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Australia New Woolworths strike threat as more union members 'put on notice' for picket support [SBS] 03-12-2024

Australia Woolworths reports $50m sales loss as ongoing industrial dispute leaves supermarket shelves bare [ABC] 03-12-2024

Australia Grill’d was able to pay Arda $3 less than minimum wage. Unions want this youth ‘loophole’ abolished [The Guardian] 03-12-2024

Australia Secure Jobs Better Pay reforms lift wages by $6.3 billion [Australian Unions] 03-12-2024

Australia Latest in Woolworth strike talks [UWU] 03-12-2024

Australia ‘Treating workers like robots’: Woolworths blamed for empty supermarket shelves as warehouse strikes continue [The Guardian] 30-11-2024

Australia Unions welcome plans to protect workers from AI misuse [ACTU] 30-11-2024

Australia Future Made in Australia a win for workers, jobs and climate [ACTU] 30-11-2024

Australia / Global Make Amazon Pay Day [SDA] 30-11-2024

Australia Early childhood pay rise an unstoppable reality as laws pass [UWU] 30-11-2024


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Woolworths warehouse workers are still talking to Woolworths about resolving the current strike 2024-12-03 [uwu]

Latest in Woolworth strike talks 2024-12-03 [UWU]

Safety not taken seriously by Woolworths 2024-12-03 [UWU]

Aviation ground workers at Dnata overwhelmingly endorse industrial action 2024-12-03 [TWU]

New National Standard for Rail Health Assessments 2024-12-03 [RTBU]

Victoria ‘The job cuts are a mirage’: HSU accuses Diana Asmar of revenge redundancies 2024-12-03 [The Morning Herald]

Woolworths’ strike-busting bid to end $50m warehouse stand-off that’s cleared shelves 2024-12-03 [The Morning Herald]

Safety Not Guaranteed: Children at work, children at risk 2024-12-03 [SDA]

South Australia SDA Secures South Australia’s First Same Job, Same Pay Order 2024-12-03 [SDA]

Andrew Redmayne: How Sydney FC’s Academy leads the A-League’s talent revolution 2024-12-03 [PFA]

Systemic change needed to address racism and harassment of trainees 2024-12-03 [AMA]

Cbus Super recovers almost $200 million in unpaid super in FY 24 2024-12-03 [ETU]

Western Australia Western Power Workers Endorse Pause on Industrial Action Amid Bushfire Emergency 2024-12-03 [ETU]

Qantas continues to disrespect their workers 2024-12-03 [ETU]

QLD & NT Apprentice Conference 2024 2024-12-03 [ETU]

Union secures increases to Travelling, District and Motor Vehicle Allowance rates 2024-12-03 [CWU]

TelstraSuper merger to proceed following binding Heads of Agreement 2024-12-03 [CWU]

Sneaky Bank of Queensland needs shareholders to demand that it put workers and customers first 2024-12-03 [FSU]

Secure Jobs Better Pay reforms lift wages by $6.3 billion across economy 2024-12-03 [ACTU]

United Workers Union stands strong in the face of Woolworths’ threats 2024-12-03 [Green Left Weekly]

Secure Jobs Better Pay reforms lift wages by $6.3 billion 2024-12-03 [Australian Unions]

Grill’d was able to pay Arda $3 less than minimum wage. Unions want this youth ‘loophole’ abolished 2024-12-03 [The Guardian]

Woolworths reports $50m sales loss as ongoing industrial dispute leaves supermarket shelves bare 2024-12-03 [ABC]

Woolworths seeks Fair Work order as cost of strike reaches $50m 2024-12-03 [News.com.au]

New Woolworths strike threat as more union members 'put on notice' for picket support 2024-12-03 [SBS]

Victoria Woolworths to reopen distribution centre to get essential items on shelves amid ongoing strike 2024-12-01 [The Guardian]

Global Australia restricting number of domestic workers foreign diplomats can bring into the country, UN official says 2024-12-01 [The Guardian]

CFMEU under administration jeopardises workers’ safety 2024-11-30 [Green Left Weekly]

ACTU Secretary Sally McManus visits striking Woolworths workers, with supermarket shelves now bare 2024-11-30 [UWU]

Early childhood pay rise an unstoppable reality as laws pass 2024-11-30 [UWU]

Tasmania Northern Tasmanian bus drivers to stop work on Wednesday 2024-11-30 [RTBU]

Tasmania Tassie Government has given up governing 2024-11-30 [RTBU]

New South Wales Secret documents show silicosis ‘tsunami’ coming for metro tunnellers 2024-11-30 [AWU]

SDA submission to the ‘Secure Jobs, Better Pay’ Review 2024-11-30 [SDA]

Global Make Amazon Pay Day 2024-11-30 [SDA]

Jack Hingert: How to win back our trust 2024-11-30 [PFA]

Maintaining industry standards the top priority in Anglo sale 2024-11-30 [MEU]

Federal President’s message for 2023-24 2024-11-30 [MEAA]

Ending uni boss pay bonanza and wage theft a massive win: Union 2024-11-30 [NTEU]

State of the Service: APS rebuilding paying off 2024-11-30 [CPSU]

Anti-violence protection changes a step forward 2024-11-30 [CPSU]

School funding plea takes over the Sydney sky 2024-11-30 [AEU]

A win for workers’ super and security in retirement 2024-11-30 [ACTU]

Future Made in Australia a win for workers, jobs and climate 2024-11-30 [ACTU]

Unions welcome plans to protect workers from AI misuse 2024-11-30 [ACTU]

Empty shelves at Woolworths as industrial action cripples supplies 2024-11-30 [The Morning Herald]

‘Treating workers like robots’: Woolworths blamed for empty supermarket shelves as warehouse strikes continue 2024-11-30 [The Guardian]

Tasmania AWU backs Dean Winter’s call on Canberra 2024-11-29 [AWU]

Woolworths shelves stripped bare across Australia as distribution workers strike 2024-11-29 [News.com.au]

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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]