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India: Contract child protection workers in Kerala strike indefinitely; Mumbai textile workers walk out over unpaid wages; Australia: NSW paramedics impose bans in long-running pay dispute; Australian Ballet performers to take action over pay
The Australian Services Union initiated a protest outside the City of Greater Geelong Council meeting to show support council workers facing redundancies. Sarah Hathway reports.
India: Uttar Pradesh government sector workers protest sackings; Tamil Nadu government farm workers strike for permanency; Australia: Melton City Council nurses demand higher wages; Offshore shipping workers strike in Western Australia.
More than 3200 people are suspected to have caught the virus while in hospital between January 1 and October 26 last year and at least 344 died, according to leaked health department data.