Industrial disputes & news - 4 February 2026
Victorian #teachers; Tasmanian public sector; Victorian public #healthcareworkers; Harry Hartog & Berkelouw Books; UWU elections; SA #nurses & #midwives; Dynelec; Crown Sydney; SA public sector & more
(Thanks Sarah Missen)
https://disputesreport.substack.com/p/industrial-disputes-and-news-4-february
Industrial disputes & news - 28 January 2026
SA #nurses and #midwives; Vic public #healthcareworkers; Tasmanian public sector workers; TasRail; #CFMEU resignation; Keolis Downer; Certis Security; Dynelec; Vic #teachers; Forensicare; and Healthscope
Thanks Sarah Missen
https://disputesreport.substack.com/p/industrial-disputes-and-news-28-january
Establish legal limits on midwives' working hours
https://www.change.org/p/establish-legal-limits-on-midwives-working-hours
Good midwives can win the trust of pregnant women and help them take care of their own health while staying respectful of cultural practices, Kaura says. #medsky #onehealth #maternalmortality #midwives
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Industrial disputes & news - 17 December 2025
SA public sector workers; Tassie #teachers; Harry Hartog & Berkelouw Books; #KeolisDowner; SA #nurses & #midwives; #AmbulanceVictoria; #FreoCranes; #MSS; #Bechtel; #Healthscope; #VAHPA; #DHLExpress & more
(Thanks Sarah Missen)
https://disputesreport.substack.com/p/industrial-disputes-and-news-17-december
Industrial disputes & news
- 5 November 2025
#InfraBuild #GenesisCare University of Newcastle; Keolis Downer; #CDC; Curtin Uni; QLD #teachers City of Salisbury; #DHLExpress #Bloomfield SA #nurses #Midwives #VRC #Cocacola #HealthScope and more
(THANKS SARAH MISSEN)
https://open.substack.com/pub/disputesreport/p/industrial-disputes-and-news-5-november?
#P4F đź“Ś Newsletter #44 - Oktober 2025
https://www.parentsforfuture.de/system/files/2025-10/2025-10-Newsletter-44.pdf
+ Forscher warnen: unfassbare drei Grad mehr bis 2050 möglich – deutsche #Küstenregionen aufgeben? "#Solarcamp for Future"!
+ BĂĽndnispartner vorgestellt: #Midwives for Future
+ Klimafieber-Zeitstrahl
+ #Klimaaktivismus Singapur
+ #Wärmewende braucht #Gasausstieg! Aktion: Bürgermeister*in per Mail befragen
+ Gleichstellung in der #sozialökologischenTransformation
+ Lesermeinung: Carbon Capture and Storage (#CCS)
+ #Grandparents Podcast
Industrial disputes & news - 15 October 2025
(Thanks Sarah Missen)
SA #nurses & #midwives; Bucher Municipal; WA & Vic #firefighters; #Aurizon; #MSS; Re.Group; #Glencore; SA & Tas public sectors; CDC; CBH; #Bloomfield; VAHPA/HACSU merger; #JohnHolland; UoN; #Schindler
https://open.substack.com/pub/disputesreport/p/industrial-disputes-and-news-15-october?
St. Dorothy/Dorothea of Caesarea
St. Dorothy is a 4th century virgin martyr who was executed at Caesarea Mazaca. She’s called a martyr of the late Diocletianic Persecution. Although her death happened after the resignation of Diocletian himself.
Dorothea & her companion, Theophilus, are mentioned in the Roman Martyrology as martyrs of Caesarea in Cappadocia. Her feast day is on February 6. She’s officially recognized as a virgin martyr.
She was removed from the General Roman Calendar by Pope Paul VI’s motu proprio Mysterii Paschalis, being judged as not having “universal significance.” Her feast day does still remain in some regional calendars & the Tridentine Calendar.
Her early life is unknown. The first record of her, Martyrologium Hieronymianum, only has 3 basic facts: her day of martyrdom, the place where it happened, & her name & Theophilus’ name.
Dorothea of Caesarea, virgin & martyr, was persecuted during the persecution of Diocletian on February 6, 311 at Caesarea in Cappadocia. She was brought before the prefect Sapricius, tried, tortured, & sentenced to death. On the way to the place of execution, the pagan lawyer, Theophilus said, mockingly, “Bride of Christ, send me some fruits from your bridegroom’s garden.”
Before she was executed, she sent him, by a 6 year old boy, her headdress which was found to be filled with a heavenly fragrance of roses & fruits. Theophilus at once confessed himself a Christian, was put on the rack, & suffered death. This is the oldest version of the legend.
In the Western church, Dorothy of Caesarea has been venerated since the 7th century. In the late medieval Sweden, St. Dorothy was considered to be the 15th of the Holy Helpers.
In art, she’s accompanied with Saints Barbara, Catherine, & Margaret. They form a quartet of female virgin martyrs called Quattuor Virgines Capitales, meaning, “The Four Capital Virgins.”
