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Cleaners join hospital staff ranks in move to 'more integrated system'

Job security for insourced workers comes is worth it, govt says.

The Canberra Times

Woolworths sacks two workers and investigates dozens over alleged conduct during 17-day strike

Letters seen by Guardian Australia focus on alleged pickets on 26 November outside warehouses that were not then on strike

The Guardian - AU

Sandringham rail line suspended due to signal fault – as it happened

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The 50 million reasons Woolies wants blockade to end

Woolworths says strike action has cost the company $50 million as it lodges an urgent application to ban workers from blocking access to its warehouses.

AAP

Noticing fewer groceries on the shelves at Woolworths? Here’s what you need to know

United Workers Union is calling for warehouse staff to be paid at least $38 an hour, with people walking off the job in three states

The Guardian - AU

Childcare pay rise set to boost profession's standing

Education experts say a 15 per cent pay rise for early childhood workers will help increase the status of the job to the public.

AAP

Childcare's staff crisis revealed in new survey figures

More than 60 per cent of early childhood educators plan to leave the sector within three years as mounting staff turnover continues to plague the industry.

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Prisoners hit the roof as mass jail breakout fails

More than a dozen inmates tore through a ceiling and attempted to escape a prison on Boxing Day before guards foiled their bid for freedom.

AAP

Strong interest in Sara Lee dessert company

Sara Lee production has remained unchanged following administration.

Newcastle Herald

Victorian dairy workers say they want to ‘keep communities alive’ amid industrial dispute

Processing workers who went on strike this week were fighting for the right for community consultation, as well as a 5% pay rise

The Guardian - AU

Solidarity through TikTok for union body

TIKTOK might be on the nose with intelligence agencies worried about its Chinese ownership, but for the Hunter Region's peak union body, the social media app has driven a communications revolution.

Newcastle Herald

NT prison officers feel unsafe, depressed

A union survey of prison officers at Alice Springs has blamed a staff shortage for guards feeling unsafe and depressed at work.

AAP

'Acknowledgement doesn't put food on the table': ACT govt lowest-paid workers threaten to walk off job

The base rate for workers is $50,925.

The Canberra Times

Calls for beefed-up court security after escape of man sentenced to jail and alleged assault on officer

There are growing calls for Tasmania's court security to be beefed up after the alleged assault of a police officer and the successful escape of a man shortly after he was sentenced to jail.

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The Loop: Canada stabbing suspect still at large, IAEA calls for Zaporizhzhia plant 'protection zone', Don't Worry Darling drama grips the internet

What Australia is searching for and all the news that happened while you snoozed: This is The Loop, your quick catch-up for this morning's stories.

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Childcare worker strike could be Australia's largest amid 'skyrocketing' education demands

Childcare workers across Australia are planning to walk off the job today, saying increasing demands and wages barely above the minimum have them at breaking point.

AAP

Unions warn WA wages campaign isn't over

West Australian public sector workers have gathered in large numbers outside Parliament House in Perth amid an ongoing dispute over public sector pay.

The Guardian - AU

Aged care sector warns ADF assistance not enough to address ‘stark’ staff shortages

Unions and providers welcome one-month extension of workforce support but say tens of thousands of aged care workers unavailable

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More strike action for NT prisons

The United Workers Union says prison guards in Alice Springs will walk off the job on Saturday in further industrial action over the four-year pay freeze.

The Guardian - AU

Childcare workers to strike on 7 September as union says sector needs serious overhaul

Hundreds of childcare centres to shut on Early Childhood Educators Day as workers call for better conditions and wages

ABC News

Health workers stop work for second time this month, say they can't afford to put food on table

Hundreds of health workers warn of a crumbling health system as they take to the streets to push for higher wages.

AAP

NT prison officers to strike over pay

The United Workers Union says correctional officers in the Northern Territory will strike this month over the ongoing pay freeze.

ABC News

'Record' Queensland state budget spend on health really only keeping up with inflation, AMAQ says

The Queensland government has spruiked a record health spend in its state budget, but the response has been lukewarm, with the peak doctors lobby group saying the funding was needed "yesterday".

ABC News

United Workers Union formally demands NT Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker resign as head of fire service

The union representing firefighters has launched an extraordinary attack on the Northern Territory Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker, over disputed comments allegedly made at a meeting of recruit firefighters.

ABC News

SA aged care workers use day off to rally for better work conditions after strike action delayed until after federal election

Hundreds of aged care workers in Queensland and Western Australia walk off the job in a stand for better pay and work conditions, but South Australian aged care staff remained diligently at work after the Fair Work Commission put off their strike until the day after the federal election.

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