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LNP, Labor unite in condemning CFMEU protest 2025-06-21 [The Times]

Streets blocked as second day of CFMEU protests erupt in Brisbane 2025-06-20 [9 News]

Defiant CFMEU launches protests after court decision 2025-06-19 [MSN]

Protests spark across Brisbane as workers back ousted leaders 2025-06-19 [7News]

ITF Launches Fourth Week of Action Across Queensland Ports 2025-06-16 [MUA]

SDA meets with Claudia Watt & Premier Crisafulli 2025-06-13 [SDA]

Noosa Council workers locked in pay stoush in expensive holiday destination 2025-06-06 [ABC]

Nurses warn pink protest for better pay could escalate 2025-06-05 [inkl]

Nurses vote to strike for first time in decades 2025-05-27 [inkl]

‘Crisis conditions’: Workers march on Brisbane Airport over raft of airline safety concerns 2025-05-21 [News.com.au]

XXXX brewery workers walk out, demand fair pay after ‘busting their arse’ 2025-04-01 [7 News]

Woolworths responds to bizarre robot footage, vows to roll out more 2025-03-31 [Yahoo]

ANU staff pass no-confidence vote against chancellor Julie Bishop 2025-03-27 [The Times]

Crisafulli LNP Government removes worker representatives from the Manufacturing Skills Queensland board 2025-03-27 [The National Tribune]

18% pay increase for IEU members 2025-03-25 [IEU]

Noosa Council workers plan to continue industrial action 2025-03-20 [91.1 Hot]

Call for increased wages as council staff prepare for industrial action 2025-03-18 [The Sunshine Coast News]

PFA to Support Relief Efforts in Queensland and New South Wales Following Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred 2025-03-10 [PFA]

Bus strike averted as workers reach pay deal with Brisbane City Council 2025-02-28 [The Times]

Brisbane bus drivers to take peak hour industrial action with the threat of more strikes 2025-02-25 [ABC]

'Contingencies in place': rubbish collectors take industrial action over wages 2025-02-24 [The Sunshine Coast News]

CFMEU members storm the offices of Queensland Council of Unions – as it happened 2025-02-19 [The Guardian]

Maritime Workers Set To Aid Queensland Flood Crisis 2025-02-05 [MUA]

'Be prepared to die out there': Workers blow the whistle on Adani's Carmichael coal mine 2025-01-30 [SBS]

BHP’s legal challenge to fair wages begins 2025-01-20 [MEU]

Time’s Up Pay Up! – Unions in BHP Same Job Same Pay fight 2025-01-20 [ACTU]

Fair Work Commission case accusing BHP of underpaying labour hire workers begins in Brisbane 2025-01-20 [ABC]

Peter Dutton’s pledge to exclude CFMEU from Queensland road projects could be illegal, experts say 2025-01-10 [The Guardian]

Doubt cast over 'crude' plan to ban CFMEU from project 2025-01-09 [The Mercury]

MEU team investigates ‘terrifying’ Grosvenor explosion 2024-12-31 [MEU]

Cancer care workers walk, seeking same job, same pay 2024-12-11 [UWU]

Garbo strike to hit 30,000 Aussie homes 2024-12-11 [NewsWire]

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]

This month in labour history

This month in labour history

5-06-1974 The New South Wales Builders Labourers Federation lists 49 'Green Bans' as part of its campaign of industrial action to protect the environment. [more]

16-06-1886 The Australian Workers Union, widely accepted as Australia's oldest union, was established at Fern's Hotel in Ballarat, Victoria, as a shearers' union [more]

17-06-1971 New South Wales Builders Labourers’ Federation enforces the first Green Ban, refusing to build luxury houses over the last open green space in a suburb of Sydney. Despite management threats to use scabs, the builders and residents won. [more]

24-06-1929 The six month timber workers strike ends in defeat as workers have to accept a 48 hour week. [more]