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Unions torn on four-day work week agreement for thousands of Woolworths staff

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Australia Unions torn on four-day work week agreement for thousands of Woolworths staff [ABC] 08-05-2024

Australia New Net Zero Authority Must Leave No Worker Behind: AWU [The National Tribune] 06-05-2024

Australia Feminised industries need systemic change and targeted pay rises [Australian Unions] 02-05-2024

Australia Unions commemorate 50 year anniversary of 1974 Equal Pay Case [ACTU] 02-05-2024

Australia Trade union peak body calls for targeted pay rise for feminised industries [Women's Agenda] 29-04-2024

Australia Showing up to work shouldn’t mean putting your life at risk [Australian Unions] 28-04-2024

Australia Fitness Workers Are Organizing [Jacobin] 26-04-2024

Australia Tasmania Saputo Dairy Workers Strike For Mainland Wage Rates, Tasmania No Longer The Poor Cousin [AMWU] 26-04-2024

Australia / Middle East ACTU Statement on Gaza [ACTU] 22-04-2024

Australia 168 years on, workers are still winning better work/life balance [Australian Unions] 21-04-2024


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Victoria Transport unions slam Melbourne Airport rail link delays 2024-05-08 [ATN]

Woolworths Workers To Get Four-Day Work Week 2024-05-08 [10 Play]

Unions torn on four-day work week agreement for thousands of Woolworths staff 2024-05-08 [ABC]

New Net Zero Authority Must Leave No Worker Behind: AWU 2024-05-06 [The National Tribune]

Collins Class submarine maintenance workers strike over pay 2024-05-06 [The Mandarin]

South Australia Submarine builder ASC's workers strikes may disrupt maintenance 2024-05-06 [Saltwire]

New South Wales Gendered violence on agenda as unionists march for May Day in Wollongong 2024-05-04 [The Mercury]

Ground breaking appointment to TWU National Council 2024-05-03 [Owner-Driver]

Global World Press Freedom Day 2024: another year wasted 2024-05-03 [MEAA]

Victoria Ballarat council workers vote for industrial action 2024-05-03 [3BA]

Western Australia Teachers take strike action over wages, workload and staffing 2024-05-03 [Green Left Weekly]

Bonza employees told they won't be paid last month's wages 2024-05-03 [9 News]

TWU Urges Bonza Administrators to Prioritize Worker Wages 2024-05-03 [TWU]

New South Wales Workers at the Australian warehouse of multinational company Ingram Micro have taken strike action 2024-05-02 [UWU]

Radiation therapists – the unsung workers who help Queenslanders in their darkest hours as they battle cancer – have gone on strike 2024-05-02 [UWU]

Western Australia Today hundreds of union members are calling on the new WA Premier to address the ongoing challenges faced by all hospital workers 2024-05-02 [UWU]

Tasmania Westbury level crossing collision 2024-05-02 [RTBU]

AWU backs tougher merger rules, calls for more to rein in supermarket giants 2024-05-02 [AWU]

Ian Cuttler, a stalwart of the Australian Workers’ Union Victoria 2024-05-02 [AWU]

AWU backs tougher merger rules, calls for more to rein in supermarket giants 2024-05-02 [AWU]

PFA reveals player-voted 2023-24 A-League Women’s Team of the Season 2024-05-02 [PFA]

Swinburne's $2.85 million wage theft reignites calls for action 2024-05-02 [NTEU]

“It makes sense to help a strong unionised workforce move into highly skilled, well paid jobs, where workers can continue to build on their working conditions…” 2024-05-02 [ETU]

ETU Members – Where Are They Now: Wendy Carr 2024-05-02 [ETU]

ACTU National Congress 2024 2024-05-02 [ETU]

Queensland Prior planning, strategic engagement and steely resolve provides premium outcomes at Energy Queensland and Powerlink. 2024-05-02 [ETU]

Western Australia Offshore Renewable Energy Update 2024-05-02 [MUA]

Flexible work and working from home 2024-05-02 [CPSU]

CPSU calls for more resources for Child Protection Services 2024-05-02 [CPSU]

Australian Capital Territory CPSU demands more healthcare workers for Canberra 2024-05-02 [CPSU]

Letter sent to Ministers in reference to the critical role that Community Legal Centres and their workers play 2024-05-02 [ASU]

Joint Statement from Australia’s Peak Nursing & Midwifery Organisations - Scope of Practice Review: Issues Paper 2 2024-05-02 [ANMF]

State of our TAFE 2024-05-02 [AEU]

The cost of outsourcing – UniSuper in crisis due to massive network outage 2024-05-02 [FSU]

Unions commemorate 50 year anniversary of 1974 Equal Pay Case 2024-05-02 [ACTU]

South Australia SA votes down Nordic model sex work reform by single vote 2024-05-02 [News.com.au]

New South Wales 100 domestic violence support workers tell NSW Premier what needs to be done 2024-05-02 [The Herald-Sun]

Feminised industries need systemic change and targeted pay rises 2024-05-02 [Australian Unions]

Unions demand worker safety, Palestine rights at May Day 2024-05-02 [Green Left Weekly]

Victoria Ian Cuttler, a stalwart of the Australian Workers’ Union 2024-05-02 [The National Tribune]

Tasmania HACSU: Tas Child Safety Workers are Lowest Paid in Australia 2024-05-01 [The Times]

Queensland CFMEU protesters and workers clash at Brisbane construction site 2024-05-01 [9 News]

May Day 2024 2024-05-01 [3CR]

Western Australia Health Workers Union unlikely to accept deal that averted transit officer industrial action 2024-05-01 [The West Australian]

ACTU calls for interim payrise of 'at least' 9% in key feminized industries 2024-05-01 [ACTU]

Victoria Casual staff at Melbourne university underpaid $3.1 million 2024-04-30 [1 News]

Queensland Qld mine suspended after workers comatose, critically injured 2024-04-30 [Mine Safety Journal]

Union seeks meeting with Bonza over workers’ futures 2024-04-30 [Australian Aviation]

Push for childcare worker payrise 2024-04-29 [ABC]

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