NSW government orders nurses and midwives to stop organizing and striking, orders removal of strike information from social media. Union defies government, fined $130,000 for doing so.

cyu@sh.itjust.works · 5 months ago

NSW government orders nurses and midwives to stop organizing and striking, orders removal of strike information from social media. Union defies government, fined $130,000 for doing so.

Meron35@lemmy.world · 5 months ago

It does, but the main constraint are the right to protest (or rather lack thereof) laws.

All states and territories are cracking down on right to protest laws, but NSW is particularly egregious in that it never had one to begin with, only a right to assemble.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-16/nsw-protest-laws-eroding-right-to-protest-say-legal-experts/106006324

NSW government orders nurses and midwives to stop organizing and striking, orders removal of strike information from social media. Union defies government, fined $130,000 for doing so.

NSW government orders nurses and midwives to stop organizing and striking, orders removal of strike information from social media. Union defies government, fined $130,000 for doing so.

Nurses’ union fined $130,000 over strike action in Albury and Sydney | Region Riverina