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Sarah Missen

@sarahmissen.bsky.social
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Worker, trade unionist, feminist, comrade. My weekly newsletter of industrial disputes and union news is disputesreport.substack.com

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Sarah Missen @sarahmissen.bsky.social · 22h
This week - Victoria doctors weigh up whether to take the government up on an “interim arrangement” and CFMEU members are set to take industrial action at Floriade. Plus more industrial action at universities and airports. #ausunions disputesreport.substack.com/p/industrial...
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Industrial disputes & news - 7 October 2026
Victorian doctors; Jetstar; QLD child safety workers; Melb metro councils; Premier Coal; ACT public sector workers; Applus; Secure Journeys; Tas nurses & midwives; Uni Melb; Air Radiators; & more
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Sarah Missen @sarahmissen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In this week’s report: Workers striking together at 3 Queensland unis; in-principle agreements at Arts Centre Melbourne & UTas and a question for us all to ponder: is an inflatable grub “plainly intimidatory”? disputesreport.substack.com/p/industrial...
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Industrial disputes & news - 30 September 2026
Tas nurses & midwives; UniMelb; INCO Ships; Jetstar; Vic public sector allied health; Cleanaway; GrainCorp; Sydney Water; ACT teachers; Vic doctors; Flinders Ports; Tassie firies; UTas; Downer & more
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Sarah Missen @sarahmissen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Qantas, Jetstar, Certis - workers at airports are stepping up industrial action as school holidays kick off around the country. And in-principle agreements have been reached at Queensland Rail, but the maintenance backlog is going to take a while to clear. disputesreport.substack.com/p/industrial...
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Industrial disputes & news - 23 September 2026
Hume City Council; Tasmanian nurses; Qantas; Arts Centre Melbourne; BHP; Quantem; WA nurses & midwives; ACT teachers; Jetstar; Certis; Vic public sector allied health; University of Sydney & more
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Sarah Missen @sarahmissen.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
In this week’s report: bad behaviour from Transdev and FedEx, THREE disputes at universities in Queensland and new leadership at the HWU. #ausunions disputesreport.substack.com/p/industrial...
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Industrial disputes & news - 16 September 2026
TasPorts; QUT; BHP; UQ; Griffith Uni; Scope; Sydney ferries; Victorian doctors; River City Ferries; ACT Public Sector; Melbourne metro councils; Jetstar; Service Stream, Bridgestone; CSL & more
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People's History of Australia @peopleshistoryau.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
New podcast has dropped! Tune in to hear about the 1998 maritime dispute, where the federal government organised an international conspiracy to destroy unionism on the Australian waterfront, but was defeated by a mass working-class mobilisation. Link below! www.peopleshistory.com.au/ep-26-war-on...
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Sarah Missen @sarahmissen.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This week’s Disputes Report is here: disputesreport.substack.com/p/industrial...
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Industrial disputes & news - 9 September 2026
Arts Centre Melbourne; Sydney Ferries; Victorian doctors; RiverCity Ferries; Downer; Scope; Quantem; DOF; Secure Journeys; Melbourne metro councils; Fire Rescue Victoria; Lumus Imaging; NPT & more
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Sarah Missen @sarahmissen.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I’m back from holidays with the BIGGEST Disputes Report of all time! Workers fighting back against shit bosses, subpar offers and even robots. Also the ALP’s attack on RAFFWU and VAHPA election results. #ausunions disputesreport.substack.com/p/industrial...
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Industrial disputes & news - 2 September 2026
Victorian doctors; RiverCity Ferries; Arts Centre Melbourne; Queensland Rail; Downer; UniMelb; Sydney Ferries; ACT Public Sector; USyd; Parks Victoria; BHP; VAHPA elections; RAFFWU & much more
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Sarah Missen @sarahmissen.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Disputes Report will be back next week. In the meantime, here’s a piece I wrote about what’s behind Ben Carroll’s attack on RAFFWU. #FightBackWithRAFFWU #ausunions www.redblacknotes.com/2026/08/25/r...
