Four-day working week trial, AI protections and a pay rise: a significant win for workers at Insignia
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Australia Four-day working week trial, AI protections and a pay rise: a significant win for workers at Insignia [FSU] 12-10-2024
Australia Victoria Victory for Public Service in Australia: CPSU Stops Privatisation of Victoria’s Crucial Data [PSI] 09-10-2024
Australia Tasmania 'We've had enough': No end in sight for cheesed off maintenance workers [The Advocate] 04-10-2024
Australia ‘Like I’ve been jailed’: after a lifetime of piecework, textile outworkers can retire with no super [The Guardian] 29-09-2024
Australia Payslip harassment: Another scandal in the Australian welfare system [Pearls and Irritation] 28-09-2024
Australia / Myanmar NTEU calls for new Myanmar sanctions after shocking executions [NTEU] 28-09-2024
Australia / Asia BWI Asia-Pacific Conference slams Australian government’s takeover of CFMEU [BWI] 24-09-2024
Australia IUF calls for negotiations as Saputo strike continues after three months [IUF] 22-09-2024
Australia Unionists continue to vent their anger at Labor, ACTU over anti-CFMEU law [Green Left Weekly] ActNOW! 19-09-2024
Australia CFMEU supporters threaten three-day strike as protests over the embattled union continue [9 News] 18-09-2024
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This month in labour history
1-10-1855 Stonemasons in Sydney held a dinner celebrating victory in a strike for a maximum eight-hour working day. In advance of a planned campaign the following year, workers building churches had gone on strike and quickly emerged victorious. [more]
4-10-1909 Workers in new South Wales join a huge procession for the 8 hour day. [more]
14-10-1981 Dock workers in Darwin start 7-day strike, refusing to load uranium on board “Pacific Sky” for US military use. [more]