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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. Hundreds or regional doctors stop work over poor working conditions
    By Eden Hynninen, Charlotte Wilkes, and Tyrone Dalton

    Doctors from Ballarat Base Hospital and Bendigo Health have walked off the job citing exhaustion, low morale and stressful working conditions.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-03/hun

    #IndustrialAction #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #EdenHynninen #CharlotteWilkes #TyroneDalton

  3. Hundreds or regional doctors stop work over poor working conditions
    By Eden Hynninen, Charlotte Wilkes, and Tyrone Dalton

    Doctors from Ballarat Base Hospital and Bendigo Health have walked off the job citing exhaustion, low morale and stressful working conditions.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-03/hun

    #IndustrialAction #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #EdenHynninen #CharlotteWilkes #TyroneDalton

  4. Hundreds or regional doctors stop work over poor working conditions
    By Eden Hynninen, Charlotte Wilkes, and Tyrone Dalton

    Doctors from Ballarat Base Hospital and Bendigo Health have walked off the job citing exhaustion, low morale and stressful working conditions.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-03/hun

    #IndustrialAction #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #EdenHynninen #CharlotteWilkes #TyroneDalton

  5. Hundreds or regional doctors stop work over poor working conditions
    By Eden Hynninen, Charlotte Wilkes, and Tyrone Dalton

    Doctors from Ballarat Base Hospital and Bendigo Health have walked off the job citing exhaustion, low morale and stressful working conditions.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-03/hun

    #IndustrialAction #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #EdenHynninen #CharlotteWilkes #TyroneDalton

  6. Hundreds or regional doctors stop work over poor working conditions
    By Eden Hynninen, Charlotte Wilkes, and Tyrone Dalton

    Doctors from Ballarat Base Hospital and Bendigo Health have walked off the job citing exhaustion, low morale and stressful working conditions.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-03/hun

    #IndustrialAction #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #EdenHynninen #CharlotteWilkes #TyroneDalton

  7. 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

  8. The Strike Ballot

    I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that the Irish Federation of University Teachers (IFUT), of which I am a member, was planning a ballot on industrial action. The reason for the ballot is that the Public Service Agreement, covering pay and working conditions for all public service workers in Ireland, lapsed at the end of June this year (2026) and there is currently no pay settlement for the second half of this year or next year. Salaries have fallen behind inflation under the existing Agreement and some important commitment have not yet been implemented. The Government does not give the impression of being serious about negotiations on these matters.

    The ballot opened today, September 1st 2026, and as soon as the link for the electronic vote arrived in my inbox I clicked it and voted ‘YES’, i.e. in favour of industrial action.

    Similar ballots are taking place across all the public service unions. Yesterday, it was revealed that Ireland’s largest public sector union, SIPTU, has voted 98% in favour of industrial action. I hope the IFUT result – and results from the other relevant unions – is as strong.

    If it comes to industrial action – which I hope it does not – then such action will be coordinated across the public sector.

    P.S. Solidarity to former colleagues at Nottingham University as they take industrial action over job losses resulting from its proposed “restructuring”.

    #IFUT #IndustrialAction #IrishFederationOfUniversityTeachers #PublicServiceAgreement #strikes
  9. The Union Matters

    I don’t often post anything about matters pertaining to the Irish Federation of University Teachers (IFUT), of which I am a member, but there is something very important going on so I thought I would make an exception. In what follows, I of course speak for myself as an IFUT member and not for IFUT as a whole.

    Yesterday I attended an information session in advance of a forthcoming ballot for industrial action. The reason for the action is that the Public Service Agreement, covering pay and working conditions for all public service workers in Ireland, lapsed at the end of June this year (2026) and there is currently no pay settlement for the second half of this year or next year. Salaries have fallen behind inflation under the existing Agreement and some important commitment have not yet been implemented. The Government does not give the impression of being serious about negotiations on these matters.

    The members’ ballot will comprise a single YES/NO question on whether or not to support industrial action, including strike action. I think this is an important step towards serious negotiations. I will be supporting industrial action.