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‘Red Unions’ or red herring: what’s behind the attack on RAFFWU?
On 12 August, Ben Carroll and the Victorian Labor Government set the wheels in motion for a legislative attack on RAFFWU. Perhaps we should have seen this coming but it was a shock to me to see a m…
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Sarah Missen @sarahmissen.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
There is heaps going on at the moment! I didn’t have time to delve into numerous union elections, recent happenings at the CFMEU or Senator Tony Sheldon’s undercover investigation on a Carnival cruise ship. #ausunions disputesreport.substack.com/p/industrial...
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Industrial disputes & news - 5 August 2026
Vic doctors; BHP; River City Ferries; Arnott's; USyd; Vic allied health workers; SA nurses & midwives; Pacific National; City of Port Adelaid Enfield; Vic teachers; Scope; Peabody; Cleanaway & more
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Sarah Missen @sarahmissen.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
In this week’s report: two strikes in Victoria tomorrow - MSAV public sector members and ASU members at 8 Melbourne metro councils. Plus plenty of PABO news and new leadership to come to the ACTU. #ausunions disputesreport.substack.com/p/industrial...
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Industrial disputes & news - 30 July 2026
ACT public sector; Glencore; Victorian teachers; Keolis Downer; Peabody; Victorian allied health workers; Secure Journeys; Service Stream; Melb council workers; Scope; FedEx; ACTU leadership & more
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Sarah Missen @sarahmissen.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Victorian public school teachers will strike again tomorrow; BHP back at the negotiating table and a couple of scab alerts! All that and more in this week’s report. #ausunions disputesreport.substack.com/p/industrial...
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Industrial disputes & news - 22 July 2026
Victorian teachers; Certis; BHP; ISS; Parks Victoria; Service Stream, Vic school nurses; ACT public sector; Kinetic; UGL; Cleanco; Bethany Christian Care; Port of Broome; Qantas; Inpex and more
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CPSU/CSA @cpsucsa.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
𝗦𝗖𝗟 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 - 𝗧𝗢𝗗𝗔𝗬!💥🚩 We're taking a stand to protect SCL homes from privatisation, which threatens to leave 400 workers, including 300 Social Trainers, out of a job. 📅TODAY, 16th July, 1:30pm 📍Solidarity Park ✊RSVP: www.cpsucsa.org/sclrally ✍️Sign: www.cpsucsa.org/save_our_gro...
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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
The GEO Group Australia Pty Ltd: 'As Australia's longest running private correctional service provider, we are proud to deliver leading experience, ample resources and a proven track record.'
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NTEU @nteunion.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
🥳 Historic sector wins for NTEU members!  Two big results from bargaining at Western Sydney University and the University of Newcastle, delivering real change from landmark AI protections to 17% superannuation for casuals.   This didn’t happen by accident. Find out more: betterworkplaces.nteu.au
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Sarah Missen @sarahmissen.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Tomorrow workers will strike at BHP Port Hedland for the first time in 26 years; teachers in Victoria to strike again next week and UGL has been accused of “continued lowballing shitfuckery”. All that and more in this week’s Disputes Report. #ausunions disputesreport.substack.com/p/industrial...
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Industrial disputes & news - 15 July 2026
BHP; SA nurses & midwives; Tassie firies; UGL; City of Port Adelaide Enfield; Possibility; Acciona; Ravenhall & Fulham prisons; Women's Legal Service SA; Vic public school teachers; Peabody & more
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Sarah Missen @sarahmissen.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Fun fact about this week’s report - BHP and UGL are both in there twice. Plus a quick look at UWU election turnout. #ausunions disputesreport.substack.com/p/industrial...
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Industrial disputes & news - 8 July 2026
DXC; Queensland Rail; Peabody; ACT teachers; Vic public allied health workers; Glencore; Downer; Parks Victoria; Keolis Downer; UGL; BHP; ASU SA/NT Branch; UWU elections; Kinetic; RACQ and more
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Sarah Missen @sarahmissen.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Lots of public sector updates this week. The ANMF SA branch has reached an in-principle agreement with the state government; Victorian teachers get ready to recommence work bans and more industrial action in the ACT public sector. #ausunions disputesreport.substack.com/p/industrial...
