Industrial relations
WA gas strike talk spooks energy markets
The prospect of workers downing tools at Woodside and Chevron facilities has sent European gas prices soaring.
- by Peter Milne
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Not just Hollywood: Los Angeles city workers go on strike over wages
It’s the latest strike to overtake the nation’s second-largest city in recent months as sanitation workers, lifeguards and traffic officers walked off the job.
The Real Housewives fight back: Reality TV faces its moment of reckoning
Inspired by the Hollywood strike, performers on massively popular reality TV shows are starting to organise and demand better pay and conditions.
- by Nell Geraets
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Trade unions
‘Deeply disappointed’: Union boss escalates tensions with Minns government
The most senior union official in NSW is “deeply disappointed and frustrated” after pay negotiations between the NSW government and Teacher’s Federation stalled last week.
- by Michael McGowan and Max Maddison
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AI
Labor, unions move to protect workers who could lose jobs to AI
Labor has created its policy position on AI, which will for the first time outline the party’s approach to the amorphous technology dominating global debate.
- by Paul Sakkal
Actors slam Hollywood A-listers as shutdown drags on
Which productions have shut down, why are some actors still working, and why are some reality stars ‘lawyering up’?
- by Nell Geraets
League players ramp up pay deal campaign with pleas to sponsors
The players’ union has written to the NRL’s key sponsors to with a plea to urge the league’s leaders to re-enter discussions over a stalled collective bargaining agreement.
- by Sarah Danckert and Adam Pengilly
If the NRL and players can’t strike a deal soon, the salary cap might not be enforceable
The cap has been used to even out the competition for 30 years, but there are fears the game could descend into chaos if a new agreement is not reached before November.
- by Adam Pengilly
NRL considers cutting funding to players’ union as pay battle rages on
The RLPA receives $3 million from the NRL each year, but that funding is under scrutiny as the long-running CBA dispute between the organisations continues.
- by Christian Nicolussi
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State Parliament
‘Thrown under the bus’: NSW health workers divided over wages deal
Physiotherapists, pharmacists and dietitians are furious at Health Services Union boss Gerard Hayes, accusing him of chasing headlines rather than pay rises.
- by Alexandra Smith
Miners launch text blitz on marginal seats in industrial relations war
The Minerals Council is sending out the messages as crossbench MPs prepare to face off with Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke over the effects of the new industrial relations laws on small business.
- by Angus Thompson