Solidarity Melbourne

11/09/2026

A vibrant rally uniting members of the CPSU, MEAA and ETU in their first ever site-wide strike at the Arts Centre in Melbourne.

Since 2022, their wages have fallen 10 per cent behind prices while their execs are raking it in.

They heard from a teacher active in Fight The Crisis, the rank and file group in the AEU, about lessons from their recent struggle.

The 24-hour strike today saw three performances cancelled tonight. ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽

11/09/2026

Héctor Puente Sierra talks about the Spanish Civil War that broke out in 1936. He describes how it showed the enormous revolutionary potential of the working class and explains why that potential was defeated by a combination of political mistakes by the mass anarchist forces and sabotage by the St...

10/09/2026

08/09/2026

08/09/2026

Arts Centre Melbourne workers escalate campaign with 24-hour stop work action from midnight Thursday to midnight Friday in fight for fair pay, secure working conditions and proper government funding for the sector.

Picket line: 3:30pm Friday
Rally: 6pm Friday

Join your comrades on the picket line and stand in solidarity as we fight for a fair outcome that reflects the value of the work they do.

Show your support, sign the petition: meaa.io/ArtsCentre

08/09/2026

Eighteen wharfies at the bulk goods handler Quantem at Coode Island, West Melbourne, have been locked out.

05/09/2026

Several hundred activists turn out opposite the ALP offices in Naarm to defend RAFFWU and the right of workers to join their unions.

Shame on Labor’s union-busting.

Read more: https://solidarity.net.au/top/tell-victorian-labor-hands-off-raffwu/

04/09/2026

04/09/2026

The US has bullied Cuba for decades but Donald Trump is now threatening to finally overthrow the regime. Marcus Banks describes the situation in Cuba today and its history since the 1959 revolution. He explains why revolutionary socialists stand with Cuba against US imperialism while rejecting the i...

03/09/2026