    The IFUT ballot will open on September 1st, but only IFUT members (working in public institutions) will be able to vote. If you are eligible for IFUT membership, you should join now so that you can have your say and strengthen the collective position of higher education staff. Eligible colleagues who join IFUT by 5pm on 31 August 2026 will be eligible to vote in the ballot. You can join IFUT here. If you’re eligible, please join!

    Similar ballots are taking place across all the public service unions. If it comes to industrial action – which I hope it does not – then such action will be coordinated across the public sector.

    #IFUT #IndustrialAction #IrishFederationOfUniversityTeachers #PublicServiceAgreement #strikes
  10. Andy Burnham has barely acknowledged the climate crisis. If only Britain’s workers had that luxury | John Harris
    By John Harris

    Nurses collapsing, builders with heatstroke, bus drivers in cabs that reach 44C. The new PM wanted to spend the summer talking about the cost of living – he should change his plans

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    #Extremeheat #Environment #Industrialaction #AndyBurnham #Politics #Tradeunions #Transport #UKnews #TheGuardian #JohnHarris

  11. Luxury cruise ship passengers ferried to shore after strike closes port
    By Rachel Jackson, Vanessa Mills, and Ruby Littler

    Cruise boat workers are pulling together to hand-load cargo and transfer passengers in small boats after strike action at the Port of Broome shuts down operations.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-11/str

    #IndustrialAction #TravelandTourism #TourismandLeisureIndustry #MarineTransportIndustry #SmallBusinesses #RachelJackson #VanessaMills #RubyLittler

  12. 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

  13. Workers down tools for second time at BHP's Port Hedland operations
    By Kimberley Putland

    Members of three unions have downed tools for 24 hours at BHP's Port Hedland operations, after a work stoppage by the Australian Workers Union a day earlier.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-09/str

    #Unions #IndustrialAction #IronOre #KimberleyPutland

  14. Youth detention workers strike over safety concerns at Queensland centres

    Employees from the Brisbane, Cleveland and West Moreton Youth Detention Centres, as well as the Wacol Youth Remand Centre, took part in industrial action on Thursday.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-06/you

    #IndustrialAction #YouthCrime

  15. Frustrated commuters endure three months of disrupted rail services
    By Lottie Twyford

    Queensland Rail says one third of trains are now off the tracks due to a growing maintenance backlog as commuters stare down the barrel of more long months of reduced services.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-06/rai

    #IndustrialAction #RailTransportIndustry #LottieTwyford

  16. Arnott's workers strike over hourly pay rises worth less than a packet of biscuits
    By Josephine Lim

    Arnott's workers in Adelaide have walked off the job over a pay dispute, with their union saying previous pay rises have equated to less than $1 per hour — not enough to buy a packet of biscuits.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-04/arn

    #IndustrialAction #WagesandBenefits #Unions #CostofLiving #JosephineLim

  17. Melbourne public hospital doctors to strike next week

    Doctors at some of Melbourne's biggest public hospitals will walk off the job next week as part of a pay and conditions dispute with the state government.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-04/vic

    #IndustrialAction

  18. Education union threatens August 19 strike without teacher pay deal

    Victorian teachers will stop work for a third time if the Carroll government does not return to the negotiating table with a better offer.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-07-31/edu

    #IndustrialAction #Teachers

  19. Unions confirm new 24-hour strike against BHP
    By Kimberley Putland

    Unions have given notice to BHP of another planned work stoppage at the miner's Port Hedland operations in Western Australia, this time lasting 24 hours.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-07-31/por

    #Unions #MiningandMetalsIndustry #IndustrialAction #KimberleyPutland

  20. SA nurses and midwives reject government pay rise offer
    By Katie Spain and Matthew Ward Agius

    South Australia's public sector nurses and midwives have voted to reject the state government's latest pay rise offer, sending the matter to the SA Employment Tribunal.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-07-30/pub

    #Nurses #Unions #IndustrialAction #KatieSpain #MatthewWardAgius

  21. Staff at newest V&A site in London vote overwhelmingly for strike action
    By Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent

    V&A Storehouse dispute centres on toilet and hydration breaks as employees across V&A in London also vote to strike in wider action

    theguardian.com/artanddesign/2

    #VA #London #England #UKnews #Industrialaction #Tradeunions #Museums #Culture #TheGuardian #NadiaKhomamiArts #culturecorrespondent

  22. 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