The reason strike action is increasing

The soaring cost of living is undoubtedly driving an increase in strike action, says the Australian Workers Union.

Teachers, nurses, childcare workers, airport staff and council workers have all taken part in industrial action of late.

“I think we are seeing a lot more assertiveness about wages and conditions,” Ben Davis, Victorian branch secretary of the AWU, told Tom Elliott.

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