Australia: Railway workers walk off over safety Pacific National railway workers went on unofficial strike on Sunday, reportedly over safety issues.
New Zealand news hit by 'lightning' strikes State broadcaster TVNZ's flagship evening news has been targeted for industrial action, with staff walking off the job just before it went to air…
The myth of passivity: class struggles against neoliberalism in Aotearoa in the 1990s - Toby Boraman This article from 2004 discusses several episodes of resistance to austerity in New Zealand in the 1990s.
NZ: Maori dancers out on wildcat Maori dancers employed at the Te Puia (formerly New Zealand Maori Arts and Crafts Institute) were out on wildcat strike yesterday.
NZ: Trolley jam in support of locked out supermarket workers A number of customers blocked aisles in a New Zealand supermarket yesterday in support of locked out employees.
The Australian IWW and 'Direct Action', 1914-2000 A history of the once highly-influential Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) union and its publication Direct Action in Australia.
1883-today: The radical history of Aussie rules football A history of Aussie rules football and its intersection with working class politics since the first…
1989: Australian pilots strike An account of the 1989 strike of the highly democratic and self-managed Australian Federation of Air Pilots union, which was the biggest industrial struggle of the period.
Victoria nurses' strike, 1986 - Liz Ross The history of the second state-wide strike of nurses in Victoria, Australia against cuts and over wages, conditions and staff/patient ratios,…
The Victoria nurses' strike, 1985 The history of the first state-wide strike of nurses in Victoria, Australia over wages and staff/patient ratios. It ended in a partial victory,…
The Kortex sweatshop strike, 1981 - Sandra Bloodworth and Tom O'Lincoln The history of a victorious strike of 300 mostly female immigrant workers in an ultra-exploitative…
1973: Broadmeadows Ford workers’ strike In June 1973 workers at the Broadmeadows Ford factory exploded smashing up their workplace, facing off police and forcing union bosses into…