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Unions Slam ‘Right To Entry’ Change 2024-11-28 [SouthBurnett.com.au]

Thousands of tradies flood Brisbane CBD in protest of deal suspension 2024-11-27 [9 News]

Union members protest Queensland government's suspension of conditions for construction workers 2024-11-27 [ABC]

Hello! From the new SDA QLD Leadership Team 2024-11-21 [SDA]

Employer attempt to restrict delegate rights quashed 2024-11-19 [IEU]

Govt ditching 'sweetheart deal' will cost lives: union 2024-11-15 [The News]

Wilmar workers win 2024-11-03 [ETU]

The election no-one wanted! 2024-11-03 [ETU]

Carjacking Highlights Urgent Gig Worker Safety Needs 2024-10-10 [TWU]

Union reels following Oaky North mine fatality 2024-10-06 [Mining.com]

Worker killed, another injured performing surface maintenance tasks at Oaky North 2024-10-03 [MEU]

Oaky Creek Coal Mine death triggers safety questions from union 2024-10-03 [ABC]

Holiday destination airports to close down 2024-09-28 [UWU]

'My body, my choice': unions rally on abortion rights 2024-09-28 [AAP]

Sacked CFMEU leaders rally against government's 'dangerous precedent' 2024-09-17 [9 News]

‘Your union was stolen’: Ravbar fires up at rally in support of CFMEU 2024-09-17 [The Advertiser]

Mining company charged with industrial manslaughter in state first 2024-09-04 [The Guardian]

Justice for miners: Industrial manslaughter charges over 2021 Crinum death 2024-09-03 [MEU]

Our assets are Not 4 Sale 2024-09-03 [ETU]

Former officer Shane Prior succeeds Ian Leavers as Queensland Police Union president 2024-08-29 [ABC]

Other Queensland union vows to spend Labor donations on fight for CFMEU 2024-08-28 [The Morning Herald]

Faster compo for sick firies as Qld widens cancer list 2024-08-25 [AAP]

Unions call for 18 weeks of paid parental leave – for both partners 2024-08-18 [The Times]

Same Job Same Pay applications for Daunia and German Creek 2024-08-10 [MEU]

$78,000 less than a slap on the wrist for BHP worker death 2024-08-10 [MEU]

Byerwen workers struggling in wake of fatality 2024-08-05 [MEU]

Wilmar dispute update 2024-08-04 [ETU]

Chaos imminent at Brisbane airport as ISS intimidates security workers 2024-07-27 [UWU]

Bus Queensland refuses to hire safety officers as Transport Workers' Union demands review 2024-07-26 [ABC]

Union boss lashes out at Labor governments over CFMEU probe 2024-07-20 [The Morning Herald]

Action, not apologies required following Callide explosion report 2024-07-20 [MEU]

Austrlia's largest sugar maker shuts mills as workers strike 2024-07-18 [Reuters]

Townsville hospital knife attack sparks fresh calls for stab-proof vests for Queensland Health guards 2024-07-17 [ABC]

Roads front of mind for coal miners approaching QLD election 2024-07-15 [MEU]

Education unions working to Close the Industrial Gap 2024-07-11 [IEU]

Greater certainty for Grosvenor workers 2024-07-06 [MEU]

Fire casts pall over future of coal mine and workers 2024-07-02 [AAP]

Evacuated workers safe in Grosvenor mine event 2024-06-30 [MEU]

Workers shocked by Mavis mine closure 2024-06-30 [MEU]

Damning Callide report exposes risk management failure 2024-06-30 [MEU]

Workers at underground Grosvenor Coal Mine in central Queensland evacuated after fire 2024-06-29 [ABC]

Long-overdue report shows CS Energy dropped the ball on safety at Callide 2024-06-25 [MEU]

LNP Views of Women Antiquated, Unsupported 2024-06-19 [Queensland Unions]

Labor shelves reforms to stop faith-based schools discriminating against gay teachers 2024-06-14 [The Guardian]

Same Job Same Pay applications made for 1700 BHP labour hire miners 2024-06-13 [MEU]

Fuel barge crew running on empty – industrial action to follow Brisbane employer’s refusal to negotiate 2024-06-13 [MUA]

Union files equal pay applications for BHP coal mine workers 2024-06-12 [XM]

University of Queensland staff suffer ‘staggering’ $8m wage theft 2024-05-31 [NTEU]

Strikes further delay processing at Australia's biggest sugar producer 2024-05-29 [The Edge]

Frontline Health Workers Call for Action on Hospital Violence 2024-05-25 [AWU]

This month in labour history

This month in labour history

1-12-1948 The long ACTU-led campaign to win more time off for workers led to the imposition of the 40-hour work week and the 2-day weekend. [more]

15-12-1882 Tailoresses' Association of Melbourne, Australia's first women's trade union, established. [more]

17-12-1918 A march of members of the Australian Workers Union forces the resignation of the Administrator of the Northern Territory, John Gilruth. [more]

21-12-1916 The Wobblies (Industrial Workers of the World) are outlawed. [more]

23-12-1928 An industrial court decides that timber workers must increase their weekly working hours from 44 to 48, a decision that sparks a 6 month long strike. [more]

29-12-1884 Edward Theodore, founder of Amalgamated Workers’ Assn & forerunner of Australian Workers’ Union (AWU), is born. [more]

31-12-1968 John Smith Garden, Australian trade unionist & founding member of Communist Party of Australia, dies. [more]