Strike

The International Association of Machinists (IAM) said rank-and-file members voted by 59 per cent to approve the deal.

Peak hour flights across Australia are at risk of being disrupted as hundreds of Qantas engineers at major airports are downing tools for the second time in three days.

"Our members deserve more. They've spoken loudly, and we're going to go back to the table to try to achieve those things."

There are fears of flight disruptions at two of the country's busiest airports amid a 24-hour strike.

Qantas said there was no impact to customers as a result of today's industrial action, but a tech outage at the airline's subsidiary Jetstar added to traveller's woes.

The union is seeking a 15 per cent pay rise, while the government has offered an interim boost one-fifth the size.

The union said high levels of exhaustion, a decade of wage suppression and cost of living pressures have taken a toll on its members.

Thousands of Victoria Police officers have voted to ramp up industrial action over better pay and working hours.

The work stoppage involving 33,000 machinists will not disrupt commercial flights immediately but was expected to shut down production of Boeing's best-selling airliners, presenting another setback for a company already in trouble.

The nursing union claims a state-of-the-art hospital in northern NSW is now bleeding staff over the border.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has has asked the families of six dead hostages for forgiveness but pushed back on pressure.

The 24-hour strike will see more than 30 employees down tools amid a wage dispute.

The workers are set to strike on Friday for 12 hours.

Women and medical workers are demanding change after a trainee doctor was sexually assaulted and killed in India.

Transport for NSW is urging people to find alternative transport and allow for extra travel time through today.

Teachers in Western Australia walked off the job today for the first time in 10 years, calling for better pay and working conditions.

A planned half-day strike by teachers in Western Australia on Tuesday could disrupt more than 80 schools across the state, the WA education department claims.

Adelaide rail workers have threatened peak-hour stoppages next week, following a snap strike that brought train services to a standstill during the middle of the day.

Australia's airport firefighters could strike during the Easter long weekend, heavily affecting nationwide travel plans.

Train services for thousands of passengers will not resume until 4pm today.

Aviation firefighters are today voting on industrial action that could impact tens of thousands of travellers over the busy long weekend.

Retailers are warning back-to-school shopping supplies are running low as a major industrial dispute drags on.

Workers from Victoria's crucial regional train network are planning to strike for the second time in a month.

Victoria's V/Line network could grind to a halt next week, with workers to walk off the job for hours.

Victorian police officers have kicked off industrial action today, revealing secret locations of speed cameras to drivers following a five-month dispute over pay and work conditions.

Australia's peak shipping body has urged the federal government to order the end of industrial action at beleaguered port operator DP World.

Over 1000 paramedics will drastically limit their responsibilities if pay increase demands aren't met, the Health Services Union has confirmed.

It comes days after the teacher's union rejected a five per cent pay rise it claims would see teachers 'worse off' long term.

Hollywood actors have reached a tentative agreement with the major film and television studios to end a strike, the actors union announced on Wednesday (USAA time).

Ground workers have been been locked in pay talks for months, while pilots and cabin crew are now also in negotiations for better conditions.

There are warnings strikes at two liquified natural gas (LNG) plants in Western Australia this week are set to impact the state's energy supply.

Customers have been reassured that no payments will be affected during a 24-hour work stoppage.

Coles and Woolworths workers have taken their first-ever nationwide strike with stores in nearly all major capital cities affected.

Dozens of Qantas flights departing Perth Airport have been cancelled as pilots strike in an attempt to address what they say are substandard wages.

Actors remain on strike with the industry gripped in a months-long paralysis.

While presidents have historically sat on the sidelines, Biden has inserted himself in the centre of a historic fight.

Union leaders and Hollywood studios have reached a tentative agreement to end a historic screenwriters strike after nearly five months, though no deal is yet in the works for striking actors.

Union members have threatened to strike for another five days.

The Premier is being warned a pay fight with paramedics is going to get "painful" as the militant Health Services Union steps up its campaign for better pay.

Thousands of teachers descended on state parliament demanding better pay and conditions.

The industrial action is part of an ongoing campaign for better pay and working conditions for South Australian transport workers.

O'Keefe spoke to Griffith Teachers Association president Jenna Woodland who claimed Minns walked away from a deal pushing for more.

The pay offer to teachers was leaked to 2GB's Chris O'Keefe who revealed graduate teachers were offered a 12.2 per cent pay increase to $85,000.

The Minns government tabled an offer of a 4 per cent pay increase to the public sector across the board.

Sydney Water workers are threatening to strike amid claims management slashed salaries and imposed 'secretive' contracts.

Oscar winner George Clooney and 'Ted Lasso' star Jason Sudeikis has joined the chorus of artists calling for change.

With huge sections of America's creative talent locked in negotiation with studios, hundreds of the most anticipated film and TV projects will be on ice until the strike is resolved.

If the actors strike, they will formally join screenwriters on the picket lines outside studios and filming locations.

The industrial action will see officers refuse to work with Commonwealth agencies or departments, such as the Australian Federal Police.

Security guards at London's Heathrow Airport, Europe's busiest, will escalate their strike action over pay into the busy summer months, the UK's largest trade union said today.