Sarah Missen
@sarahmissen.bsky.social
Worker, trade unionist, feminist, comrade.
My weekly newsletter of industrial disputes and union news is https://disputesreport.substack.com
My weekly newsletter of industrial disputes and union news is https://disputesreport.substack.com
Another busy week for workers. Find out what’s happening industrially around the country in this week’s Disputes Report! #ausunions
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Industrial disputes & news - 19 November 2025
Healthscope; Downer; CSR; ABC; Ambulance Victoria; QLD teachers; Infrabuild; GenesisCare; SA nurses; Keolis Downer; Holcim; UoN; Curtin Uni; Freo Cranes; Bloomfield; Solvay & more
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November 18, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Another busy week for workers. Find out what’s happening industrially around the country in this week’s Disputes Report! #ausunions
disputesreport.substack.com/p/industrial...
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Scabby the Rat and a Christmas tree have been deployed on picket lines this week. Those disputes and plenty more in this week’s report.
Industrial disputes & news - 12 November 2025
UWU - Queensland Health
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November 11, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Scabby the Rat and a Christmas tree have been deployed on picket lines this week. Those disputes and plenty more in this week’s report.
This week’s Disputes Report includes an exciting development in Australian union merch - the union beret! That and much more in this week’s report.
#ausunions
#ausunions
Industrial disputes & news - 5 November
AMWU/CFMEU/ETU/PPTEU QLD - Queensland Government
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November 4, 2025 at 8:56 PM
This week’s Disputes Report includes an exciting development in Australian union merch - the union beret! That and much more in this week’s report.
#ausunions
#ausunions
Here’s this week’s Disputes Report!
Industrial disputes & news - 22 October 2025
ACU; Bucher Municipal; Armaguard and Prosegur; Bloomfield; ZircoDATA; Infrabuild; CDC; Sydney Metro; Forest firefighters; Graincorp; TAS & SA public sector workers; Coca-cola; Padre; ACT doctors & CBH
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October 21, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Here’s this week’s Disputes Report!
I’m back with a fortnight’s worth of disputes! #ausunions
Industrial disputes & news - 15 October 2025
SA nurses & midwives; Bucher Municipal; WA & Vic firefighters; Aurizon; MSS; Re.Group; Glencore; SA & Tas public sectors; CDC; CBH; Bloomfield; VAHPA/HACSU merger; John Holland; UoN; Schindler & more
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October 14, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I’m back with a fortnight’s worth of disputes! #ausunions
Lots of disputes this week and also the Port Kembla Declaration - workers organising in their community to say a big hell no to AUKUS’ proposed new submarine base. This isn’t NIMBY-ism, it’s leading the charge on NIAP-ism: Not In Anyone’s Port. #ausunions
Industrial disputes & news - 1 October 2025
Ampcontrol; DBCA; SuperiorPak; Schindler; NSW nurses & midwives; Bucher Municipal; Cleanaway; Central Goldfields Council; SA firefighters; The Hobart Clinic; WA firefighters; Fonterra; Ford & more
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September 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Lots of disputes this week and also the Port Kembla Declaration - workers organising in their community to say a big hell no to AUKUS’ proposed new submarine base. This isn’t NIMBY-ism, it’s leading the charge on NIAP-ism: Not In Anyone’s Port. #ausunions
Another busy week of workers fighting for a fair go! #ausunions
Industrial disputes & news - 24 September 2025
Schindler; Keolis Downer; RSPCA; Townsville City Council; Dormakaba; Royal Hobart Hospital; Infrabuild; Fonterra; CDC; MSS; CBH and SA nurses & midwives
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September 23, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Another busy week of workers fighting for a fair go! #ausunions
Reposted by Sarah Missen
On Saturday we held our first ever People's History walking tour, covering the extraordinary radical history of the inner-Sydney suburb of Glebe. We were expecting perhaps ten attendees, and instead well over 60 people turned up!
Stay tuned for more completely free walking tours coming soon!
Stay tuned for more completely free walking tours coming soon!
September 22, 2025 at 4:12 AM
On Saturday we held our first ever People's History walking tour, covering the extraordinary radical history of the inner-Sydney suburb of Glebe. We were expecting perhaps ten attendees, and instead well over 60 people turned up!
Stay tuned for more completely free walking tours coming soon!
Stay tuned for more completely free walking tours coming soon!
