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WHAT: SA’s Nine prisons go into lockdown WHEN: For 24 hours starting at 7am this morning WHERE: Press Conference at 12.30pm @ the PSA, 122 Pirie St MORE INFO: Prisons in lockdown as Corrections Officers walk off the job over pay and conditions Corrections Officers across seven of South Australia’s prisons have downed … Continued
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Community and disability support workers and union representatives will sing carols in Santa hats outside the Fair Work Commission (FWC) today, urging the tribunal to protect their gender pay gains ahead of a potential pay-cut ruling before Christmas. The FWC is currently reviewing the Award for community and disability support workers, and has received submissions … Continued
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Melbourne-based Sam Wallman is both a wharf worker at a container terminal in Melbourne and award-winning writer, cartoonist and illustrator. View from the Docks showcases his latest work in an exhibition at the Australian National Maritime Museum opening on December 4. It depicts how life on the docks has changed – and stayed the same … Continued
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Health Services Union (HSU) members working in the public health system will walk off the job today at every major hospital to protest the Northern Territory Government’s Enterprise Agreement (EA) offer. The proposed EA would make Allied Health professionals in the NT the lowest paid in the country, threatening our ability to staff essential services. … Continued
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MEDIA RELEASE Ambulance Victoria’s own staff have seized control of the organisation’s social media channels today; posting pro-industrial action messages as part of an escalating pay dispute. Hundreds of Ambulance Managers & Professionals Association (AMPA) members – spanning the lowest-paid administrative roles through to senior managers and paramedics – have been taking industrial … Continued
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MEDIA CALL Art and ActivismView from the Docks The work of Sam Wallman 11am December 42 Murray Street, Pyrmont Melbourne-based Sam Wallman is both a wharf worker at a container terminal in Melbourne and award-winning writer, cartoonist and illustrator. View from the Docks showcases his latest work in an exhibition … Continued
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Wage Inspectorate Victoria has filed charges in the Magistrates’ Court of Victoria against Nasida Pty Ltd, (trading as South Beach Project), alleging the business contravened the Child Employment Act 2003. It is alleged the Mount Martha based business employed a child under the age of 15 without a licence and contravened laws relating to maximum … Continued
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The Health Services Union SA/NT (HSU), representing Allied Health Professionals and Medical Scientists, has been negotiating a new Enterprise Agreement with the Finocchiaro Government for more than nine months. After voting down their first offer, the NT Government referred the matter to the Fair Work Commission. The NT Government is now putting the Enterprise Agreement … Continued
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Modelling from Macquarie University reveals student learning time and subject choices will be slashed if it pushes ahead with savage cuts to its staff this week. Nearly a third of Arts subjects will be removed from the 2026 curriculum as part of sweeping changes which come after the university executive knocked-back their own planning … Continued
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The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Employment, Workplace Relations, Skills and Training has launched an inquiry into the operation and adequacy of the National Employment Standards (NES) under the Fair Work Act, and is seeking written submissions to guide the inquiry’s findings. The inquiry – a commitment arising from the 2022 Jobs and Skills Summit – will consider whether the NES … Continued
