Workers & unions

The ACTU has decided to support the CFMEU ban and take steps to end the use of engineered stone by mid 2024 if government bans are not already in place. Jim McIlroy reports.

Green Left News Podcast Ep 23, October 26

Green Left journalists Isaac Nellist and Chloe DS go through the latest news from across the continent and around the world.

Coles and Woolies workers on strike in Brisbane

Green Left's Isaac Nellist spoke to Retail and Fast Food Workers Union secretary Josh Cullinan about the first national strike of supermarket workers at Coles and Woolworths.

Green Left's Isaac Nellist spoke to Retail and Fast Food Workers’ Union secretary Josh Cullinan about the historic #Superstrike taken by workers at Coles and Woolworths supermarkets on October 7.

The Australia-United States military alliance and the complexities of building an anti-war movement were discussed at the Sydney Anti-AUKUS Coalition conference. Jim McIlroy reports.

 

Kaiser strike

Healthcare workers in the United States won a tentative agreement with industry giant, Kaiser Permanente on October 13, for a 21% pay rise over four years and other improvements following their historic three-day strike, reports Malik Miah.

Please sign this petition which was initiated by members from the NSW National Tertiary Education Union and NSW Nurses and Midwives Association.

Palestine protest in Sydney

Birzeit University in Palestine's West Bank is calling on international academic institutions to take concrete action to stop the genocidal war on the Palestinian people and to end Israeli settler colonialism.

Rome demonstration Oct 10

More than 100,000 people mobilised in Rome, Italy on October 10 in defence of social gains under threat from the country's far-right government. Franco Turigliatto analyses the significance of the demonstration.

Palestine protest in Sydney

Palestinian trade unions have issued an urgent global call to action, calling on workers everywhere to halt the sale and funding of arms to Israel — and related military research.

Federal public service workers in Services Australia, incorporating Centrelink, went on strike for 24 hours in support of their claim for an improved pay offer. Jim McIlroy reports.

Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union national secretary Zach Smith told the national Housing Justice Summit about the unions campaign for a super profits tax to build housing.