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Courts staff walk off job over pay dispute

Courts staff walk off job over pay dispute

Hundreds of court security and custodial officers have gone on strike for eight hours, demanding a 24 per cent pay rise.

More travel turmoil with negotiations off the rails

More travel turmoil with negotiations off the rails

More travel turmoil with negotiations off the rails

More travel turmoil with negotiations off the rails

An industrial stoush threatens to cripple the nation's busiest rail network as passengers were left stranded and trains came to an extended halt at platforms.

Striking Qantas engineers look to crash Christmas party

Striking Qantas engineers look to crash Christmas party

Striking Qantas engineers look to crash Christmas party

Striking Qantas engineers look to crash Christmas party

Engineers at Australia's largest airline have targeted the peak summer travel period with industrial action, escalating an eight-month dispute over a pay deal.

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Major surgeries affected as nurses and midwives strike

Major surgeries affected as nurses and midwives strike

St Vincent's Hospital nurses and midwives are beginning rolling strikes to push for better staffing levels as workers face burnout and exhaustion.

Woolies rushes to deck the shelves with Christmas stock

Woolies rushes to deck the shelves with Christmas stock

Woolworths is counting the cost of a 17-day strike that took millions of dollars from their bottom line and left shelves empty in the lead-up to Christmas.

Woolies nabs union deal to end warehouse strike

Woolies nabs union deal to end warehouse strike

Striking has ended at Woolworths' distribution centres after workers who had walked off the job for 17 days accepted a fresh offer from the supermarket giant.

The 50 million reasons Woolies wants blockade to end

The 50 million reasons Woolies wants blockade to end

Woolworths says strike action has cost the company $50 million as it lodges an urgent application to ban workers from blocking access to its warehouses.

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Shelves bare but union puts stock in talks with Woolies

Shelves bare but union puts stock in talks with Woolies

Shelves bare but union puts stock in talks with Woolies

Shelves bare but union puts stock in talks with Woolies

Supermarket shelves will continue to remain bare as hundreds of workers picketing a major Woolworths warehouse fight for better pay and conditions.

Warnings of blackouts as rural workers go on strike

Warnings of blackouts as rural workers go on strike

Warnings of blackouts as rural workers go on strike

Warnings of blackouts as rural workers go on strike

Electricity workers are preparing to walk off the job as a pay dispute, simmers, with regional residents warned of potential blackouts at the start of summer.

Hundreds of striking police walk out of headquarters

Hundreds of striking police walk out of headquarters

Hundreds of striking police walk out of headquarters

Hundreds of striking police walk out of headquarters

Hundreds of officers walked off the job from police headquarters for one hour, as their union accused a state government of running away from their pay dispute.

'Not robots': Woolies says no shortages as staff strike

'Not robots': Woolies says no shortages as staff strike

'Not robots': Woolies says no shortages as staff strike

'Not robots': Woolies says no shortages as staff strike

Some 1500 Woolworths warehouse workers are on strike, but the supermarket giant insists their absence is not leading to empty shelves for customers.

'Deserted': police begin first strikes in over 20 years

'Deserted': police begin first strikes in over 20 years

'Deserted': police begin first strikes in over 20 years

'Deserted': police begin first strikes in over 20 years

Police have walked off the job for the first time in two decades to protest the Victorian government's "disrespect" in a long-running impasse over a pay deal.

Thousands rally as nurses reject one-or-the-other deal

Thousands rally as nurses reject one-or-the-other deal

Thousands rally as nurses reject one-or-the-other deal

Thousands rally as nurses reject one-or-the-other deal

Angry nurses will not accept delaying their demand for improved staffing ratios as a condition of securing a major pay rise.

Big police pay rise sparks ructions in other wage deals

Big police pay rise sparks ructions in other wage deals

Big police pay rise sparks ructions in other wage deals

Big police pay rise sparks ructions in other wage deals

Police and nurses point to a big pay increase for officers in one jurisdiction while threatening strike action as their wage negotiations deteriorate.

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No flight disruptions tipped as Qantas engineers strike

A months-long pay deal stand-off has prompted hundreds of Qantas engineers to take industrial action for 24 hours in Melbourne and Brisbane.

Boeing to cut 17,000 jobs and delay first 777X delivery

Boeing says it will lay off 10 per cent of its employees as a strike by factory workers cripples plane production.

No flight pain as Qantas engineers continue to strike

Hundreds of Qantas engineers have gone on strike, but the airline insists no flights have been delayed or cancelled due to the industrial action.

NSW Fisheries officers' night strike over safety risks

NSW Fisheries officers are refusing to inspect commercial trawlers at night saying it's too dangerous without access to stab-proof vests and other safety gear.

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Qantas says it won't drop the ball as engineers strike

Qantas is reassuring passengers they will not be affected as hundreds of the airline's engineers strike for better pay, sparking flight delay fears.

DHL downplays delivery impact as 1200 workers strike

DHL workers are striking at warehouses in Victoria and NSW, affecting deliveries for major brands and medical facilities.

Free travel as union threatens chaotic industrial move

The rail union says it will shut down a popular train line over safety concerns, as the NSW government offers free travel to pre-empt commuter chaos.

'Not going away': nurses, midwives demand wage increase

Nurses and midwives are on a collision course with the NSW government, as both sides dig in and pay negotiations threaten to get uglier.

'Left no option': Labor faces first mass nurses' strike

Thousands of nurses and midwives will walk off the job in NSW for their first major strike since Labor won power.

'Sort this out': police launch new action over pay deal

The Fair Work Commission has been called in again to resolve a long-running pay dispute between Victoria and its police force as fresh industrial action begins.

Israeli labour strike to push for Gaza hostage deal

Israel's biggest union has launched a general strike to pressure the Netanyahu government into agreeing to a ceasefire deal to bring hostages in Gaza home.

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