Workers & unions

Shaye Candish, general secretary for the NSW Nurse and Midwives Association, told a snap protest outside Royal Prince Alfred Hospital the union would not allow midwives to be cut. Pip Hinman reports.

Victorian teachers protested the Jacinta Allan government鈥檚 decision to delay at least $2.4 billion in promised funding for public schools. Isaac Nellist spoke to Adam Bremner, Victorian public school teacher, Australian Education Union (AEU) member and Socialist Alliance member, about the impact of this funding cut on teachers and students.

NSW Labor鈥檚 2025-26 budge hands subsidies to developers and other private businesses but largely ignores the welfare of workers and the poor. Jim McIlroy reports.

The CFMEU鈥檚 tradition of struggle聽can inspire all workers and explains why the ruling class wants to break its power, argues Jonathan Strauss.

Iron ore being loaded onto a ship and book cover

Trade unionist, academic and socialist activist Alexis Vassiley tracks the rise and fall of union power in Western Australia鈥檚 mining region in his new book. Alex Salmon reviews.

Activists highlighted New South Wales Labor鈥檚 destructive housing demolition agenda by temporarily occupying public housing at 82 Wentworth Park Road, Glebe, reports Isaac Nellist.

CFMEU members rally outside the union's Bowen Hills office to protest the High Court decision

Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union members rallied to demand that the administrators and High Court tell the truth.聽Jonathan Strauss reports.

Democratic Party (DP) candidate Lee Jae-myung defeated the ruling right-wing People Power Party in South Korea鈥檚 presidential elections. However, the DP鈥檚 failure to win an absolute majority leaves the new government in a troublesome position, writes聽Youngsu Won.

Hundreds of mental health workers took stop-work action to demand better wages and conditions. Jacob Andrewartha reports.

The corporate media, economists and employers are complaining that productivity in Australia is too low. Some describe it as a national disaster. But is it even a problem, asks Mary Merkenich?

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a roundtable of big business, unions and civil society to 鈥渟upport and shape our government鈥檚 growth and productivity agenda鈥. History sheds light on what we expect from such a plan, writes聽Peter Boyle.

Pike River, depicting the events surrounding one of Aotearoa鈥檚 worst industrial tragedies, is an inspiring portrait of two ordinary women鈥檚 fight for justice, writes Zara Lomas.