昆士兰州四所青少年拘留所的工作人员于周三午夜开始罢工 [1]。此次罢工是保护性工业行动，将持续至下周二，同时实施八项工作禁令 [1]。罢工期间，被拘禁的青少年被限制在监室内，无法参加下午活动、教育和治疗项目 [1]。
参与罢工的工人来自布里斯班青少年拘留所、韦斯特莫雷顿青少年拘留所、克利夫兰青少年拘留所和瓦科尔判管中心 [1]。工人联盟要求改善工作条件，声称过去12个月内发生了500多起严重员工暴力事件，且超过60%的工作人员在入职后的前12个月内离职 [1]。
澳大利亚工人工会秘书施内尔表示："尽管谈判进行了数月，克里萨富利-布莱吉政府仍未提出一份有尊严且公平的方案" [1]。劳资谈判的破裂源于青少年拘留中心企业协议在7月底到期 [1]。政府方面，劳动部长劳拉·格伯回应称，政府仍在与工人进行诚意谈判 [1]。
Staff at Queensland youth detention centres walked off the job beginning Wednesday at midnight in protected industrial action, with eight work bans set to remain in place until the following Tuesday [1]. The action follows the collapse of enterprise bargaining negotiations between the Australian Workers Union and the state government over employment conditions [1].
During the strike, detained young people have been confined to their cells and prevented from attending afternoon activities, education programs, and therapeutic services [1]. The walkoff affects workers across Brisbane Youth Detention Centre, West Moreton Youth Detention Centre, Cleveland Youth Detention Centre, and Wacol Remand Centre [1]. Union representatives cite more than 500 serious staff assaults recorded over the past 12 months and a retention crisis in which over 60 percent of workers depart within their first year of employment [1].
AWU secretary Stacey Schinnerl stated that "despite months of negotiations, the Crisafulli-Bleijie government has yet to put forward a dignified and fair offer" [1]. The Youth Detention Centre Enterprise Bargaining Agreement had expired at the end of July [1]. Minister Laura Gerber responded that the government "remains at the table to negotiate enterprise bargaining agreements in good faith" [1].