rates 2025-08-23 [Green Left Weekly]

'Not good enough': employer, workers in 18-month standoff over pay deal 2025-08-21 [The Standard]

Union Foreshadows Action 2025-08-01 [Coast FM]

Workers at Victoria’s largest smelter back industrial action after failed talks – AWU 2025-07-31 [Australian Manufacturing]

Historic win for A Voice for Members in Vic CPSU 2025-07-17 [Green Left Weekly]

Victorians deserve clarity over state’s energy future 2025-07-17 [MEU]

Retail Workers Rally to Reinstate Sadie – Sacked by Aldi for Standing Up On Safety 2025-07-12 [RFFAWU]

NTEU scores massive win in Monash University wage theft case 2025-07-12 [NTEU]

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]