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Stopping Work-Related Gender-Based Violence 

November 14, 2024

Work-related...
16 Days | Women | OHS | how to be an activist
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Creating Safe, Well Organised Workplaces 

November 14, 2024

Unionised workplaces with active union members and structures are safer workplaces.  This...
how to be an activist | 16 Days | Women
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Winning  Gender Equal Workplaces

November 14, 2024

Unionists have driven real changes to advance gender equality at work,...
how to be an activist | 16 Days | Women
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Right to Family and Domestic Violence Leave

November 14, 2024

A union won entitlement that saves lives – but how well...
16 Days | Women | OHS | Industrial | how to be an activist
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Stopping Sexual Harassment – The Positive Duty

November 14, 2024

Due to the efforts of workers in union, workers in Australia now...
16 Days | Women | how to be an activist | OHS
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Reproductive health – a workplace issue!

October 10, 2024

When it comes to managing our reproductive health and work, we...
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What we told the Victorian government about NDAs

September 24, 2024

Last month the Victorian government announced a formal consultation process about...
Women | OHS
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Ending Sexual Harassment in Hospo

September 18, 2024

Every worker deserves to be safe at work. We’re sick and...
Women | OHS
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Victoria commits to nation-leading laws to restrict the use of NDAs

August 12, 2024

Victorian Government commits to nation-leading laws to restrict the use of...
OHS | Women
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Victoria commits to nation-leading laws to restrict the use of NDAs

August 12, 2024

Victorian Government commits to nation-leading laws to restrict the use of...
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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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Call for employers to act on workplace sexual harassment

April 30, 2024

New Research Reveals Alarming Levels of Workplace Harassment: Urgent Call for...
Women | OHS
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Demand more from corporate Australia on International Womens Day

March 05, 2024

If you want Corporate Australia to get serious about ending gender...
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Feminism at the Hall

December 22, 2023

In November as part of the #16Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence,...
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End NDAs Activist Network Organising

December 22, 2023

The NDA Activist Network volunteers meet monthly to plan actions for...
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Women's Rights at Work Conference 2023

December 22, 2023

In August 125 union women gathered in Solidarity Hall for a...
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Women Onsite

December 21, 2023

Women Onsite is a VTHC project that works directly with women...
Women | Training
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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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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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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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Statue of iconic equal pay protest to be unveiled

May 29, 2023

A bronze statue depicting an iconic act of protest will be...
zelda | Women | equal pay | History | Arts Events
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Zelda monument update

May 05, 2023

Ground has broken outside Trades Hall in preparation the statue of...
Women | equal pay | History | Arts
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Activist mums

May 04, 2023

Along with breakfast in bed or a bunch of flowers -...
Women | History
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A union activist in bronze

March 23, 2023

It’s a hot day, and some bastard judge in a wig...
Women | equal pay | History | Arts
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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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Let Survivors Speak

March 21, 2023

Non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) are commonly used in the settlement of workplace...
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No more workplace cover-ups

February 03, 2023

Non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) are commonly used in the settlement of workplace...
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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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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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Artist Jennifer Mann selected to create Zelda D’Aprano statue “Chain Reaction”

May 31, 2022

“Chain Reaction”, a figurative sculpture proposal by artist Jennifer Mann, has...
Arts | Women
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Portrait honouring Gwen Goedecke to be unveiled at Trades Hall

May 04, 2022

A ceremony honouring Gwen Goedecke’s life-long contribution to the Victorian union...
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Women Onsite: the chippy with a PhD

March 25, 2022

"Women Onsite has changed my life. I was finishing off a...
Women | Training
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Religious Discrimination Bill

February 11, 2022

“We launched a Pride group at our school last year. I’m...
OHS | Women | Pride
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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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Gender is a Rip-Off

August 31, 2021

There is something I will take away from the gender pay...
GV | Pay Gap | womens_news | Women
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Organising For Equality in a Pandemic

August 31, 2021

“We'll win in the same way we've won everything from paid...
Women | Pay Gap | womens_news | GV | FV | Covid19
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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...
Industrial | Women | GV | Australian Services Union | Pay Gap | FV
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5 Ideas to Make Australia More Equal

June 21, 2021

5 ways to make Australia more equal. Workers in union have...
Women | Pay Gap | Gig | Racial Justice
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Dear Comrade: Do I Have to Take my Boss’ Fashion Advice?

June 21, 2021

My supervisor was initially dropping “hints” about my workwear, but has...
Dear Comrade | Women
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A Story About Stories We Can’t Tell

June 15, 2021

████████ is a █████ who works for █████ ████████ in ████████....
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 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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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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