Industrial disputes & news - 6 August 2025
(Thanks Sarah Missen)

KONE; Riverina Water; QLD teachers; QLD Dept of Roads; Vic teachers; Qantas; Alcoa; CBH; Schindler; Ventia; QLD nurses & midwives; QLD doctors; BHP; and PepsiCo

https://open.substack.com/pub/disputesreport/p/industrial-disputes-and-news-6-august?

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Industrial disputes & news - 6 August 2025

KONE; Riverina Water; QLD teachers; QLD Dept of Roads; Vic teachers; Qantas; Alcoa; CBH; Schindler; Ventia; QLD nurses & midwives; QLD doctors; BHP; QLD cops; and PepsiCo

Disputes Report

Hear about:
CFMEU delegates meet to have the process of members elections reignited and a move to show the “Administration” the door.

Save Public Housing Rally Aug 2
VicGov hands over public land to private developers, knock-down 44 #PublicHousing Towers leaving 10,000 more people looking for shelter in a #housingcrisis

https://www.3cr.org.au/sticktogether/episode/cfmeu-update-stop-demolitions

#3CR #CommunityRadio #labourmovement #organize #solidarity #unions
#CFMEU #RAHU

CFMEU Update & Stop the Demolitions

Two stories this week the first looks at the CFMEU Administration and a move at the latest delegates meeting in Victoria to have the process of elections reignited and a move to show the Administration the door.The second story takes us to the large Save Public Housing Rally held on Aug 2 in Melbourne where the Victorian Government is determined to hand over public land to private developers, knocking down 44 Public Housing Towers leaving 10,000 more people looking for shelter in a housing crisis.

3CR Community Radio
One in five residents displaced by Melbourne public towers demolition plans relocated to homes purchased from private market

Almost one in five households displaced by a controversial plan to redevelop Melbourne’s public housing towers have been placed in the private market, a parliamentary inquiry has heard.

ABC News
Bass Coast locals camping in the bush due to high rents and scarce social housing

Some people facing housing pressure on the state's Bass Coast are opting to camp in the bush instead of spending most of their pay on rent.

ABC News
Vivian’s new Sydney apartment caps rent at 30% of her income. Is this the way to tackle Australia’s housing crisis?

Boronia Apartments have been purpose-built for people in need of discounted rent including low-income workers in care professions

The Guardian
Queensland teachers to strike today after pay negotiations with government hit a stalemate

Today's strike action is expected to affect more than half a million students at about 1,200 state schools.

ABC News
Queensland teachers considering further strike action as pay negotiations continue

The government says it remains in "good faith" negotiations with the union after it rejected an 8 per cent raise over the next three years.

ABC News