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Industrial disputes & news - 1 July 2026
SA nurses & midwives; Campbell's Soup; Victorian teachers; DOF; ACT public sector; Melbourne metro councils; DXC; UTas; BHP; TasWater; CFMEU SA; UGL; Victorian doctors & more
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Sarah Missen @sarahmissen.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
It’s a big report this week! Disputes, strikes, PABOs, union elections and the end of administration for the HWU. #ausunions disputesreport.substack.com/p/industrial...
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Industrial disputes & news - 17 June 2026
Inpex; Parks Victoria; Keolis Downer; Victorian public sector health workers; Secure Journeys; Vic & ACT public school teachers; Kinetic; DXC; Crown; SA nurses & midwives; UGL; Stowe; BHP & more
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The Point @thepointau.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
“A positive shift for teachers and a chance to think nationally” writes Ben Sacco, author and Managing Director of Education Economy. Read the full piece on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
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Sarah Missen @sarahmissen.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Winter is here, but plenty of disputes heating up. Also a quick look at early results in the UWU elections and the annual wage review decision. disputesreport.substack.com/p/industrial...
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Industrial disputes & news - 3 June 2026
Inpex; City of Port Adelaide Enfield; Parks Victoria; Victorian Catholic school teachers; Queensland Rail; SA public sector nurses and midwives; DXC; ACT public school teachers; DOF; BHP & more
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People's History of Australia @peopleshistoryau.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Check out our People's History of Bankstown walking tour last weekend! We covered sites where workers had taken control of their workplaces, Aboriginal people had fought racism, residents had opposed rising grocery prices, and women had struggled for their liberation.
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Sarah Missen @sarahmissen.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Surprise! Despite saying I was taking this week off I couldn’t resist putting a report together this week. #ausunions disputesreport.substack.com/p/industrial...
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Industrial disputes & news - 27 May 2026
ACT doctors; Parks Victoria; Goulburn Correctional Centre; Victorian allied health workers; Early childhood educators; ACT teachers and school assistants; Brownes Dairy and more
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Jon Piccini @jonpiccini.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
"The scheme generates almost $1bn annually for the Australian economy, while just $184m is sent back to the 10 countries providing workers for Australian farms, abattoirs, hotels and aged care facilities."
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Sarah Missen @sarahmissen.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Here’s this week’s Disputes Report! What do we think about the union movement’s newest inflatable picket line prop? I have been informed his name is Gary the Grub! disputesreport.substack.com/p/industrial...
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Industrial disputes & news - 20 May 2026
SA nurses & midwives; Queensland Rail; Vic teachers; Certis; Brownes; UTas; QLD teachers; Fortescue; Stowe; Inpex; ACT public sector; Port of Broome & more
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Sarah Missen @sarahmissen.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
AEU Vic Branch Council are meeting today and will consider an offer from the state government. No indication of what is in the offer. Teachers at breaking point - not just about wages. Workload a huge issue. And also wages/conditions for education support staff. www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
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‘Cannot sell this’: Teachers’ union facing members revolt as crunch meeting looms
A new offer for teachers’ pay and conditions is imminent, but their union is under mounting internal pressure.
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 13/05/2026
“This budget was not a terrible one . . . But the ambition was not overarching – it was focused and it meant that the biggest winners were the most profitable companies in Australia and the biggest losers were those struggling with disabilities." – Greg Jericho Read more ➡️ thepoint.com.au
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Sarah Missen @sarahmissen.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Strikes, stoppages, lockouts and more in this week’s Disputes Report. #ausunions disputesreport.substack.com/p/industrial...
