New South Wales and Victorian food workers at SunRice Group will stop work for two days following the company’s attempts to wind back basic conditions and rights.
From 6am this morning more than 300…
As students return to school today, teachers and students are required to test for COVID-19 twice weekly and provided with free rapid antigen tests (RATs) - but school cleaners have been excluded.
In New…
More than 200 aged care residents have died from Covid in one week, marking it as one of the deadliest weeks of the pandemic in aged care since the Covid outbreak began in…
Aged care workers have painted a devastating picture of life inside aged care facilities with omicron.
In first-hand accounts and a major survey released today, aged care workers have reported on the impact of…
The United Workers Union (UWU) has today joined aged care providers and other aged care unions in calling for urgent Federal Government intervention in the aged care sector.
In a joint statement today, aged…
Queensland aged care workers have made an unprecedented commitment to pursue protected strike action if their claims for a decent wage, more care time and more respect are not met by employers.
The commitment…
More than 100 essential health workers will walk-off the job today from Adelaide hospitals including Flinders Medical Centre amid concerns about serious understaffing that has left South Australian patients at risk from lapses…
A damning report released today that has found bullying, discrimination, victimisation and sexual harassment rife throughout Ambulance Victoria must be used as an opportunity for sweeping cultural reforms, the Ambulance employees’ union said…
Essential health workers’ reports of multiple understaffing and safety issues at four major metropolitan hospitals in Adelaide have prompted lightning workplace health-and-safety inspections to ensure the safety of workers and patients.
“We have been…
WHO: United Workers Union health workers walk off the job at Lyell McEwin Hospital, Adelaide.
WHAT: More than 50 essential health workers and their fellow union members will protest outside the hospital in their…
A Federal Court ruling that seven former Canberra massage employees are owed around $900,000 brings to an end one of Australia’s worst cases of wage theft and worker abuse.
The judgement finds workers were…
WHAT: SA Water workers in hi-vis go on strike, protesting against unfair treatment.
WHERE: SA Water House, 250 Victoria Square, Adelaide
WHEN: Media event from 1.15pm. Media comment available from 1.30pm.
Management indifference to workers’ demands…