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Victorian Government announces job cuts in public sector

March 04, 2025

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SpringSt | Industrial

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New TAFE agreement!

March 04, 2025

TAFE teachers have been campaigning for improved salary and conditions for...

Industrial

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Opal victory

March 04, 2025

After 30 days locked out, the workers at Opal have negotiated...

Industrial

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Warehouse workers on strike!

November 25, 2024

Workers at Melbourne Liquor Distribution Centre in Truganina, Victoria is one...

Industrial | AI

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Right to Family and Domestic Violence Leave

November 14, 2024

A union won entitlement that saves lives – but how well...

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Victorian apprentices will be safer when these changes are legislated.

October 16, 2024

Campaigning by union members and activists at the Young Workers Centre...

Industrial | young workers | Apprentices

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Victorian Unions' Response to the Proposed Mandatory Guardrails for AI in High-Risk Settings

October 09, 2024

Victorian workers are at risk of AI diminishing their rights, wages...

Industrial | SpringSt | AI

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How Victorian workers are winning in September!

September 11, 2024

A selection of red hot worker activism to motivate your organising...

Industrial

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Standing up against workplace surveillance

September 04, 2024

We have a right to privacy, and a right to a...

Industrial | SpringSt | AI

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How workers are winning in August

August 07, 2024

Sherrin workers win Journalists at 9 & Fairfax strike and win...

Industrial

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Country Road is telling its workers to stop talking about sexual harassment and bullying.

June 05, 2024

Workers at Country Road tried for months to get the company...

Women | Industrial | OHS | GV

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Dear Comrade - I want to quit!

May 22, 2024

Should I resign? What might I be losing out on if...

Dear Comrade | young workers | Industrial

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What do you mean, 'Closing the Loopholes'?

March 25, 2024

In short, Closing the Loopholes was a title given to two...

Auspol | Industrial | OHS

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HungryPanda - stop punishing delivery riders

March 05, 2024

Zhouying Wang is a delivery rider for HungryPanda and a Transport...

Industrial

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First prosecution for Gendered Violence as OHS issue

December 21, 2023

In November the boss of two coffee shops in hospital settings...

Women | Industrial | GV

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What if we chose our own public holidays?

December 13, 2023

Some workplaces allow employees to substitute a different day in the...

Industrial | Rights at Work

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Closing the Loopholes Bill

December 11, 2023

The Liberals are furious. The Minerals Council have vowed to run...

Industrial | Auspol

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EnerSys

October 26, 2023

Head down to the corner of Settlement & Dalton Roads in...

Industrial

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Inghams workers fly together

September 28, 2023

Workers at Inghams in South Australian and Western Australia have won...

Industrial

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Ending the misuse of Non-Disclosure Agreements

June 22, 2023

Rather than dealing with #sexualharassment and #GV in workplaces, Australian businesses...

Women | Industrial | SpringSt

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The workers strike back

June 09, 2023

How to win a pay rise? These worker activists are doing...

Industrial

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Multi-employer bargaining in ECE!

June 07, 2023

The United Workers Union, Australian Education Union and Independent Education Union...

Industrial | equal pay | Women

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Crucial rise to the minimum wage

June 07, 2023

$23.23 is the new national minimum wage - but most workers...

young workers | Wage Theft | Industrial

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Visy workers standing strong - your support needed!

May 22, 2023

While Visy rakes in record profits, the company is denying its...

Industrial

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Boss charged over sexual harassment

March 23, 2023

If you sexually harass workers, you're endangering their workplace health and...

OHS | Industrial | Women

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Pay Up! VISY shamed as Workers Rally to demand Pay before Profit

March 22, 2023

VISY shamed as Workers Rally to demand Pay before Profit. CPI...

Industrial

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Pay Up! VISY shamed as Workers Rally to demand Pay before Profit

March 22, 2023

VISY shamed as Workers Rally to demand Pay before Profit. CPI...

Industrial

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Union win! Sea Life workers to sea pay rise

March 02, 2023

The crabby employer has responded to workers' clam and now concedes...

Industrial

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Something Fishy at SEA LIFE Melbourne

February 27, 2023

Let minnow if we missed any puns

Industrial

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ASK RENATA: As a courier franchisee, am I protected from heavy lifts?

February 03, 2023

‘As a courier franchisee (sold as ‘business owner’) am I required...

Industrial | OHS

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VISY workers in Shep hit the grass

February 02, 2023

AMWU members are downing tools, and plant operations will grind to...

Industrial

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How union members in one workplace made history... and will save lives

February 02, 2023

Today, paid family and domestic violence leave becomes a workplace right...

Industrial | Auspol | Women | OHS

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Secure Jobs, Better Pay

December 05, 2022

Last week, the Secure Jobs, Better Pay Bill passed through the...

Auspol | Industrial

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Apprenticeship reforms a “huge win” for Victorian workers and apprentices

November 08, 2022

Victorian Trades Hall Council applauds today’s announcement that a re-elected Andrews...

Elections | Industrial | SpringSt | YWC

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Victorian Plan

October 28, 2022

Since early August, volunteers have been braving the weather to have...

SpringSt | Industrial

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Power to the people: public ownership in the public interest

October 20, 2022

Victorian Trades Hall Council has hailed the Victorian Government’s announcement of state-owned...