Highlights from putting together this week’s report: the creative placards at the Victorian kindy teachers’ strike; workers getting in touch to update me on disputes & SA firies saving baby ducks. #ausunions
Industrial disputes & news - 17 September 2025
City of Salisbury; CDC; NT allied health workers; Southern Downs Regional Council; Ambulance Tasmania; Vic kindy teachers; CBH; Forensicare; NSW doctors; Alcoa; RHH; DHL; SA firies; Snowy 2.0 & more
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September 16, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Highlights from putting together this week’s report: the creative placards at the Victorian kindy teachers’ strike; workers getting in touch to update me on disputes & SA firies saving baby ducks. #ausunions
It’s Wednesday, so here’s this week’s Disputes Report! A few things missed this week, but I simply ran out of time. Please feel free to correct the record in the comments.
Industrial disputes & news - 10 September 2025
Townsville City Council; Schindler, SA nurses & midwives; Repco; SA firefighters; Southern Downs Regional Council; DHL; NSW nurses & midwives; Fonterra; Solvay Interox; MSS Security; CPSU & more
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September 9, 2025 at 10:29 PM
It’s Wednesday, so here’s this week’s Disputes Report! A few things missed this week, but I simply ran out of time. Please feel free to correct the record in the comments.
After a week off, it’s a BIG Disputes Report this week. From Darwin to Hobart; kindy teachers to lift technicians - there is lots going on!
Industrial disputes & news - 3 September 2025
Re.Group; Cascade; QLD teachers; NT Pharmacists; Dnata; DHL; Fonterra; NT Corrections Officers; CBH; Crown; Derwent Valley Council; Schindler; Art Gallery NSW; QLD nurses & midwives; Kone & more
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September 2, 2025 at 9:55 PM
After a week off, it’s a BIG Disputes Report this week. From Darwin to Hobart; kindy teachers to lift technicians - there is lots going on!
Well worth a read. And then time to get organising. #ausunions
The Australian union movement campaigned and donated millions of dollars to reelect Labor Party prime minister Anthony Albanese.
The results have been less than inspiring.
The results have been less than inspiring.
Australian Unions Are in Decline, and Labor Isn’t Helping
The Australian union movement campaigned and donated millions of dollars to reelect Labor Party prime minister Anthony Albanese. The results have been less than inspiring.
jacobin.com
August 27, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Well worth a read. And then time to get organising. #ausunions
Something new from me & comrade Sam Wallman in @overlandjournal.bsky.social. #ausunions
“If you don’t fight, you lose”. Sarah Missen and Sam Wallman continue their ongoing examination of the state of things at the CFMEU — and answer the question of whether Mark Irving is or isn’t a werewolf.
If you don’t fight, you lose: what now for the CFMEU? - Overland literary journal
This blue between Administration and the rank-and-file will be the definitive dispute for this generation of CFMEU members. How the battle is fought will shape the identity of the CFMEU as much as the...
overland.org.au
August 25, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Something new from me & comrade Sam Wallman in @overlandjournal.bsky.social. #ausunions
Reposted by Sarah Missen
Education Minister Jason Clare tells university heads to ‘lean into’ their $1M+ salaries being cut www.afr.com/politics/fed...
Jason Clare puts unis on notice over governance and VC pay
The education minister says the public is losing confidence in the sector as separate analysis shows vice chancellor salaries averaged more than $1 million.
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August 18, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Education Minister Jason Clare tells university heads to ‘lean into’ their $1M+ salaries being cut www.afr.com/politics/fed...
The big news this week was Qantas being fined $90 million for illegally outsourcing workers during the pandemic - but there’s plenty more going on, including a dispute between Qantas and its engineers! It’s all in this week’s Disputes Report. #ausunions
Industrial disputes & news - 20 August 2025
AMWU/AWU/CFMEU/ETU/PPTEU/The Services Union/TWU QLD - Townsville City Council
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August 19, 2025 at 10:40 PM
The big news this week was Qantas being fined $90 million for illegally outsourcing workers during the pandemic - but there’s plenty more going on, including a dispute between Qantas and its engineers! It’s all in this week’s Disputes Report. #ausunions
The Economic Reform Roundtable kicks off tomorrow. I’m no economist but I have some thoughts!
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Sarah Missen (@sarahmissen)
SOME THOUGHTS ON THE 2025 ECONOMIC REFORM ROUNDTABLE
There are no jobs on a dead planet, and there’s no productivity either. If climate change isn’t addressed, and not treated as an urgent priority -...
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August 18, 2025 at 11:17 AM
The Economic Reform Roundtable kicks off tomorrow. I’m no economist but I have some thoughts!
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Queensland public sector disputes, an EBA that expired 15 years ago, and plenty of crappy behaviour from bosses. It’s all in this week’s Disputes Report.
