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  1. Bus strikes set to cause ‘huge disruption’ across North London

    Unite members claim Arriva failed to act on driver complaints about poor working conditions in hot weather, with…
    #London #Britain #UnitedKingdom #UK #GB #England #Headlines #News #Europe #EU #Haringey #Arriva #buses #industrialaction #TransportForLondon
    europesays.com/gbr/london/2103

  2. Rare photos found in attic shed light on Indigenous rights movement
    By Alistair Bates

    They waited in a Fremantle attic for decades. Now an anthropologist's snapshots of remote Australian history are about to see the light of day.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-02/rar

    #History #IndigenousAustralians #FineArtPhotography #IndustrialAction #AlistairBates

  3. BHP and unions both claim wins after weekend strike action
    By Kimberley Putland and Alistair Bates

    BHP's Port Hedland operations just faced 48 hours of industrial action, but how much of an impact did it have?

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-10/uni

    #IndustrialAction #Unions #MiningandMetalsIndustry #IronOre #KimberleyPutland #AlistairBates

  4. Train drivers in Great Britain consider strike action over lack of toilets
    By Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent

    Unions say basic needs still not being met a year after regulator told operators to improve facilities

    theguardian.com/business/2026/

    #Railindustry #Business #Railtransport #Transport #UKnews #Industrialaction #TheGuardian #GwynTophamTransportcorrespondent

  5. BHP staff down tools for historic strike in Western Australia
    By Kimberley Putland, Mietta Adams, and Alistair Bates

    Workers at the mining giant's operations in Port Hedland have walked off the job in one of the most significant industrial disputes to hit the resources sector in a quarter of a century.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-07-16/bhp

    #IndustrialAction #IronOre #Unions #KimberleyPutland #MiettaAdams #AlistairBates

  6. BHP workers to strike as mining giant hits record production
    By Kimberley Putland, Mietta Adams, and Alistair Bates

    As hundreds of BHP workers prepare to down tools in a landmark strike, the miner has revealed its highest-ever levels of iron ore production.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-07-16/bhp

    #IndustrialAction #IronOre #KimberleyPutland #MiettaAdams #AlistairBates

  7. BHP workers to strike as mining giant hits record production
    By Kimberley Putland, Mietta Adams, and Alistair Bates

    As hundreds of BHP workers prepare to down tools in a landmark strike, the miner has revealed its highest-ever levels of iron ore production.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-07-16/bhp

    #IndustrialAction #IronOre #KimberleyPutland #MiettaAdams #AlistairBates

  8. Strike over as Woolworths workers accept new offer from supermarket giant
    abc.net.au/news/2024-12-07/woo

    Strikes work.
    Industrial action works.
    Unions work for the workers.
    Woolies is no friend of workers.
    The Fair Work Commission is not fair.

    The United Workers Union got Woolies management to finally agree not to punish workers for their speed of work, and to give workers a boost in wages.

    The "framework" that Woolies was trying to foist on its warehouse workers would have required warehouse staff to achieve a 100% performance and speed.

    The union called it "dangerous, inhumane and unsafe". I consider it unrealistic for humans, dangerous for robots, and certain to cause injuries to anyone nearby in a short time. Think about it for a moment you'll see it was absolutely bonkers and whoever proposed it should be sacked for posing such a dire OH&S risk.

    This debacle has shown that the Fair Work Commission is not fair and impartial.
    Furthermore, Woolies has blown millions of dollars to show everyone they're no friend of workers.

    I urge you to continue your boycott of Woolies, and start campaigning to have the Governor General clear-out LNP stooges from the FWC.

    #AusPol #BoycottWoolies #Scab #StrikeBreaking #Woolies #Woolworths #Unions #UnitedWorkersUnion #PayYourWorkers #IndustrialAction #WooliesStrike #WooliesOnline #FairWorkCommission

  9. Woolworths wins Fair Work Commission bid against United Workers Union
    abc.net.au/news/2024-12-06/woo

    This is grim news for Woolies workers.

    And, it sets a bad precedent. Other large retailers with distribution centres around Australia will be looking at this news and thinking they can screw their workers the same way and not face a picket-line outside their warehouses.

    It's also worth noting that the Fair Work Commission has been stacked by LNP cronies over the last few years when the LNP were in government and had power over appointments. I'm sure many people at the Fair Work Commission try to be impartial, but it shouldn't come as a surprise when they sometimes make decisions that favour big business. The LNP has a long history of undermining "independent umpires" -- workers at Woolies and the United Workers Union are not on a level playing field.

    The good news is that the United Workers Union is likely lodge an appeal, so they're still in with a fight.

    My personal boycott of Woolies remains in place -- my partner & I are instead shopping at other supermarkets and local grocers, and we're thinking of making the boycott permanent. I suggest you show solidarity with the workers and boycott Woolies.

    #AusPol #BoycottWoolies #Scab #StrikeBreaking #Woolies #Woolworths #Unions #UnitedWorkersUnion #PayYourWorkers #IndustrialAction #WooliesStrike #WooliesOnline #FairWorkCommission

  10. On August 10, 2022, postal employees resorted toan unprecedented strike in all 23 circles across the country at the call of their national federation, ...
    2022: India’s Workers and Peasants Fight Back – and Fight on