Elections | SpringSt | Industrial

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All about the one-off public holiday for the "National Day of Mourning"

September 13, 2022

Will I get a day off for the National Day of...

Auspol | Industrial

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Migration without exploitation

August 29, 2022

For too long, Australians on all sides of politics have discussed...

Industrial | SpringSt

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Dear comrade: All we're asking for is a bin!

July 22, 2022

My friend works at a retail franchise with a lot of...

Women | OHS | GV | Industrial

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Voilà la révolution

July 19, 2022

You would think that Lactalis, the biggest dairy company in the...

Industrial

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Building Industry Group declares a Green Ban on The John Curtin Hotel

April 29, 2022

In a historic and bold move, the Building Industry Group (BIG)...

SpringSt | Industrial | Arts

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5 quick ways to make your workplace more trans-inclusive

March 31, 2022

ASU member Sam Elkin shares some tips for quick and easy...

Pride | Industrial

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Unions welcome Victorian Government’s “sick pay guarantee”

March 15, 2022

Victorian Trades Hall Council welcomes Premier Daniel Andrews’ announcement of a...

Industrial | SpringSt

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COVID-Safe workplace guide

This guide provides HSRs and union members with some advice on...

OHS | Covid19 | Industrial

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About Candidate School 2020 intake

December 14, 2021

Candidates School teaches unionists the skills to get elected. Meet a...

Auspol | Spring St | Industrial | Elections

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Past Campaign Victories

All over Victoria, union activists are campaigning in their local communities....

OHS | Pride | Elections | Industrial | Industrial Manslaughter

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Dear Comrade: Can They Really Stop Us Talking About Our Pay?

September 06, 2021

If I can’t talk about my pay at work (or outside...

Women | Pay Gap | GV | Industrial | Dear Comrade

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All the Way With Clarrie O’Shea

August 23, 2021

It’s May 16, 1969. “Call Clarence Lyell O’Shea,” commanded Justice John...

Industrial | History

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Security Guards are Fighting for Secure Jobs

August 22, 2021

2020 and 2021 haven’t been good years for anyone (except Jeff...

Covid19 | Industrial | Spring St

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Winning Sick Pay for Casual Workers

August 16, 2021

by Judy Kuo When corporate profits are put ahead of the...

Gig | OHS | Industrial

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Dear Comrade: I Quit!

August 16, 2021

Dear Comrade, It’s finally happening! I’m about to leave the job...

Dear Comrade | Industrial

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Dear Comrade: I am super stressed. How do I move my boss beyond tea and sympathy?

August 08, 2021

Last week HR made us sit through a seminar about dealing...

Industrial | Mental Health | OHS | Dear Comrade

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This is a Sheep. The Morrison Government has Decreed it Thus.

August 06, 2021

Last Wednesday, a High Court ruling was handed down that will...

Industrial | Elections | Auspol

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De-Gendering the EBA: ASU Members Win at Moorabool Council

July 30, 2021

Last week Australian Services Union members at Moorabool Shire Council secured...

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Parity (and Solidarity) Across the Strait

July 26, 2021

The AMWU have been gathering messages of support from the workers...

AMWU | Solidarity | Industrial

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Dear Comrade: Is It Safe Working Outdoors In The Summer Heat?

July 19, 2021

Help! My employer shut down their business quite suddenly - going...

Industrial | Dear Comrade | OHS

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Vaccination Leave: Removing the Barriers to Vaccine Access

July 19, 2021

Throughout June and July, Finance Sector Union members have been calling...

OHS | FSU | Covid19 | Industrial

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Dear Comrade: My Employer has vanished!

July 04, 2021

Help! My employer shut down their business quite suddenly - going...

Dear Comrade | ASIC | Wage Theft | Industrial

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When Being Yourself Can Get You Fired: LGBTQ+ Workers And Legal Discrimination

June 24, 2021

There is a parable in Christianity that one should never hide...

IEU | Pride | OHS | Industrial

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A Story About Stories We Can’t Tell

June 15, 2021

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Women | Industrial

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Making Flexibility Work For Us

June 07, 2021

“Flexibility” is one of those words that sounds so positive when...

GV | OHS | Women | Industrial | Pay Gap

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Why we sorely need JobKeeper II

June 07, 2021

With grim determination, union members have been fearlessly fronting the media...

YWC | Auspol | Industrial | Covid19

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Why This Unionist Wants More Dads to Take Up Flexible Work and Parental Leave

May 31, 2021

By Myke Bartlett. Photographs: Meredith O’Shea Teacher Riley Minns at home...

Pay Gap | Industrial | AEU | Women

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We think Gerry Harvey is a garbage human

May 31, 2021

This week Gerry Harvey cemented his position amongst Australia’s most loathed...

Industrial | Auspol | Wage Theft

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The Importance of Being Earnest With Workers

May 24, 2021

It’s not every day that Oscar Wilde is quoted at a...

Industrial | OHS | Mental Health

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Victorian State Budget: A solid budget. With some caveats.

May 24, 2021

The Victorian State Budget, in contrast to the one handed down...

Industrial | Spring St

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Digital Solidarity

May 17, 2021

True solidarity knows no bounds. Race and gender, age and ability...

OHS | Industrial | Solidarity

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A Women’s General Strike

March 22, 2021

As a union official and a feminist, rarely a week goes...

Industrial | Women

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