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The 888 Movement Wasn't As Dramatic As You Think

March 22, 2021

The story goes that stonemasons all over Melbourne forcefully downed tools and went on strike one fateful day in 1856. They allegedly marched to the doors of Parliament and demanded eight hours work,...

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A Women’s General Strike

March 22, 2021

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

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Commonwealth Bank Are Unrepentant Wage Thieves

March 22, 2021

What a horrible thing to say! We here at Megaphone Journal...

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Lessons from the Cleanstart Campaign

March 22, 2021

From an organiser's written statement: I deny that I said "Consolidated...

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Two Plebiscites, Alike in Indignity

March 19, 2021

In the foyer of Trades Hall, when you walk in from...

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Posties, Paradoxes and the Pandemic

March 16, 2021

One of the workers at Australia Post reportedly showed up at the distribution centre one day with his arm covered from wrist to elbow in "gold" watches bought for $5 each at the...

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Victoria's Truth Telling Commission

March 15, 2021

A joint statement between the Victorian government and the First Peoples'...

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Unions Were Always Cool

March 13, 2021

In the wake of many headlines to come out of the...

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The Missing ‘W’

March 09, 2021

There used to be an extra letter in the abbreviation we...

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Solidarity Sauce: Workers on Strike At McCormick

March 08, 2021

Last week we reported on a United Workers Union action taking...

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A Monument of One's Own

March 05, 2021

Did you know that there are more public sculptures of famous animals in Victoria than there are of famous women? Did you know that of 580 public statues in Melbourne, only 4.3% are...

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All The Workers, United

February 25, 2021

United Workers Union members at Peters Ice Cream in Mulgrave have...

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An Act of Solidarity with Myanmar

February 24, 2021

Every night at 8pm local time, residents of the largest city...

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