ABC staff send clear message to management: quality news starts with quality jobs
Staff at the ABC are set to vote on potential strike action as part of their protracted campaign for job security, fair pay and improved conditions. Last week, ABC management declined to table an offer that enables staff to produce the quality news and current affairs that Australians rely on. Instead, the latest offer includes cuts to job security, no improvements to stagnant pay band progression, and ...
Victorian unionists join to fight Carnival Cruises ‘extreme exploitation’
Victorian union members have today backed the MUA campaign to end the extreme exploitation on Carnival Cruise ships based in Australia and will meet the Carnival Adventure when it arrives in Port Melbourne for the Australian Open tomorrow (Jan 21). Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) Organiser Shane Reside said “Carnival ...
Union members condemn attacks on cartoonist
MEAA members condemn the vicious and specious attacks on cartoonist member Cathy Wilcox, and call on Nine Entertainment to stand by its Charter of Editorial Independence and support staff who face online harassment. Wilcox’s cartoon “Grass roots” is a comment on the political motivations and power dynamics behind the push ...
Media union denounces proposed legislation as a threat to freedom and democracy
The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA), the union representing workers in Australia's media and creative industries, calls on the Federal Parliament to reject the Federal Government's new proposed legislation, the Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Bill 2026. The proposal undermines core principles of press freedom and freedom of artistic ...
SBS staff stand up to hostile management and reject inadequate enterprise offer
MEAA members at SBS have rejected an enterprise agreement offer proposed by management that failed to include a fair pay rise or adequate protections around the use of artificial intelligence — their first no vote in more than a decade. The vote follows ABC’s rejection of a similarly unfair offer ...
MEAA expresses shock and sadness at Bondi terror tragedy
The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance wishes to express its deep shock and sadness at the tragic attack that unfolded in Bondi last night. Our thoughts are with everyone affected — the families who have lost loved ones, those who were injured, the Jewish community, and the broader Bondi community, ...
Industry-leading EBA struck at Private Media
Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA) members and Private Media have reached an agreement on industry-leading conditions for AI, First Nations cultural and ceremonial leave, and reproductive health leave. In an industry first, Private Media has explicitly stated in its new enterprise agreement that AI would not replace human workers, ...
AI ambitions must be tempered with mandatory protections for workers and consumers
Australia’s creative and media workers welcome the federal government’s commitment to establishing ongoing protections and monitoring of AI developments to ensure good jobs and the maintenance of robust creative and media sectors. Australians need and deserve to have confidence in a strong media industry that is untainted by AI deception ...
