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The ongoing industrial action by over 1,100 Department of Human Services (DHS) disability support workers has intensified, as union members escalate their industrial action.…
WOMEN STILL FACING DOUBLE BURDEN: CARE ROLES, LOW WAGES
March 7, 2025
A new survey shows women juggling huge out-of-hours care burdens, while a third of the women surveyed deal with the fallout from earning half…
‘DISGRACEFUL’: SERCO’S DETENTION CENTRE TACTICS CALLED OUT AFTER HEARING
February 24, 2025
Today the Fair Work Commission issued a recommendation that striking Immigration Detention Centre workers across the country cut planned industrial action this afternoon from…
STRIKING DETENTION CENTRE WORKERS FACE RETURN-TO-WORK DEMAND
February 24, 2025
Workers’ frustration at Immigration Detention Centre provider Serco has boiled over into a national stoppage by detention centre workers and a threatened last-minute court…
HEALTH WORKERS BEGIN INDUSTRIAL ACTION: “We need a living wage to support South Australians”
February 24, 2025
The Malinauskas Labor Government is being hit with another large industrial protest, with more than 1,000 South Australian health support workers implementing sweeping work…
LIBS’ SECRET EARLY CHILDHOOD PLAN: CUTS AND CHAOS
February 20, 2025
After decades of progress in building a quality early childhood education and care sector, the Liberal Party has revealed its election plan to gut…
SECURITY WORKERS SIDELINED AS CANBERRA AIRPORT CEO PRIORITISES BLABFEST
February 14, 2025
Workers will stage a second protest following the failure of the Canberra Airport Group (CAG) chief executive officer Stephen Byron to intervene in the…
WORKERS WALK AT IMMIGRATION DETENTION CENTRE
February 14, 2025
Around 300 immigration detention workers will down tools for four hours in Melbourne today in response to being disrespected and deceived by their current…
DISABILITY SUPPORT WORKERS BEGIN INDUSTRIAL ACTION: “We need a living wage to support South Australians”
February 7, 2025
The Malinauskas Labor Government face a large industrial protest, with more than 1100 Department of Human Services (DHS) workers implementing sweeping work bans with their…
CANBERRA AIRPORT WORKERS RALLY AGAINST CUTS BY NEW CONTRACTOR
February 3, 2025
WHEN: 11 am Monday 3 February 2025
WHERE: Canberra Airport taxi rank
WHAT: Over 50 airport workers will rally at Canberra Airport. In the first Parliamentary…
The potential collapse of Star Casino poses a devastating threat to Australia's major night-time economies and thousands of workers, as United Workers Union calls…
EARLY LEARNING REFORMS HELP FAMILIES, WORKERS
January 28, 2025
United Workers Union welcomes new Jobs and Skills Australia figures showing sharply falling vacancy rates for early childhood educator roles, and new Federal Government figures showing $2,768 in…