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'Hanson not welcome': students skip class for protests

'Hanson not welcome': students skip class for protests

Thousands of students have taken to the streets nationwide, ditching school to voice opposition to Pauline Hanson as plans are hatched for a second strike.

At least 2000 people killed in Congo's Ebola outbreak

At least 2000 people killed in Congo's Ebola outbreak

At least 2000 people killed in Congo's Ebola outbreak

At least 2000 people killed in Congo's Ebola outbreak

Congo's has recorded 2011 deaths among confirmed Ebola cases as authorities struggle to slow the fastest-growing outbreak on record.

Signing bonus dangled as third teacher strike looms

Signing bonus dangled as third teacher strike looms

Signing bonus dangled as third teacher strike looms

Signing bonus dangled as third teacher strike looms

Public school educators have been offered a revised pay deal, including a one-off signing bonus, in a state government's latest bid to scupper planned strikes.

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Congo's Ebola outbreak surpasses 4000 cases

Congo's Ebola outbreak surpasses 4000 cases

Ebola cases have hit a grim milestone as Congo authorities struggle to keep pace with the fastest-spreading outbreak of the virus ever recorded.

Pay deal caveat could backfire, principals warn

Pay deal caveat could backfire, principals warn

Victorian public school principals are concerned a proposal to halve staff meeting hours will come back to bite teachers as government pay talks stall.

Teachers to strike for third time as pay talks stall

Teachers to strike for third time as pay talks stall

Teachers will strike again as the battle between a union and a state government intensifies over a deal to improve pay and conditions.

Labor to introduce lockout laws for striking workers

Labor to introduce lockout laws for striking workers

Labor has agreed to measures to prevent workers from being locked out of their jobs during industrial disputes, but has stopped short of a total ban.

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'Unrecognised, underfunded': teachers shut down streets

'Unrecognised, underfunded': teachers shut down streets

'Unrecognised, underfunded': teachers shut down streets

'Unrecognised, underfunded': teachers shut down streets

Public school teachers have taken their fight for better pay and conditions to Melbourne's streets, compounding an election-year headache for Labor.

Government hopes 'watershed' deal stops school strike

Government hopes 'watershed' deal stops school strike

Government hopes 'watershed' deal stops school strike

Government hopes 'watershed' deal stops school strike

A teacher's union will meet to decide whether to take up a revised pay and conditions deal and cancel plans for a 24-hour school strike.

BHP accused of 'American-style' strikebreaker tactics

BHP accused of 'American-style' strikebreaker tactics

BHP accused of 'American-style' strikebreaker tactics

BHP accused of 'American-style' strikebreaker tactics

BHP stands to lose $120 million a day if workers follow through with threats to stop work at the mining giant's Port Hedland facility, unions say.

Teachers to push on with strikes as pay war escalates

Teachers to push on with strikes as pay war escalates

Teachers to push on with strikes as pay war escalates

Teachers to push on with strikes as pay war escalates

Public school educators are moving ahead with plans for a wave of rolling strikes as pay and condition negotiations stall with a state government.

'Struggling': teachers strike in second capital city

'Struggling': teachers strike in second capital city

'Struggling': teachers strike in second capital city

'Struggling': teachers strike in second capital city

Teachers have walked off the job in a second state in as many days in their battle for better pay and conditions, forcing public school closures.

Strike threat remains as ABC staff return to work

Strike threat remains as ABC staff return to work

Strike threat remains as ABC staff return to work

Strike threat remains as ABC staff return to work

ABC staff are leaving the door open to more strikes, as union figures say their message about job security and wages is not getting through to management.

'Agonising cycle': ABC journos to strike over pay offer

'Agonising cycle': ABC journos to strike over pay offer

'Agonising cycle': ABC journos to strike over pay offer

'Agonising cycle': ABC journos to strike over pay offer

Thousands of ABC staff have voted to walk off the job, rejecting an enterprise bargaining agreement offer that featured a below-inflation pay rise.

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Students told to stay home as teachers strike over pay

Parents have been told to keep their children home from school due to staff shortages stemming from two statewide strikes.

Schools to stay open as teachers strike over pay deal

Public school teachers have rejected a state government's pay offer and will launch strike action next week.

New teachers pay deal offered to end strike threats

With NAPLAN testing threatened by strike action, state teachers have been offered an improved pay deal to bring months of angst to an end.

Unions set sights on pay rises, threaten strike action

Workers are more ready to strike than ever before, unions say, as they push for above-inflation pay rises to help members with high housing costs.

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Louvre museum closed as workers begin rolling strike

Workers at the Louvre Museum in France have voted to strike over working conditions and other complaints.

Union ends statewide prison lockdown, court closures

Strike action that closed most of Adelaide's courtrooms and forced public prisons into a 96-hour lockdown has ended, as a union "considers options".

Students left to sweat as teachers strike during exams

Teachers have walked off the job over a long-running pay dispute, disrupting crucial exams at more than 100 schools for year 10 and 11 students.

'Only the start': workers send warning at mass rally

Unions have firmly stated their fight for better pay and conditions is not yet finished after three days of strikes that forced schools to open late.

Teachers stop work to school government on stalled deal

Workers and the government are at loggerheads over pay with teachers walking off the job and public sector staff planning wider industrial action.

'Sketchy' future for top gallery as job cuts loom

Job cuts at one of Australia's top art galleries will hurt its ability to host some of its biggest and best exhibitions, union members warn.

Show us the money: teachers mock 'education state' tag

Hundreds of kindergarten teachers have gone on strike, taking direct aim at a premier as she spruiks her state's education credentials overseas.

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