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Industrial disputes & news - 13 May 2026
Western Downs Council; ACT public sector; Tassie dental assistants; ACT teachers; Campbell's Soups; Queensland Rail; Peabody; DXC; Vic school nurses; Vic school teachers; Goldwind; RHH & more
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NTEU @nteunion.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Nominations are now open for elected positions at the Branch, Division and National levels of the National Tertiary Education Union. If you’re a member, this is your opportunity to get more involved and directly shape the future of our union. Find out more 👉 nteu.info/nteuelections2026
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NTEU @nteunion.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Great to see UC staff coming together to fix a broken system of constant restructuring and unfair workloads. NTEU members across the country are working together for better workplaces - find out more about our priorities and sign up to get involved: betterworkplaces.nteu.au @nteuact.bsky.social
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Sarah Missen @sarahmissen.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
This week: Queensland Rail cutting hundreds of services; council workers in Melbourne rallying during their 24 hour strike; paramedics at Ambulance Tasmania escalating their industrial action and sparkies at BHP moving to indefinite work bans. #ausunions disputesreport.substack.com/p/industrial...
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Industrial disputes & news - 6 May 2026
Melbourne metro councils; Queensland Rail; Peabody; Vic teachers; UTAS; BHP; Ambulance Tasmania; Keolis Downer; NRMA; UTS; Goldwind; Tassie Fire Service; ACT public sector; Parks Victoria & more
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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
#ICYMI 'Antidote is a new report from Victorian Trades Hall Council outlining the vital role for workers and their unions in taking on the far-right.' www.weareunion.org.au/antidote
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Antidote - New Report from Victorian Trades Hall Council.
Antidote: Victorian Unions' program for taking on the far-right.
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Sarah Missen @sarahmissen.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Thanks to all the readers who sent in background information and details to help me complete this week’s report. A real collective effort! #ausunions disputesreport.substack.com/p/industrial...
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Industrial disputes & news - 29 April 2026
NTEU Vic - RMIT
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Sarah Missen @sarahmissen.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Is it moving deck chairs on the titanic or ACTU lining up their preferred leadership? Or something else altogether? #ausunions
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CFMEU rocked: Administrator resigns, real reason for deputy’s departure revealed
The barrister appointed by the Albanese government to clean up the crime-tainted union has quit two months after launching an investigation into his former second-in-charge.
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Sarah Missen @sarahmissen.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Hoping to do a little extra writing on the weekend of some things that didn’t fit into Disputes Report this week - Liberty Bell Bay smelter; Carnival cruise ships and MEAA’s campaign for live music in performances. Maybe a few union elections? What else is brewing? #ausunions
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Sarah Missen @sarahmissen.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
In this week’s report - the long awaited decision in the NSWNMA’s Special Case; councils workers in 8 Melbourne councils to strike for 24 hours and a not so smooth start to industrial action at BHP. #ausunions disputesreport.substack.com/p/industrial...
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Industrial disputes & news - 22 April 2026
ASU Vic - Melbourne metro councils
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Jeremy Poxon @jeremypoxon.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
"The assumption underpinning employment services – that unemployed people need to be monitored, impoverished and coerced – is in direct contradiction to an interest rate policy framework that requires a certain level of unemployment to control inflation" theconversation.com/the-rbas-pol...
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The RBA’s policy deliberately creates unemployment. So why do we treat the jobless so badly?
The way we deal with rising inflation is highly problematic.
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Sarah Missen @sarahmissen.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
VC Bill Shorten has said the decision to go on strike is "premature". #aususnions
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Sarah Missen @sarahmissen.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Anyone know the answer to this??
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Sarah Missen @sarahmissen.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Industrial action at BHP in the Pilbara has commenced, but not without push back from the bosses. #ausunions thewest.com.au/business/min...
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Cook warns of job losses as BHP fires back against union
The first worker strike on a WA mine site this century is off to a rocky start after BHP forced a partial union back down and Premier Roger Cook warned of job losses from industrial action.
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marque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 16/04/2026
We said this law was unconstitutional, and it was unconstitutional. Not because we're clever, you could spot the invalidity from Jupiter. Politicians make these ridiculous laws knowing they'll be struck down, as a measure of their own cowardice and lack of seriousness.
