Industrial Action

Riders embroiled in a dispute over pay and conditions with food delivery company HungryPanda in Sydney say Chinese police have asserted pressure back home to stop them protesting.

Nurses and midwives at the Lyell McEwin Hospital remain set to walk off the job for 24 hours on Thursday, with the union saying the government's decision to introduce an immediate 4 per cent pay rise still falls short of expectations.

Workers from Ashley Youth Detention Centre in Tasmania's north take "unprecedented" industrial action, walking off the job for two hours over ongoing safety concerns.

Victorian healthcare workers are continuing strike action for at least another month over pay disputes with the state government, leaving one woman wondering when her fertility surgery will happen.

Fed up with restrictions over what they earned and where they could go, pearl boat workers embarked on nine months of industrial action that would change the face of their communities forever. Ninety years on, their legacy is still felt across the Torres Strait.

About 500 workers at Melbourne's Crown casino will stop work on Wednesday after rejecting a proposal they say will cut pay for new workers and imperil those currently employed.

Strike action involving prison officers has again escalated, forcing the closure of SA's major courts and causing disruptions to case hearings, which will now be rescheduled.

The union representing correctional officers has voted to strike indefinitely, while officers who monitor 1,500 people on home detention will stop work for 24 hours

Advocates for prisoners and the union representing correctional officers are calling on the government to reach an urgent pay agreement to help end the statewide prison lockdown.

Seven South Australian prisons are in lockdown a day after a prisoner was allegedly assaulted, but the Department for Correctional Services says the industrial action was pre-planned.

The Queensland Teachers' Union says after-school rallies will be held across the state next Thursday in the wake of its rejection of a state government pay offer last month.

About 800 educational facility attendants across the state — including ground staff, kitchen workers and cleaners — will walk off the job to protest increasing workloads and a funding agreement that has not increased in 28 years.

The union says the action is not about "nurses buying Gucci handbags", but rather maintaining nation-leading wages and conditions.

Workers from an underground New South Wales coal mine are facing a lockout after taking limited industrial action over wage negotiations.

Firefighters in Victoria are the latest emergency services workforce to withdraw support for those in command in the past year, with members overwhelmingly delivering a vote of no confidence in Fire Rescue Victoria's leadership.

Some Victorian commuters will this morning find themselves stranded for the second time in a matter of weeks as bus drivers strike. 

Some council workers in the holiday destination of Noosa say they cannot afford to live and are calling for a pay rise.

The Australian Workers Union says it is looking at legal action over claims Snowy 2.0 workers were locked down during this week's strike action.

The union has flagged a two-hour stoppage in peak hour next Wednesday after industrial action earlier this week. 

Sydney train commuters have been hit with delays and cancellations as industrial action across the city's rail network continued.