Australian Worker’s Union

Gas Price Spike as Plant Workers Down Tools on Pay Deal

Energy prices have surged as employees at three massive Australian gas projects stop work over a pay dispute. Some 500 workers on Sept. 8 began protected industrial action as unions ...

September 8, 2023BY AAP

Progress Being Made in Talks With Australian Gas Worker Union

Energy giants Woodside and Chevron face a battle with unions over pay and conditions. More than 150 Offshore ...

August 12, 2023BY AAP

Underpaid Casuals at Australia’s Taronga Zoo Get $2.6M in Back Pay

Workers from Taronga and Western Plains zoos will receive millions in back pay after the non-profit operator admitted ...

June 9, 2023BY AAP

Union Pushes Australian Government to Tax Critical Mineral Exports to China

One of Australia's largest unions is calling on the federal government to impose a "punitive tax" on exports ...

May 16, 2023BY Alfred Bui

Australian Union Claims Victory for Fruit Picking Minimum Wage

The Australian Fair Work Commission has ruled in favour of a guaranteed minimum wage for casual fruit and ...

November 4, 2021BY Rebecca Zhu

Melbourne JBS Abattoir Briefly Stops Work Over COVID-19 Fears

Cold storage workers at Victoria's largest meat processing facility, JBS Australia, temporarily walked off the job on July ...

July 28, 2020BY Alex Joseph

Second Major Australian Union Stands Against Beijing, Tells Victorian Premier ‘History Will Judge All of Us’

A leading member of Australia’s second-largest worker’s union has pleaded with the Victorian state premier to withdraw from ...

June 8, 2020BY Daniel Y. Teng

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