The CFMEU’s tradition of struggle can inspire all workers and explains why the ruling class wants to break its power, argues Jonathan Strauss.
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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.
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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.
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Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union members rallied to demand that the administrators and High Court tell the truth. Jonathan Strauss reports.
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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.
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Hundreds of mental health workers took stop-work action to demand better wages and conditions. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
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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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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a roundtable of big business, unions and civil society to “support and shape our government’s growth and productivity agenda”. History sheds light on what we expect from such a plan, writes Peter Boyle.
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Pike River, depicting the events surrounding one of Aotearoa’s worst industrial tragedies, is an inspiring portrait of two ordinary women’s fight for justice, writes Zara Lomas.
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NSW Labor’s controversial amendments to severely limit workers’ right to access compensation for psychological injuries suffered at work has been sent to a second parliamentary inquiry. Jim McIlroy reports.
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Mass protests have broken out in response to United States mass arrests of migrants by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol. Malik Miah and Barry Sheppard report.
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A Voice for Members, a rank and file ticket contesting the Community and Public Sector Union elections, is the first in 32 years to challenge the incumbent union leadership and has activists running for every position. Jacob Andrewartha reports.