Serhii Shlyapnikov speaks to political scientist and author Manfred Elfstrom, whose research focuses on labour protests in China.
Workers & unions
Hundreds of workers at the Star Casino walked off the job to protest the entertainment group’s plans to cut workers’ penalty rates. Justin Beevers and Elias Boyle report.
Shaye Candish, general secretary for the NSW Nurses and Midwives Association, told a snap protest outside Royal Prince Alfred Hospital the union would not allow midwives to be cut. Pip Hinman reports.
Victorian teachers protested the Jacinta Allan government’s decision to delay at least $2.4 billion in promised funding for public schools. Isaac Nellist spoke to Adam Bremner, Victorian public school teacher, Australian Education Union (AEU) member and Socialist Alliance member, about the impact of this funding cut on teachers and students.
NSW Labor’s 2025-26 budge hands subsidies to developers and other private businesses but largely ignores the welfare of workers and the poor. Jim McIlroy reports.
The CFMEU’s tradition of struggle can inspire all workers and explains why the ruling class wants to break its power, argues Jonathan Strauss.
Trade unionist, academic and socialist activist Alexis Vassiley tracks the rise and fall of union power in Western Australia’s mining region in his new book. Alex Salmon reviews.
Activists highlighted New South Wales Labor’s destructive housing demolition agenda by temporarily occupying public housing at 82 Wentworth Park Road, Glebe, reports Isaac Nellist.
Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union members rallied to demand that the administrators and High Court tell the truth. Jonathan Strauss reports.
Democratic Party (DP) candidate Lee Jae-myung defeated the ruling right-wing People Power Party in South Korea’s presidential elections. However, the DP’s failure to win an absolute majority leaves the new government in a troublesome position, writes Youngsu Won.
Hundreds of mental health workers took stop-work action to demand better wages and conditions. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
The corporate media, economists and employers are complaining that productivity in Australia is too low. Some describe it as a national disaster. But is it even a problem, asks Mary Merkenich?
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