Officials from nine unions met in Canberra in early December for the “Trade Unions for Democracy” summit, held in response to the Labor government’s union busting attack on the CFMEU.
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Suspending industrial action only gives the government breathing space and prolongs the inevitable showdown with the Minns government.
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Rebel blue collar unions were set to meet in a “Trade Unions for Democracy Summit” as this was written, ahead of the opening of the unions’ High Court challenge to the CFMEU administration regime.
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NSW nurses held their third day of strike action in November, as rail workers also ramped up industrial action over pay.
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Albanese’s plans to cap the number of commencing international students for 2025 have stalled, after the Senate rejected the legislation. But it will continue reducing international students through other measures to restrict visas.
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Hundreds of university staff in Canberra and Wollongong have rallied against job cuts, as universities across the country roll out attacks in the wake of Labor’s plans to slash the numbers of international students permitted to study in Australia.
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Thousands of construction workers in Brisbane walked off the job today and marched on the Queensland Parliament.
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Tuesday’s strike and demonstration by NSW CFMEU rank and file and union supporters, in defiance of the Labor-appointed administrator, is just what the campaign against administration needed.
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Thousands of CFMEU members in Sydney stopped work today for the third time since August to protest administration, standing up to threats from the administrators and bosses.
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CFMEU members in NSW are set to strike on 12 November in protest at the Albanese government placing the CFMEU into administration.
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