Latest updates for Australian Trade Unions

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Recent items include:

  • Three unions band together to give BHP a final ultimatum before launching Port Hedland strikes
  • Unions call for an end to unpaid internships
  • WA news LIVE: ‘They want BHP to stop whingeing’: Union applies for protected action ballot

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thewest.com.au /3 weeks ago

Three unions band together to give BHP a final ultimatum before launching Port Hedland strikes

Three unions band together to give BHP a final ultimatum before launching Port Hedland strikes

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rte.ie /1 week ago

Unions call for an end to unpaid internships

Trade unions have called on the Government to use its presidency of the European Union to progress an EU directive aimed at ending unpaid traineeships.

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brisbanetimes.com.au /3 weeks ago

WA news LIVE: ‘They want BHP to stop whingeing’: Union applies for protected action ballot

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bbc.co.uk /1 week ago

Australia dock workers call for 28-hour week in AI talks

A union says workers are "in the crosshairs" of automation as AI is being tested across ports.

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theguardian.com /1 month ago

Federal government paid $3.8m in personal protection for then CFMEU administrator

Senate committee also hears Murray Watt needed personal security after sending the union into administrationGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe federal g...

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thejournal.ie /1 week ago

Trade union Unite to ballot public sector members for industrial action

Unite said the decision follows the government’s “failure to table” a meaningful offer on pay after the previous public sector pay agreement expired.

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asia.nikkei.com /5 days ago

Australian workers vow strike at world's largest iron ore bulk export port

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rte.ie /4 weeks ago

European trade union leaders meet in Dublin

Senior trade union leaders from across Europe are meeting in Dublin to discuss a plan to develop trade union capacity in conflict resolution and peacebuilding.

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abc.net.au /1 month ago

BHP facing 'historic' strike as union members back industrial action in Port Hedland

BHP facing 'historic' strike as union members back industrial action in Port Hedland

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onlabor.org /1 month ago

June 7, 2026

SAG-AFTRA members ratify a four-year CBA and the International Trade Union Confederation releases its 2026 Global Rights Index.

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blog.apaonline.org /1 week ago

Trade Unions and the Shaping of Public Opinion in Mass Democracy

Democracy’s transformation into mass politics has always gone hand-in-hand with new forms of political communication and media. From the early American republic to fin de siècle Eu...

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freepresskashmir.news /1 month ago

Why workers’ unions and solidarity matter more than ever today

The question surrounding the existence of workers’ organisations in these trying times, full of challenges and crises, has gone beyond the scope of ideologies. In this age, dominat...

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lenews.ch /1 week ago

Unions launch referendum against a minimum-wage reform they describe as attack on women

Minimum wages are one of the most contentious issues in Swiss labour policy, exposing tensions between Switzerland’s federal government and the cantons over who should determine pa...

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supplychainbrain.com /1 week ago

Australian Dock Workers Demand 28-Hour Week, Same Pay, Over AI

"The new technology doesn't have to cost our members their jobs or put their livelihoods at risk just so a terminal operator can boost profits," the dockworkers' union said.

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southwalesargus.co.uk /1 month ago

Every trade union in Wales should adopt bilingual policy, congress told

Welsh union leaders are calling for every trade union to adopt a bilingual policy to support the use of the Welsh language in workplaces.

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nltimes.nl /1 month ago

Strikes are coming: Trade unions after meeting with gov't on social assistance cuts

The Dutch trade unions will push forward with planned strikes because the government h

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australianaviation.com.au /1 month ago

Swissport workers protest company’s ‘dangerously low standards’

More than 100 members of the Transport Workers’ Union (TWU) attended the protest at Canberra Airport on Wednesday, calling on Swissport to ensure job security and address “widespre...

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theguardian.com /1 month ago

Unions rebuff Farage and say Reform ‘cosplaying’ as workers’ champions

TUC, GMB, Unite and Unison leaders reject invitation to affiliate to Reform amid rising support for party among their membersUK politics live – latest updatesMajor trade unions and...

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rte.ie /1 week ago

Unions to prepare industrial action ballots over pay deal

Public sector unions are to meet to prepare for potential industrial action ballots over what they have described as the failure to establish a basis for talks on a new public serv...

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brisbanetimes.com.au /3 weeks ago

Demands for more school strikes as teachers reject 28 per cent pay offer

Australian Education Union members have voted down the state government’s proposal, setting the stage for more industrial chaos.

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brisbanetimes.com.au /1 month ago

Free rides and fully funded schools: Labor members press for policy changes

In what looms as a soft launch of Labor’s election campaign, the party’s state conference will debate permanently waiving public transport fees and boosting school funding.

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brisbanetimes.com.au /1 month ago

CFMEU warns of union investigation after video shows worker belongings

"No one brings their underpants on site and washes them at work.": Union official alleges labourers are living within a major construction site.

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theconstructionindex.co.uk /1 month ago

Strikes at councils, and timber merchants

Unite members have voted to strike in two separate disputes: with councils across England, and with timber merchants Haldane-Fisher in Northern Ireland.

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thenational.scot /1 month ago

Unions rebuff Nigel Farage's invitation to affiliate with Reform UK

UNIONS have rejected Nigel Farage’s calls for the organisations to link up with Reform UK.

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theconstructionindex.co.uk

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asia.nikkei.com

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australianaviation.com.au

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blog.apaonline.org

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