Media Release: Retail Workers Rally to Reinstate Sadie – Sacked by Aldi for Standing Up On SafetyJuly 9th, 2025|
Aldi staff confront shopper in checkout video that exposes ‘devastating’ Aussie issue – Yahoo! NewsMarch 12th, 2025|
Aussie fuel retailer rolls out self-service petrol stations – but it’s not all good news for drivers – 9 NewsMarch 3rd, 2025|
Wesfarmers-owned Kmart backs ARA’s call to scrap ‘smoko’ breaks in a bid to give workers more flexibility – West AustralianJanuary 27th, 2025|
‘Stay away’: Warning for Christmas shoppers amid disturbing festive trend – News.com.auDecember 19th, 2024|
KFC tries to avoid ‘hypothetical’ class action trial over rest breaks – LawyerlySeptember 30th, 2024|
“God forgives, the CFMEU doesn’t”: Thousands of workers protest against administration – Honi SoitAugust 29th, 2024|
Woolworths is slammed as ‘controlling’ after sign appears at supermarkets – Daily MailJuly 14th, 2024|
Woolworths accused of ‘controlling’ tactic after introducing new rule in stores – Yahoo!NewsJuly 12th, 2024|
SDA accused of ripping off Woolworths store workers by endorsing 3.75pc pay deal – ABC NewsJune 20th, 2024|
Josh Cullinan calls for state-owned supermarket to reduce prices, break the duopoly – GLWMay 14th, 2024|
Woolworths rolls out staff body cameras against advice from retail union – Yahoo!NewsApril 24th, 2024|
Half our colleagues suffer pain and discomfort from periods. But they’re still a taboo subject at work – The ConversationApril 24th, 2024|
Bunnings executives deny treating plant suppliers like ‘slaves’ during heated grocery probe – News.com.auApril 15th, 2024|
Service station chain OTR denied 1,500 staff $2.3m in entitlements, Fair Work Ombudsman says – ABC NewsApril 9th, 2024|
Union blasts big supermarkets for wages that mean their ‘workers cannot afford food sold at their workplace’ – The West AustralianApril 3rd, 2024|
Coles Staff Offered Gift Cards If They Accept ‘Insulting’ Pay Offer Instead Of, Perhaps, Money – PedestrianMarch 15th, 2024|
Coles pay offer labelled ‘insulting’ as staff say they can’t afford to shop at own workplace – The GuardianMarch 15th, 2024|
Supermarket workers go on strike: ‘All we want for Xmas is a living wage’ – Green Left WeeklyDecember 19th, 2023|
Woolworths sued over alleged lost wages that turned workers’ lives ‘upside down’ – Yahoo NewsDecember 6th, 2023|
Thousands of KFC staff launch class action against fast food giant after they were ‘denied breaks’ – including one who worked a 17 hour shift – Daily MailDecember 6th, 2023|
Woolworths sued over alleged lost wages that turned workers’ lives ‘upside down’ – Yahoo NewsDecember 6th, 2023|
Woolworths sued by union, former employees over alleged roster changes, pay cuts – The AgeDecember 5th, 2023|
Coles workers are furious after discovering what the supermarket is getting them for Christmas – Daily MailNovember 26th, 2023|
Coles’ ‘rotten’ Christmas present to staff members blasted as ‘slap in the face’ – Yahoo NewsNovember 24th, 2023|
Employees of major Australian fashion brand level claims of unsafe and underpaid work – news.com.auNovember 15th, 2023|
Employees of major Australian fashion brand level claims of unsafe and underpaid work – News.comNovember 15th, 2023|
Woolworths employee sparks workplace farewell discussion after ‘no one said goodbye’ on last day – Yahoo NewsNovember 7th, 2023|
Fury, a protest, and strikes: Drama as Qantas, Coles hold annual general meetings – SBSNovember 3rd, 2023|
Coles subjecting employees to bag checks in crackdown on some of Australia’s lowest paid workers – GuardianNovember 2nd, 2023|
Media Release – Coles Supermarkets Workers Strike and Rally on Coles AGM – Friday 3 November 10AM at Coles AGM – Melbourne Exhibition & Conference CentreNovember 2nd, 2023|
Worker shortage plagues hospitality industry, ‘low wages’, insecure casual work cited as factors – ABCOctober 31st, 2023|
Josh Cullinan on Coles, Woolies #Superstrike: ‘Workers had no choice but to take action’ – Green LeftOctober 26th, 2023|
Young Australian workers prepare for class action against KFC over alleged failure to provide mandatory breaks – News.comOctober 24th, 2023|
‘Can’t even afford the groceries they’re selling’: Coles, Woolies workers’ defiant call in staff strike – News.com.auOctober 7th, 2023|
