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Unions Were Always Cool

March 13, 2021

In the wake of many headlines to come out of the Meghan Markle/Prince Harry interview released last week, one unexpected story began to circulate. While detailing the mistreatment she suffered as part of...

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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...

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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 in Myanmar, Yangon, bang on pots and pans to show their opposition to the military coup that has taken over their country...

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Family Court Abolished by Federal Government

February 23, 2021

With everything else going on, you can be forgiven for not...

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John Dias and Nelson Mandela

February 22, 2021

The safe was empty. To this day, no one knows what...

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December 13, 2019

Listen to the audioguide for the Workers Museum at Trades Hall

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We swear by the southern cross to stand truly by each other

December 01, 2019

“There is no flag in old Europe half so beautiful as...

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Eight hours to work, Eight hours to play, Eight hours to sleep...

November 19, 2019

On 21 April 1856 stonemasons working on the University of Melbourne downed tools and marched to the Belvedere Hotel, demanding a radical improvement in working conditions not yet won anywhere else in the...

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Eight bob a day. A fair day’s work, For a fair day’s pay.

November 18, 2019

Victorian union members went all out to show off their wares...

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Trades Hall

November 17, 2019

“A people’s palace…built and own’d by hardy sons of toil...”

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