The Weekly News 5@5
Central Coast Newspapers’ Weekly News 5@5, April 8, 2022. Both big party leaders and ‘mega city’ planning have come to the Coast this week, meanwhile, the rains have just kept…
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Catholic school staff could strike next term
Staff and support staff at the region’s Catholic schools will consider strike action in term two if agreement cannot be met on their claim for higher wages and better working…
Teachers strike over pay and conditions
Central Coast teachers and principals walked out of work for 24 hours on Tuesday, December 7, as new figures showed the number of vacant permanent teaching positions in NSW has…
Teachers prepare to strike on December 7
The NSW Teachers Federation Council on Saturday, November 27, voted unanimously to strike for 24 hours on Tuesday, December 7, over the NSW Government’s refusal to lift salaries and reduce…
School students continue to strike for climate action
School students and adult supporters from across the region joined thousands of other students from around the country as part of a national school strike on October 15. The strikers…
Nurses strike
Hundreds of nurses and midwives walked off the job at Wyong Hospital and Long Jetty Continuing Care centre in Toukley on Wednesday, June 16, over the need for safe staffing…
Nurses protest further limits to future wage rises
Nurses and midwives were out in force on November 4, protesting the State Government’s latest public sector wage rises as they rallied outside Gosford Hospital. NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association…
Stop work action results in distribution centre lockout
More than 500 workers at the Woolworths Distribution Centre at Warnervale took legal industrial stop work action for 24 hours on July 24 after negotiations over pay and conditions broke…
University teachers to hold a half day strike
At a Stop Work meeting on August 2, National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) members at the Ourimbah Campus of the University of Newcastle, unanimously voted to hold a half-day strike…
Teachers strike over enterprise agreement conditions
Catholic school teachers and support staff stopped work on Monday, December 4, for four hours, in the latest round of industrial action to protest Catholic school employers’ refusal to strike…
Waste contractor welcomes agreement
Following rolling strikes, Central Coast Council’s waste collection contractor has welcomed an agreement between the Transport Workers’ Union and the Council on the future terms and conditions for local garbage…
Council and TWU reach agreement over workers’ pay and entitlements
The Transport Workers Union (TWU) and Central Coast Council participated in confidential mediation on March 24, at the request of the Minister for Local Government, Ms Gabrielle Upton. The TWU…
Garbage collectors out on strike again
Central Coast garbage truck operators, employed by Remondis, again ran 24 hour stop work action on Wednesday, March 8. No kerbside bins or booked bulk waste piles were collected. According…
Bus stoppage cancelled at the last minute
Busways announced at the last minute on Friday that a 24-hour stoppage planned for today, September 5, had been cancelled. A spokesperson from Busways told Peninsula News that the Transport…