Industrial relations
Woodside given a week to pay up to avoid strike
If agreement is not reached next Wednesday then industrial action is almost certain, according to a union source.
- by Peter Milne
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‘We cannot go back to Myanmar’: Rubber giant Ansell accused of abandoning workers in Thailand
Workers from Myanmar at the glove maker’s factory in Thailand are in a dispute with the ASX-listed company over severance payments after being retrenched suddenly.
- by Chris Barrett
Elena proved she earned less than her male peers, but she still couldn’t make her employer pay
A workplace tribunal found a Melbourne chef was paid unequally, but it couldn’t do anything. Now a legal expert says workers need a better system.
- by Lachlan Abbott
Business council appoints Liberal staffer to top job as IR showdown looms
Jennifer Westacott’s replacement was chief of staff to former NSW Liberal premier Dominic Perrottet, risking tensions with leaders in Canberra and the states.
- by David Crowe
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Hospitals
If you can’t beat ’em: WA nurses step up pay fight with political push
The union will only move forward if the bulk of its membership supports the idea, but this is likely – and nurses’ pay would be only one part of its platform.
- by Hamish Hastie
WA gas strike talk spooks energy markets
The prospect of workers downing tools at Woodside and Chevron facilities has sent European gas prices soaring.
- by Peter Milne
Not just Hollywood: Los Angeles city workers go on strike over wages
It’s the latest strike to overtake the nation’s second-largest city in recent months as sanitation workers, lifeguards and traffic officers walked off the job.
The Real Housewives fight back: Reality TV faces its moment of reckoning
Inspired by the Hollywood strike, performers on massively popular reality TV shows are starting to organise and demand better pay and conditions.
- by Nell Geraets
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Trade unions
‘Deeply disappointed’: Union boss escalates tensions with Minns government
The most senior union official in NSW is “deeply disappointed and frustrated” after pay negotiations between the NSW government and Teacher’s Federation stalled last week.
- by Michael McGowan and Max Maddison
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AI
Labor, unions move to protect workers who could lose jobs to AI
Labor has created its policy position on AI, which will for the first time outline the party’s approach to the amorphous technology dominating global debate.
- by Paul Sakkal
Actors slam Hollywood A-listers as shutdown drags on
Which productions have shut down, why are some actors still working, and why are some reality stars ‘lawyering up’?
- by Nell Geraets