Several hundred Sydney Ferries workers, members of the Maritime Union of Australia, went on strike for better pay and conditions. Jim McIlroy reports.
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Hundreds of National Tertiary Education Union members at the University of Melbourne went on strike to demand paid sick leave for casuals and safer workloads for academic staff. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
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Thousands of allied health professionals working in Victoria’s public hospitals took part in a 24-hour strike demanding better pay and working conditions. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
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ABC staff are on strike for 24 hours in a bid to secure sustainable jobs, fair pay and improved working conditions, including from job losses from AI. Kerry Smith reports.
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Workers at Harry Hartog and Berkelouw Books have announced they will go on a five-day strike in the lead up to Christmas as part of their campaign for better wages and conditions. Isaac Nellist reports.
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A powerful wave of international labour and civil society solidarity with Palestine, focused on blocking supplies to Israel, was led by striking Italian dockworkers, report Majid S and Rachel Evans.
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Workers at the Nexperia semiconductor factory in Cabuyao, the Philippines, are in a protracted struggle for better wages and against union busting. Clive Tillman reports.
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Workers at Boeing’s commercial division in the United States overwhelmingly voted on September 12 to reject a tentative collective agreement and take strike action, reports Malik Miah.
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The Writers Guild of America (WGA) secured a tentative agreement with the major Hollywood studios and streaming companies on September 24, ending its nearly five-month-long strike, reports Malik Miah.
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Isaac Nellist and Leo Earle go through the latest news from across the continent and around the world.
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Members of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) — representing 160,000 actors across the United States — went on strike on July 14, joining writers on the picket lines, reports Malik Miah.
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More than 10 days into the mass strike by Canadian dockworkers in British Columbia, dockworkers on the West Coast of the United States declared their refusal to handle containers rerouted from the struck Port of Vancouver, reports Jeff Shantz.