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Link No end to assassinations of trade unionists in Colombia
 
Link Queensland - Not for Sale
 
Link UNITE submission to senate
 
Link CEPU Campaign for Australia Post EBA7
 
Link Firefighter shortages: 'You might as well send an undertaker'
 
Link 500 unionists marched through Geelong
 
Link Huntsman factory workers take a hit
 
Link Nurses won't take Gillard's medicine
Thousands of aged-care nurses fear they will lose up to $295 a week as a result of the Rudd government's award overhaul, reigniting union demands for Julia Gillard to intervene or face workers leaving the health system.
Link 150 walk off the job at Campbell's
Production at the Campbell's Soup factory in Shepparton has come to a stop today with workers going on strike
Link Protest against 7-Eleven in South Yarra!
 
Link Failing to pay wages costs boss $20K
 
Link Workers scammed despite Fair Work Bill
 
Link 7-Eleven: Pressure mounts on Eddie Chan
 
Link Overhaul of award to shock sparkies
 
Link Spate of non-union deals before Fair Work laws
 
Link Bullying claim at printers
 
Link The G20 Summit - starting point for better regulation
 
Link PM has forked tongue
 
Link MPs' 3% rise wins chilly response
 
Link Worker safety 'put at risk by laws'
 
Link Australia Post's return to work strategy under scrutiny
Australia Post’s rehabilitation program for injured workers got the thumbs up last week at a Government awards ceremony, a win the company is putting down to safety policies and an early return-to-work program. But the union covering Australia Post workers says management is returning workers to the job too early, putting them at risk of further injury.
Link Union Summer 2010
Union Summer aims to encourage participants to become activists in their workplaces, universities or TAFE colleges and support workers organising in strategic sites and industries. US aims to increase the amount of young people that become strong union members.
Link Union badge wearer wins re-employment
Tsuji-san expressed his determination to keep wearing his badge until retirement, to continue his membership with the union even after retirement
Link Workplace discrimination hits older jobseekers
Older workers are caught between a rock and a hard place
Link 7-Eleven workers losing in numbers game
Fair Work is investigating 7-Eleven franchises in Victoria over claims of exploitation
Link Elevator brakes fail killing 26
 
Link Argentina: Kraft dispute sparks anti-govt protest
An effort by Kraft Foods Inc. to end a labor dispute at its Argentina factory has ignited a larger dispute between leftist groups and the government, as several thousand people marched to the presidential palace late Monday in solidarity with fired workers
Link Solidarity call with Mexican Electrical Workers Union
The government wants to eliminate the Mexican Electrical Workers Union which has been the leading force in organizing to oppose the Calderón government's economic policies and in particular its plan to privatize the electrical industry
Link MPs get 3% pay rise- Aged care workers < 2%
 
Link Coca-Cola Ireland Workers need your support!
 
Link Builder faces safety charges
 
Link Union stalwart follows his dream of a princess
 
Link Important to Recognise and Reward Our Teachers
“Teachers make a difference for individuals, for communities and for our nation as a whole,”
Link A Waterside Worker and His Wife
The events of (the nationwide) 1928 strike were burnt deep into the psyche of Port Melbourne people. The story of the dispute was told over and over to ongoing generations - 60 yrs on it is still being told.
Link PUBLIC support for the Kevin Rudd government has collapsed
 
Link Engineers place work ban on Qantas
 
Link Rees takes a shine to solar panel incentive
 
Link Truckies 'forced to pay for accidents'
 
Link National Day of Action- Youth Rates Suck
 
Link Right to decent crust by St Helena workers
 
Link Steelworkers Take Fight at Canadian Mine Global
Steelworkers at nickel giant Vale Inco’s operations in Sudbury and Voisey Bay in Canada have been on strike since July. After rejecting contracts calling for deep concessions, Steelworkers (USW) members there find themselves in the midst of one of their largest battles in their history.
Link Record $8.7m in wages recovered
The ombudsman's office released a statement yesterday saying the money was shared among 4552 workers who had been underpaid.
Link Teenager electrocuted in work accident
A 16-year-old boy has died in a workplace accident from an apparent electric shock. He is the second Queensland insulation installer contractor to die in recent weeks.
Link Uni staff withhold marks
Melbourne University staff have voted to withhold end-of-year student results, accusing management of treating staff with contempt.
Link Nurses' rally outside Gillard's office
 
Link Stop Violence Against Women Day
 
Link Broken pledge on building watchdog
 
Link A long work hours culture
 
Link Two men die in Vic workplace accidents
 
Link Government should deliver four weeks leave for fathers
 
Link Unions to Vale: You can run but you can't hide
 
Link IR fight back on centre stage
 
Link Ansett super goes begging
 
Link Blue Circle axes jobs at Waurn Ponds plant
 
Link Posties to deliver unstamped mail
 
Link Posties to strike this week
 
Link Building sector regulator to stay
 
Link New stress bill angers unions, pleases business
 
Link NZ Government to cut holiday entitlements
 
Link Union takes legal action against Qantas
 
Link Bligh to fast-track new apprentices
 
Link Bendigo post staff vow more protest
 
Link A USW Holiday Message to Vale Strikers & Families
 
Link Griffin coal workers still in dark over their future
 
Link Coalition slams plan to help unions
 
Link Corio firm fined $70k for sacking trio
 
Link Nurses keep penalty rates
 
Link Canadian union files labor complaint against Vale
 
Link New deal taking an Age
 
Link Man dies after falling from scaffolding
 
Link Flawed Schools Funding System Must Be Scrapped
Despite a record injection of funds into public schools by the Federal Government private schools will still receive billions more in federal funding by 2013, new research to be released today has found.
Link Ombudsman to prosecute former 7-Eleven operators
 
Link Cabbies to stage protest in Melbourne
 
Link Fair Work says OK to desal wage
 
Link Fair Work laws 'could force up project costs'
 
Link Australia Post 'spying' on workers
 
Link Unions take rail corporation to court
 
Link Unions must leave Labor
 
Link Industrial threat to airline
 
Link Postie claims bullying
 
Link Drop ALP: union head
 
Link Abbott's workplace law gamble
 
Link ASU Comdemns Gillard's "soul-destroying" Awards
 
Link More would install solar if power paid for
 
Link Budget warning as workers made to slash hours
 
Link Parental leave scheme fares poorly
 
Link Thales workers prepared to take industrial action
 
Link Attempts to overturn desal agreement
 
Link ETU building to add solar 'skin'
 
Link State told in 2000 of power-line fire risk
 
Link Mining Co. bans Miners attending funeral
 
Link Historic win after 23 year campaign by NRU
 
Link AMWU Members rally outside ASIC
 
Link Union abandons Labor in favour of Greens
 
Link Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union pulls Labor bankroll
 
Link Farzad Kamangar executed
Amnesty International today condemned the executions in Iran of four Kurdish political activists and another Iranian man, all convicted of “moharebeh” (enmity against God)”. The four Kurds – Farzad Kamangar, Ali Heydarian, Farhad Vakili, Shirin Alam-Holi – along with Mehdi Eslamian, were hanged on Sunday, 9 May at Evin prison in Tehran.
Link Angry blue-collar union considers spurning ALP
Members of the Electrical Trades Union's Victorian branch will be polled next month on whether they support ending their affiliation with Labor, which would cost the party about $100,000 in annual fees.
Link 7-Eleven Protest: Make Dodgy Bosses Pay!
UNITE members and supporters will protest against the underpayment of 7-Eleven workers outside the Court from 9am.
Link Protest builds over man facing jail
 
Link Workers withhold support for Labor
 
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