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anti nuclear protestors on USS Worden ship with protest banners saying No Nuclear Weapons

Australians Campaign against Nuclear Power and Uranium Mining, 1974-1988

Street marches and trade union action typified Australian resistance to uranium mining and exports as well as proposals to build nuclear reactors.

Protest poster - Aboriginal Australians in protest holding a sign that says No mining on sacred land. The wording on the poster says We

Noonkanbah 1979: When Unionists Stood up for Aboriginal Rights

The Noonkanbah dispute was an important chapter in both the struggle for Australian Aboriginal rights and union solidarity in the 1970s-80s.

Developing Strategic Campaigns: An ITF Manual for Trade Union Activists, Educators and Organisers

This manual will help workers to identify clear campaign goals and objectives, develop strategies and tactics, and create unifying public messages and timelines for campaigns.

Man standing on top of iron fence waving flag outside a building.

Stories of Unemployed Activism from Radical Melbourne: 1906-1982

Four stories about actions- demonstrations, pickets, occupations – the unemployed people of Melbourne carried out from 1906 to 1982.

Street crowded with street protestors|Linocut produced in 1933 by The Workers Art Collective to protest evictions|Three men in room of run down mansion with hammers and tools fixing up room. Washing is hanging up across the room.|a woman climbing through a window holding two bags|An Aboriginal man holding a sign that says We support Aboriginal Rent Strike with other protestors standing in the background in front of fence.|Man sitting on chair with dog at his feet. Poster says Squatters say - Why evict Mick Fowler from Victoria Street. Keep Low-income earners in the inner city|Protesters holding large poster that says We've had enought|A poster with heading that reads 'Bendigo St Festival Collingwood: Celebrating Community. Sunday 28th Aug 11 - 6. All Welcome

Resources About Australian Housing Justice and Unwaged Rights Campaigns

Resources focused on case studies and stories of how communities have organised to secure housing, financial and other support for the unwaged and those on low incomes.

Thousands of unemployed men march to the Treasury Buildings to confront Premier Sir James Mitchell 6 March 1931.

The 1931 Perth Treasury Building Riot: Unemployed workers during the Great Depression

Unemployed workers during the Great Depression, the repression they faced, and the protests and tactics they used to fight for their rights.

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The Future of Workers’ Rights

Behind-the-scenes lessons from the campaign to secure JobKeeper in response to widespread job losses from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Do you want to know how to run an online picket line? Here is a guide from the Victorian Trades Hall Council who ran the world’s 1st online picket line in March 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic to launch digital actions for the campaign for #WageSubsidyForAll.

black and white image of Aboriginal activists with a sign saying Always as Always will be our land

The Battle for Aboriginal Heritage on Perth’s Foreshore 30 years on

Thirty years ago from January 2019 Noongar activists set up a protest camp at Gooninup, the site of the derelict Old Swan Brewery on Perth’s foreshore. This marked the beginning of a four-year long struggle to secure recognition of an Aboriginal sacred site.

Stencilled letters read Call a strike with the letter C made out of headphones

How to Organise Workers in a Call Centre

Young workers in a call centre in Sydney join a union and become confident to advocate for their rights and create better conditions as a result.

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