Industrial disputes & news - 13 August 2025
Townsville City Council; Crown; QLD teachers; KONE; Cairns Council; QLD nurses & midwives; CBH; QLD firies; Qantas; Komatsu; Opal; NSW nurses & midwives; Getinge; CFA; Brophy; Glencore & more
disputesreport.substack.com
August 12, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Queensland public sector disputes, an EBA that expired 15 years ago, and plenty of crappy behaviour from bosses. It’s all in this week’s Disputes Report.
Solidarity with striking teachers in Queensland today! More on that, and plenty of other industrial action around the country in this week’s Disputes Report. #ausunions
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
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August 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Solidarity with striking teachers in Queensland today! More on that, and plenty of other industrial action around the country in this week’s Disputes Report. #ausunions
Queensland’s public school teachers are set to strike for the first time in 16 years! Full details, plus plenty other disputes updates in this week’s report. #ausunions
Industrial disputes & news - 30 July 2025
SA doctors; QLD nurses; Komatsu; Schindler; QLD teachers; Boom Logistics; QLD Dept of Transport & Roads; GE Aerospace; SA healthcare workers; Infrabuild; Townsville City Council; Glencore & more
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July 29, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Queensland’s public school teachers are set to strike for the first time in 16 years! Full details, plus plenty other disputes updates in this week’s report. #ausunions
This week’s Disputes Report - mostly healthcare and elevator maintenance workers! Also: if you and your workmates are planning on contesting a union election, I would like to know about it! Get in touch😊
#ausunions
#ausunions
Industrial disputes & news - 23 July 2025
QLD teachers; TK Elevators; NH Foods; Towong Shire Council; Getinge; KONE; I-MED; SA public sector health workers; VIC public sector mental health workers; VAHPA & PSA SA Change
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July 22, 2025 at 10:42 PM
This week’s Disputes Report - mostly healthcare and elevator maintenance workers! Also: if you and your workmates are planning on contesting a union election, I would like to know about it! Get in touch😊
#ausunions
#ausunions
Disputes, a commission of inquiry, contested elections and the return of the Painters and Dockers! #ausunions
Industrial disputes & news - 16 July 2025
Glencore; Komatsu; ABC; Virtus Health; Peabody; Bestbar; Qantas; Ventia; CFMEU QLD; CPSU Vic & PSA SA; and the Painters & Dockers
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July 15, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Disputes, a commission of inquiry, contested elections and the return of the Painters and Dockers! #ausunions
A few extra notes from me on @raffwu’s campaign to get sacked ALDI HSR Sadie reinstatement, and the statement from CFMEU Women that administrator Mark Irving doesn’t want you to read. #ausunions
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While I do my best to get as much as I can into Disputes Report every week, I am only human and missed a couple of really important items from the 9 July Report! So a quick update by way of a note tod...
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July 12, 2025 at 11:26 AM
A few extra notes from me on @raffwu’s campaign to get sacked ALDI HSR Sadie reinstatement, and the statement from CFMEU Women that administrator Mark Irving doesn’t want you to read. #ausunions
In this week’s Disputes Report: Peabody continues lockout; nurses in QLD & SA fight back; a fourth bus strike in Victoria and a surprise election win for a rank and file union ticket! Plus plenty more! #ausunions
Industrial disputes & news - 9 July 2025
Star Casino; QLD nurses & midwives; Peabody; Getinge; SA nurses & midwives; Grill'd; Kinetic & CDC buses; Kone; Strammit; BMS; SA allied health workers; Sydney trains & CPSU - A Voice For Members
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July 8, 2025 at 9:56 PM
In this week’s Disputes Report: Peabody continues lockout; nurses in QLD & SA fight back; a fourth bus strike in Victoria and a surprise election win for a rank and file union ticket! Plus plenty more! #ausunions
A statement from CFMEU women endorsed by each CFMEU branch’s rank and file women’s committee. Powerful words from strong women. Listen to them! #ausunions
July 4, 2025 at 1:21 AM
A statement from CFMEU women endorsed by each CFMEU branch’s rank and file women’s committee. Powerful words from strong women. Listen to them! #ausunions
A BIG report this week after a week off. I’m sure I’ve probably missed stuff in the shuffle, so let me know what else is happening. #ausunions
Industrial disputes & news - 2 July 2025
FRV; Tonwsville City Council; QLD nurses; Bluescope; Epworth; Qantas; Crown Equipment; CDC; Keolis Downer; Grill'd; Glencore; SA doctors; BMS; Peabody; I-MED; CFMEU; Allied Pinnacle; Cleanaway & more
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July 1, 2025 at 10:12 PM
A BIG report this week after a week off. I’m sure I’ve probably missed stuff in the shuffle, so let me know what else is happening. #ausunions