She’s the patroness of gardeners. Because of her virginal attribute of a wreath of roses. On her feast day (February 6), trees are blessed. She’s also the patroness of brewers, brides, florists, midwives, newlyweds, & the village of Pescia, Italy. The Sisters of St. Dorothy is a congregation of sisters/nuns, who are occupied with teaching.
St. Dorothy is often pictured as a virgin carrying a basket of flowers, sometimes with fruit, & also wearing a crown of roses. She has also been pictured as being surrounded by stars as she kneels before an executioner; crowned with palm, referring to the martyr’s palm; in an enclosed garden or an orchard with the Christ Child in an apple tree; leading the Christ Child by the hand; veiled with flowers in her lap; & holding apples from Heaven.
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#4thCentury #6February311 #7thCentury #AppleTree #Brewers #BrideOfChrist #Bridegroom #Brides #Caesarea #CaesareaMazarca #Cappadocia #ChristChild #Christian #DiocletianicPersecution #DorotheaOfCaesarea #EmperorDiocletian #February6 #Florists #FourCapitalVirgins #Gardeners #GeneralRomanCalendar #Heaven #HolyHelpers #Italy #Martyr #MartyrSPalm #Martyrdom #MartyrologiumHieronymianum #Midwives #MotuProprio #MysteriiPaschalis #Newlyweds #Nuns #Pescia #PopePaulVI #QuattuorVirginesCapitales #RomanMartyrology #Roses #Sapricius #SistersOfStDorothy #StBarbara #StCatherine #StDorothy #StMargaret #Sweden #Theophilus #TridentineCalendar #Virgin #VirginMartyr #WesternChurch #WreathOfRoses
Industrial disputes & news - 1 October 2025
#Ampcontrol; #DBCA; #SuperiorPak; #Schindler; NSW #nurses & #midwives; Bucher Municipal; #Cleanaway; Central Goldfields Council; SA #firefighters; The Hobart Clinic; WA firefighters; #Fonterra; #Ford & more
(Thanks Sarah Missen )
https://disputesreport.substack.com/p/industrial-disputes-and-news-1-october
Industrial disputes & news - 24 September 2025
#Schindler; Keolis Downer; #rspca Townsville City Council; Royal Hobart Hospital; Infrabuild; #Fonterra; CDC; MSS; CBH and SA #nurses & #midwives
(Thanks Sarah Missen)
https://open.substack.com/pub/disputesreport/p/industrial-disputes-and-news-24-september?
Industrial disputes & news - 10 September 2025
Townsville City Council; Schindler, SA #nurses & #midwives; Repco; SA #firefighters Southern Downs Regional Council; #DHL; NSW nurses & midwives; #Fonterra; Solvay Interox; MSS Security; #CPSU
( Thanks Sarah Missen )
https://open.substack.com/pub/disputesreport/p/industrial-disputes-and-news-10-september?
11% boost for 57,000 Qld nurses and midwives wages + double-time-for-overtime rates for shift workers.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-29/nurses-midwives-reach-pay-deal-queensland-government/105709972
#healthworkers #LabourMovement #midwives #nurses #organize #QNMU #solidarity #unions
Industrial disputes & news - 13 August 2025
Townsville City Council; Crown; QLD #teachers; KONE; Cairns Council; QLD #nurses & #midwives; CBH; QLD firies; Qantas; Komatsu; Opal; NSW nurses & midwives; Getinge; CFA; Brophy; Glencore & more
(Thanks Sarah Missen )
https://open.substack.com/pub/disputesreport/p/industrial-disputes-and-news-13-august?
Ministers urged to guarantee #NHS jobs for new #midwives amid #understaffing
Student midwife fears she will be unable to get job after 2,300 hrs of unpaid work in NHS calling for guaranteed posts for newly qualified midwives who otherwise are forced to abandon profession before career begin
Aimee Peach is to complete her training next summer, but promise of a job at the end of 3 year degree course collapsed despite severe shortages of midwives
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jul/20/student-midwife-guaranteed-nhs-jobs-graduates
(Thanks Sarah Missen)
Industrial disputes & news - 9 July 2025
#StarCasino; QLD #nurses & #midwives; #Peabody; #Getinge; SA nurses & midwives; Grill'd; #Kinetic & CDC buses; #Kone; #Strammit; #BMS; SA allied #healthworkers; Sydney trains & #CPSU - A Voice For Members
https://open.substack.com/pub/disputesreport/p/industrial-disputes-and-news-9-july?
Queensland Nurses and Midwives' Union (QNMU) industrial action involves up to 45,000 workers refusing to do tasks not related to clinical care at public hospitals and healthcare facilities around the state.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-08/queensland-nurses-ramp-up-industrial-action/105506300
#healthworkers #LaborMovement #Midwives #Nurses #Queensland #QNMU #Solidarity
States That Have Banned Abortion Are Now Criminalizing Midwives
In March, police arrested a midwife named Maria, marking the first targeted provider arrest under Texas’s abortion ban.
