The South Coast Labour Council organised the聽first big union protest聽against Labor's AUKUS nuclear聽submarines in Port Kembla. Jim McIlroy 谤别辫辞谤迟蝉.听
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Thousands marched through Port Kembla to reject nuclear base plan, report Peter Boyle and Pip Hinman.
Scott Morrison's naming聽of Port Kembla聽as one of three locations being considered for the new submarine base聽prompted activists in Wollongong to spring into action. Alexander Brown reports.
The world premiere of a 14-year struggle for jobs will be screened at this year's 鈥渧irtual鈥 Sydney Film Festival. Women of Steel, a finalist for an award, documents a hard-won campaign by women in the Illawarra to force BHP to hire them, write聽Pip Hinman and Peter Boyle.
The Port Kembla Coal Terminal (PKCT), south of Wollongong, locked out its 58 permanent employees without pay for five days from January 7. The move is part of the company鈥檚 ongoing drive to force workers to accept cuts to their wages and conditions.
PKCT has been in negotiations with the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) for a new agreement since 2015, when the previous enterprise agreement expired.