ABC Journalists Storm Out, Breaking 20-Year No-Strike Streak Just Like Glass

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KEY POINTS

•On March 27, 2024, ABC journalists, part of the MEAA union, will strike for the first time in 20 years.
•The strike includes technical personnel from the Community and Public Sector Union, affecting news broadcasts.
•Union leaders claim below-inflation pay rises and unstable job security threaten the future of public-interest journalism.

For the first time since Y2K parties were still awkward, ABC journalists are ditching their desks on March 27, 2024. Sponsored by MEAA, the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance, and joined by tech folks from the CPSU — apparently video control boards like a good protest too — these daring news pros will cause a 24-hour blackout of public-interest journalism. Their crime? Asking for pay rises that don’t just chase inflation at a fearful distance, plus job security beyond 'maybe next week.' Beloved public broadcaster braces for an unprecedented disruption—because nothing screams democracy like staff who charged with exposing truth must first expose their paycheck woes.

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Mockingbird News

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After 20 years of saintly silence, ABC journos remember strikes exist and immediately cause pandemonium. Apparently, paying them fairly is still controversial.

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Breaking: Journalists discover their right to an honest day's pay—next headline, unions still mysterious.

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ABC staff’s shock retirement from reporting finally tests if Australia actually needs news daily.

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