Coles and Woolies workers are striking this weekend. Will customers be affected? – SBS NewsOctober 7th, 2023|
Coles and Woolworths workers are striking this weekend as part of union action – BeatOctober 6th, 2023|
Workers for supermarket giants Coles and Woolworths holding weekend strike – News.com.auOctober 4th, 2023|
Workers at Coles and Woolworths Will Strike for Living Wages and Job Security – ViceOctober 4th, 2023|
Weekend Strike: Coles and Woolworths Supermarket Workers Demand Fair Pay – The Australian Business JournalOctober 4th, 2023|
Historic Nationwide Supermarket Strike in Australia Aims at Improved Pay, Conditions – West Island Community NewsOctober 4th, 2023|
Hundreds Of Woolworths And Coles Employees Are Set To Strike Over The Weekend – Pedestrian TVOctober 4th, 2023|
Hundreds of Coles and Woolworths workers to strike this weekend – here’s how it will affect your shop – Daily MailOctober 4th, 2023|
Coles & Woolworths Supermarkets Workers Announce National #SuperStrike for Saturday 7 October at 10amOctober 4th, 2023|
Retailers call for longer Christmas trading hours as unions push back – The New DailySeptember 29th, 2023|
Court Declares Voy Pty Ltd Took Adverse Action Against RAFFWU Member & Compensation PaidSeptember 21st, 2023|
“We Are All In This For Everyone Else: The Union Campaign at Better Read Than Dead” Film Premieres AnnouncementAugust 25th, 2023|
Macca’s worker reveals hidden drive-thru ‘pressure’ on crews, so bad they ‘can’t talk’ to customers – News.ComAugust 18th, 2023|
Coles supermarket says silica dust from renovations behind decision to bin food from Chadstone store – 7 NewsAugust 4th, 2023|
‘No one was feeling safe’: Young McDonald’s workers walk off the job after claims of sexual harassment – SMHFebruary 17th, 2023|
Australia Apple Store workers go on strike over conditions and pay – Apple InsiderDecember 23rd, 2022|
Casual University Workers in Australia Are Escalating the Campaign Against Wage Theft – JacobinNovember 23rd, 2022|
Labor wants IR laws for Christmas but it’s running out of time to sway the crossbench – SMHNovember 19th, 2022|
Labor wants IR laws for Christmas but it’s running out of time to sway the crossbench – SMHNovember 19th, 2022|
Australia’s Industrial Relations System Is Designed to Enrich Capital at Workers’ Expense – JacobinOctober 28th, 2022|
Australian retail workers tell of ‘pressure’ to fork out hundreds of dollars on fashion ‘uniform’ – 7 NewsOctober 25th, 2022|
New Crack in Apple’s Armor as Dozens Strike at Its Stores in Australia – New York TimesOctober 17th, 2022|
Australian Apple workers vote to strike over pay and work-life balance – news.com.auOctober 12th, 2022|
Renowned Melbourne bookstore in war of words with authors over ‘traumatic’ pay dispute – The GuardianSeptember 24th, 2022|
‘Bully in a cheap suit’: Apple agrees to negotiate with Australian staff after union showdown – The GuardianSeptember 21st, 2022|
Apple workers organise to fight for a fair enterprise agreement – Green Left WeeklySeptember 13th, 2022|
Apple Together Australia Invites Workers to Attend the Apple Store Unionization Briefing – The Mac ObserverAugust 23rd, 2022|
Apple store union battle expands to Australia, as in-store anti-union briefings continue – 9to5 MacAugust 22nd, 2022|
McDonald’s Harrisdale staff ‘threatened with knife’ during alleged armed robbery carried out by teen: Cops – PerthNowAugust 12th, 2022|
Powerful moment gay politician, 29, who went from Apple store worker on the minimum wage to $200k MP after innovative Grindr campaign breaks down in his first speech to Parliament over his struggle to come out – Daily MailJuly 28th, 2022|
New Greens MP Stephen Bates tears up during maiden speech to parliament – news.com.auJuly 28th, 2022|
‘If you cannot see it, you cannot be it’: Why representation matters to new Greens MP – SMHJuly 27th, 2022|
‘Radically anti-union’: Qld Labor accused of trying to freeze out new worker groups – Brisbane TimesJuly 24th, 2022|
Better Read Than Dead workers win landmark agreement after dedicated industrial action – GLWJuly 12th, 2022|
Landmark EBA for staff at Sydney bookstore a “one off” unlikely to catch on elsewhere: Peter Strong – Smart CompanyJuly 11th, 2022|
