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Superannuation to be paid on parental leave from 2025
Parents accessing government-funded paid parental leave will start receiving superannuation contributions on their payments from July 2025.
Sep 20, 2024


Fundraiser Trivia Night for Women's Committee a success
The annual Hunter Workers Women’s Committee fundraiser, the largest fundraising event for the committee of the year, raised more than $2500.
Jul 16, 2024


Opposition’s nuclear plans no help for coal power workers, says MEU
The Mining and Energy Union (MEU) has voiced strong concerns over recent proposals to convert coal-fired power stations into nuclear power.
Jun 27, 2024


Looking back on 2022
This year, wide strides in the advancement of workers was made locally and nationally all thanks to the power of Unions.
Dec 30, 2022


Power to the People: 50+ Years of Union & Community Green Ban Action
Power to the People celebrates the 50th anniversary of the green ban movement and brings together artists, unions and community groups to...
Mar 23, 2022


The New Lambton Pit Strike
133 years ago, thousands of Novocastrians united together to fight for their rights as workers in the New Lambton Pit Strike.
Dec 31, 2021


Hunter Worker's 152nd Anniversary
Anniversary post courtesy of our Library Coordinator Samantha Dagg.
Nov 19, 2021


How the story of "Women of Steel" is still relevant today
The issues raised and fought by women in the 80s aren't all relics of the past.
Jul 15, 2021
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