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Are you being paid correctly? 2024-07-26 [Australian Unions]

Don’t torch journalism 2024-07-26 [MEAA]

Newspaper reporters strike over pay as Olympics loom 2024-07-26 [MWM]

Miners to get pay rise 2024-07-26 [Safe to Work]

Pay dispute bullet point: Federal cops tell politicians they’re not clerks 2024-07-26 [The Mandarin]

Migrant workers have long been too scared to report employer misconduct. A new visa could change this 2024-07-26 [The Conversation]

ACTU congratulates Brendan O’Connor on public service to the Australian people 2024-07-25 [ACTU]

Report a rip-off: price gouging in the insurance industry 2024-07-25 [Australian Unions]

Terry Snee, former Federal President of the Australian Institute of Marine and Power Engineers, dies 2024-07-25 [ITF]

The CFMEU overhaul won’t do much to end the blokey culture that dominates Australian job sites 2024-07-24 [Architecture & Design]

CFMEU to implement code of conduct for delegates over ‘deeply worrying’ allegations 2024-07-24 [The Advertiser]

Bunnings hits back on tradie lead poisoning claim 2024-07-24 [News.com.au]

Gap in work conditions between gig workers and white-collar professions widens 2024-07-24 [ABC]

Seafarer shortage pushes national resilience to the brink 2024-07-23 [MUA]

Commission’s review of part-time work should deliver “roster justice” 2024-07-23 [ACTU]

Pay fight for disability staff reaches workplace umpire 2024-07-23 [The Advocate]

Women’s pay rising steadily 2024-07-22 [ACTU]

Program: Welders exposed to carcinogenic fumes, research shows 2024-07-22 [ABC]

‘Rotten culture’: concerns takeover won’t fix union 2024-07-21 [AAP]

Tameka Yallop: 'Talk to any Matilda, any Socceroo – we all want equal conditions at next World Cup' 2024-07-20 [FIFPRO]

The Future of Australian Manufacturing 2024-07-20 [AWU]

Stop AI Theft 2024-07-20 [MEAA]

Finance Sector Union calls on government to regulate AI use in big four banks at Inquiry 2024-07-20 [FSU]

Analysis Labor walks a tightrope to clean up the CFMEU while keeping the powerful union onside 2024-07-20 [ABC]

Alleged crime links and the CFMEU: what to know about the political furore over the construction union 2024-07-20 [The Guardian]

RMT stands in solidarity with Australian building workers 2024-07-19 [RMT]

Returning construction commission ‘would do little’ to fix rogue unions: Albo 2024-07-19 [In Queensland]

Workers say thank you to CFMEU leadership 2024-07-19 [ABC]

Stop the attack on the CFMEU: Solidarity with construction workers 2024-07-19 [Green Left Weekly]

Defend the CFMEU-no government administration, end the union bashing 2024-07-19 [Solidarity.net]

Unions welcome Anglo American response to Grosvenor mine accident 2024-07-15 [IndustriALL]

‘Gates of hell’: CFMEU hits back at Albo 2024-07-18 [Newswire]

CFMEU suspended from Federal Labor Party and ACTU, placed in government amid criminal allegations 2024-07-18 [SBS]

Labor's national executive bans donations, cuts ties to CFMEU construction division 2024-07-18 [ABC]

‘John Setka hates my guts’: Sally McManus says she ‘will not flinch’ in dealing with the CFMEU 2024-07-18 [Women's Agenda]

Cabin crew had to scoop human waste from toilets after AFL team’s plane ran out of water, union says 2024-07-18 [The Guardian]

Jewish health workers concerned 2024-07-18 [AJN]

Grattan on Friday: it’s good to put administrators into the CFMEU – but how do you prevent future crops of bad apples? 2024-07-18 [The Conversation]

CFMEU corruption claims are bad news for a labour movement already in a battle for survival 2024-07-18 [The Guardian]

AFP asked to investigate CFMEU corruption allegations as ACTU suspends union’s construction and general division 2024-07-17 [The Guardian]

What does the CFMEU saga mean for Australian women? 2024-07-17 [Women's Agenda]

Live Moment ACTU suspends construction division of CFMEU as steps taken to appoint independent administrator to clean up union 2024-07-17 [ABC]

ACTU suspends construction divisions of CFMEU amidst plans to clean up union 2024-07-17 [City Hub]

CFMEU loses Labor, peak union ties following suspension 2024-07-17 [AAP]

The early years of the Worker 2024-07-17 [AWU]

Federal government backs CFMEU administrator; ACTU suspends construction union 2024-07-17 [The Morning Herald]

ACTU Suspends CFMEU Construction 2024-07-17 [SBS]

Calls for organized crime to be ripped out of any Australian union 2024-07-17 [Radio New Zealand International]

International interest in TWU 2024-07-16 [Owner-Driver]

Federal Labor quiet on banning donations from CFMEU's construction division amid allegations of union's criminal links 2024-07-16 [ABC]

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]