Australia’s New Union for Retail and Fast-Food Workers Is Rebuilding Militancy – JacobinJuly 1st, 2022|
“Delicate juggling act”: SMEs to balance minimum wage hikes against surging power and raw material costs – Smart CompanyJune 16th, 2022|
New Greens MP Stephen Bates: ‘We have a responsibility to help community campaigns grow’ – GLWJune 8th, 2022|
Wagga service station robberies underline safety fears for staff – The Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga)March 30th, 2022|
McDonald’s staff join class action against the fast-food giant over breaks – news.com.auDecember 7th, 2021|
‘We’ve had customers try to fight us’: life as an Australian retail worker today – The GuardianDecember 4th, 2021|
‘We’ve had customers try to fight us’: life as an Australian retail worker today – The GuardianDecember 4th, 2021|
Beloved Sydney bookstore the unlikely battleground for union row that could transform workplace relations – SMHNovember 20th, 2021|
Protestors gather to call for accountability from Better Read Than Dead management – Honi SoitNovember 19th, 2021|
Unionists with RAFFWU Gather to Protest Management at Better Read Than Dead – Honi SoitNovember 13th, 2021|
Vaccine enforcement still unclear for retail and hospitality as NSW prepares to reopen – The New DailySeptember 28th, 2021|
Students outline future of activism amidst COVID-19 and climate crises – Honi SoitSeptember 1st, 2021|
Car convoy for workers’ rights takes to the streets in spite of police repression – Honi SoitAugust 1st, 2021|
‘Unprecedented’: the fight for Sydney independent bookstore Better Read Than Dead – The GuardianJuly 28th, 2021|
Supermarket Workers In Sydney’s COVID Hotspots Can Finally Get Vaccinated As Essential Workers – Pedestrian.TVJuly 27th, 2021|
Shoppers warned to limit outings with supermarkets visited by more confirmed COVID-19 cases – ABC NewsJuly 23rd, 2021|
Support grows for workers at bookshop that ‘loses staff like a sieve’ – Green Left WeeklyJuly 15th, 2021|
Income support for casual workers essential to avoid extended Sydney lockdown, unions say – The GuardianJuly 13th, 2021|
Big support shown for library workers’ pay and conditions campaign – Green Left WeeklyJuly 8th, 2021|
Better Read Than Dead call in lawyers over alleged ‘defamatory’ post – Daily TelegraphApril 29th, 2021|
ARA welcomes Government changes to police sexual harassment in workplaces – Inside RetailApril 9th, 2021|
Inside the union’s report of the culture of harassment at JB Hi-Fi – Inside RetailFebruary 22nd, 2021|
Union report describes sexual discrimination, harassment at JB Hi-Fi – Inside RetailFebruary 19th, 2021|
Facebook Accidentally Wiped Out A Bunch Of Important Stuff When It Tried To Take Down News – Pedestrian TVFebruary 18th, 2021|
Not all Ballarat junior workers will win adult wages in an FWC decision – The CourierNovember 29th, 2020|
McDonald’s franchisee hit with penalties for trying to deny workers’ toilet breaks – News CorpNovember 14th, 2020|
McDonald’s chain fined for denying toilet or drink breaks to young staff – News CorpOctober 26th, 2020|
Maccas, Woolworths, and Coles are the biggest Budget winners — their workers not so much – Pedestrian Business InsiderOctober 8th, 2020|
McDonald’s could be forced to pay over 250,000 current and former Aussie employees $1,800 each for ‘failing to give them paid rest breaks’ – Daily MailOctober 1st, 2020|
Union investigating class action against McDonald’s for failing to provide breaks – Sydney Morning HeraldSeptember 30th, 2020|
Women at JB Hi-Fi speak out against ‘boys club’ and sexual harassment – Sydney Morning HeraldSeptember 20th, 2020|
McDonald’s workers across Australia could be owed hundreds of MILLIONS in compensation after staffers were denied ten minute breaks – and even docked for going to the toilet – Daily MailSeptember 2nd, 2020|
Federal Court Rules That Aussie Workers Have The Right To Have A Toilet Break! – Triple MSeptember 2nd, 2020|
EXCLUSIVE: McDonald’s worker who sued franchisee breaks her silence after landmark ruling that means ALL Australian workers now have the right to toilet and water breaks – Daily MailSeptember 1st, 2020|