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NSW’s highest court strikes down anti-protest law introduced in wake of Bondi beach terror attack
Court finds law – which effectively meant protesters could not march without risk of arrest – is unconstitutional
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Crikey @crikey.com.au · 14/04/2026
Total stolen wages across Australia's university sector could be as high as $300 million, the NTEU estimates. www.crikey.com.au/2026/04/14/s...
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'Immense relief': Sydney University tutor claws back $142,000 in stolen wages
Total stolen wages across Australia's university sector could be as high as $300 million, the NTEU estimates.
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Sarah Missen @sarahmissen.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
This week’s Disputes Report begins & ends in the Pilbara. Sparkies at BHP are set to kick off industrial action tomorrow, & workers at Freo Cranes in the north-west have signed off on a new EBA. Plus heaps more disputes around the country. #ausunions disputesreport.substack.com/p/industrial...
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Industrial disputes & news - 15 April 2026
BHP; Melb metro councils; Queensland Rail; NSW nurses & midwives; Vic teachers; MSAV; ABC; DXC; Ambulance Tasmania; Brownes; MSS; Hytec; Aurizon; Vinidex; Freo Cranes & more
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
A worker died at an Amazon warehouse in Oregon last week. For more than an hour, workers were instructed to continue working as the man lay dead. One worker wanted to help, but a manager told them to “Just turn around and not look. Let’s get back to work," according to @thewesternedge.bsky.social.
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‘Everyone is Replaceable’: Death Rattles Oregon Amazon Facility
A worker died at Amazon’s Troutdale warehouse last week. Employees were told to look away.
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Sarah Missen @sarahmissen.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
CFMEU Inquiry kicks off public hearings again today. And who is top of the witness list? Nigel Hadgkiss. To refresh your memory, Hadgkiss was the head of the ABCC who was forced to resign for breaching the FWA. #ausunions
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Sarah Missen @sarahmissen.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
This week’s Disputes Report has landed. I’ll be on holidays next week - see you in a fortnight! #ausunions disputesreport.substack.com/p/industrial...
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Industrial disputes & news - 1 April 2026
Vicpublic sector health professionals; Aurizon; Coliban Water; Prince Engineering; DXC; QLD teachers; Vic disability support workers; Tas public sector workers; BHP; ACT teachers; UTAS; ABC & more
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Sarah Missen @sarahmissen.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Yesterday Victorian public school teachers went on strike for the first time in 13 years, today union members at the ABC will go on strike for the first time in 20 years. All the details and much more in this week’s report. #ausunions disputesreport.substack.com/p/industrial...
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Industrial disputes & news - 25 March 2026
Victorian teachers; UTS; Tasmanian public sector workers; Mater; ABC; Downer; Curtin University; Alice Springs correctional officers; Vinidex; Glencore; Swissport; DXC; UWA; Coliban Water & more
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Sarah Missen @sarahmissen.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
🧵 Putting together a thread of statements put out by Australian unions regarding the 2026 War in Iran. I was collecting these for myself, and thought others might find it useful. Let me know if your union puts out a statement and I'll add it. #ausunions
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David Pocock @davidpocock.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
This isn’t business as usual. Potentially significant cuts are coming to the Australian Public Service and I want to know what this means for service delivery and for jobs. Labor promised to protect the APS, they need to honour that promise. www.afr.com/policy/econo...
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Sarah Missen @sarahmissen.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Teachers, nurses & public sector workers, fighting back against automation and some green shoots of unionism in the Pilbara. It’s all in this week’s report. #ausunions disputesreport.substack.com/p/industrial...
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Industrial disputes & news - 18 March 2026
Mater; ABC; Tasmanian Public Sector; Glencore; DP World; University of Newcastle; TGE; Alice Springs correctional officers; BHP; Victorian public school teachers; Fleurieu Cranes; TKE & more
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Sarah Missen @sarahmissen.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
A short report this week. #ausunions disputesreport.substack.com/p/industrial...
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Industrial disputes & news - 11 March 2026
Pacific National; Tasmanian public sector workers; Amazon; NT firefighters; Prosegur; Dynelec; Vic metro local councils & Ventia
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