Jenny Brown

A three-day longshore strike left ports silent and empty on the East and Gulf Coasts. The workers are returning with big wage gains promised. Photo: Luis Feliz Leon

The International Longshoremen's Association secured a considerable pay raise after a three-day strike that brought port operations to a halt. But the fight against job-killing automation continues.

The sides will return to bargaining on the other big issue of the strike, automation, extending the old agreement to January 15.

Flight attendants typically aren't paid during boarding time. Earlier this month, after a three-year contract campaign and a credible strike threat, flight attendants at American Airlines became the first to win boarding pay.

Boeing workers will continue their strike after voting down a new contract offer by 64 percent. Wages and the loss of their pension were sticking points. Photo: Lindsey Wasson/AP

Intrepid adventurer, author, filmmaker and one-time Getaway star Sorrel Wilby has reinvented herself on remote and beautiful Norfolk Island.

Union members react as Machinists District 751 President Jon Holden announces that they voted to accept a new contract offer from Boeing by 59 percent on November 4. Photo: Lindsey Wasson/AP.

“Fear has never stopped me doing anything,” says Lynda La Plante, including writing a gripping, tell-all memoir and giving a sneak preview to The Weekly.

"I will never play Colleen Smart again!" Sadly, Summer Bay fans are doomed to disappointment.

A previously unaffordable medication has been added to the PBS, and the miracle drug gives young sufferers a new lease on life.