Shit Yeah: An Aussie Court Has Ruled It’s Your Legal Right As A Worker To Poop On Company Time – Pedestrian TVSeptember 1st, 2020|
McDonald’s franchisee threatened workers over breaks, Federal Court finds – The AustralianSeptember 1st, 2020|
McDonald’s Australia franchisee Tantex found to have threatened workers over 10 minute breaks – Channel 7August 31st, 2020|
Parliament set to pass JobKeeper extension as job losses grow – Sydney Morning HeraldAugust 25th, 2020|
Hungry Jack’s closes Ballarat CBD, Wendouree stores after staff member tests positive to COVID-19 – ABCAugust 11th, 2020|
Major Melbourne retailers to bar people not wearing masks from entering stores – The AgeJuly 20th, 2020|
McDonald’s workers to be given masks after Bendigo worker told to take theirs off – Bendigo AdvertiserJuly 17th, 2020|
Regional Victorians to wear face masks amid coronavirus surge as a ‘precautionary measure’ – ABCJuly 17th, 2020|
Defend and extend JobKeeper: Young workers bear brunt of coronavirus economic pain – Green LeftJuly 8th, 2020|
‘None of this is good enough’: Woolworths under fire for delayed remediation – The New DailyJune 24th, 2020|
Woolies Staff Call Reward Of $100 Store Credit For Pulling COVID Shifts A “Slap In The Face” – Pedestrian TVJune 5th, 2020|
McDonald’s to trial temperature checks at Victorian stores following COVID-19 cluster – 7 NewsMay 27th, 2020|
Down to one shift: casuals complain about cuts as supermarket sales fall – Sydney Morning HeraldMay 25th, 2020|
McDonald’s slashes the wages of its 107,000 fast food employees – despite the fact they’ve been forced to work through the COVID-19 pandemic – Daily MailMay 21st, 2020|
“It’s even worse in Australia”: International unions file complaint against McDonald’s over systemic sexual harassment – SBSMay 19th, 2020|
Coles workers claim they were underpaid $150 million in new class action – Sydney Morning HeraldMay 15th, 2020|
WorkSafe investigates after Maccas’ staff told to stay at Fawkner – Sydney Morning HeraldMay 14th, 2020|
McDonald’s cut off cash to “Shoppies” union ahead of Fair Work hearings – Voice of ActionMay 9th, 2020|
Huge blow for McDonald’s – and a win for workers – after the fast food chain is told it can’t cut staff pay because of coronavirus – Daily MailMay 7th, 2020|
Coles supermarket workers worried about switch to non-alcohol hand sanitiser amid coronavirus pandemic – ABC NewsApril 19th, 2020|
Coronavirus Australia: JB HI FI retail workers push for store closures over COVID-19 safety fears – Channel 7April 14th, 2020|
Woolworths ‘deliberately misled’ the Fair Work Commission over new pay deal: union – Sydney Morning HeraldMarch 12th, 2020|
Unions call for more government assistance for workers in fire-hit areas – Sydney Morning HeraldJanuary 7th, 2020|
McDonald’s exit from enterprise bargaining marks system in decline – Financial ReviewDecember 21st, 2019|
McDonald’s to pay full penalty rates after enterprise agreement scrapped – News LimitedDecember 20th, 2019|
Maccas workers win penalty rates in a ruling to end years-long saga – Sydney Morning HeraldDecember 19th, 2019|
McDonald’s franchisee is accused of ‘cruel and inhumane’ treatment of young staff, denying them toilet breaks and threatening to sack employees who called in sick – Daily MailNovember 26th, 2019|
Woolworths dramatic store changes save $50m a year but have ‘ruined staff morale and annoyed suppliers’ – Daily MailOctober 4th, 2019|
‘This loophole has got to go’: KFC and Hungry Jack’s face questions over super – Fairfax MediaSeptember 24th, 2019|
Retail, fast food workers face “epidemic” levels of abuse and harassment – The New DailyJuly 31st, 2019|
Big W: Woolworths Group Change Enterprise Agreement Clause To Allow For Forced RedundanciesApril 3rd, 2019|
Bunnings ‘Bank Of Hours’ Staffing Regime Triggers Complaints, As Hardware Chain Confirms ReviewSeptember 10th, 2018|
SDA Costing Hungry Jacks Workers Millions – Time To Terminate All SDA & Hungry Jacks AgreementsJanuary 5th, 2017|
Retail And Fast Food Workers Union Launched First Campaign: Taking Back Our Penalty RatesNovember 21st, 2016|
Audacious Challenge From A New Retail Union Committed To Boosting Penalty Rates For Hundreds Of Thousands Of WorkersNovember 21st, 2016|
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