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Hundreds of thousands of aged care workers are set to receive substantial additional pay corrections, representing wage rates boosted by around 30 per cent…
Nationwide action on hold as educators give Federal Government a chance to fix the sector
February 29, 2024
Earlier this month educators across the country put the Federal Government on notice: give educators some certainty on wages, or educators would close the…
SENATE GREENLIGHTS COST-OF-LIVING RELIEF FOR WORKERS
February 28, 2024
The Labor Government’s rebalancing of tax cuts will see low-paid workers receive cost-of-living relief from 1 July, as legislation passed the Senate last night.
Statement…
VIGIL ACTION AT FEDERAL COURT TO SUPPORT ‘PERFECTION 12’
February 23, 2024
Twelve women working on farms in Australia, known as the Perfection 12, are bringing one of the largest sexual harassment cases to the Federal Court and will…
EARLY EDUCATORS VOTE WITH THEIR FEET: HALF READY TO LEAVE
February 23, 2024
Almost 50 per cent of early childhood educators say they will leave the sector within a year if there is no meaningful movement on…
GUARDS TO STRIKE FOR 24 HOURS AS RESOLUTION WITH G4S NOWHERE IN SIGHT
February 21, 2024
Guards from the Long Bay Forensic Hospital will stop work for 24 hours this Friday, after being refused a cost-of-living pay increase from their…
AUSTRALIA STOPS WHEN WE STOP: EDUCATORS TO SHUT DOWN SECTOR
February 9, 2024
Early childhood educators across Australia will take unprecedented action on March 8th for International Women’s Day.
In four weeks over a thousand centres in every…
‘PLEASE HELP US’: NSW SCHOOL CLEANERS STEP UP DEMANDS
February 9, 2024
NSW school cleaners have stepped up demands that the NSW Government address impossible workloads and dangerous workplaces as they return for the new school…
IT’S A DUCK! NEW IR LAWS END EMPLOYER SHENANIGANS
February 8, 2024
Statement attributable to United Workers Union National Secretary Tim Kennedy:
“United Workers Union members have been fighting for more than a decade for jobs you…
‘PERFECTION 12’ LAUNCH ALBUM OF SONGS AFTER FILING ONE OF THE BIGGEST WORKPLACE SEXUAL HARASSMENT CASES IN THE FEDERAL COURT
February 7, 2024
‘PERFECTION 12 ’ LAUNCH ALBUM OF SONGS AFTER FILING ONE OF THE BIGGEST WORKPLACE SEXUAL HARASSMENT CASES IN THE FEDERAL COURT
Twelve women working…
APPROVE TAX CUTS ASAP, POLITICIANS TOLD
February 6, 2024
United Workers Union has demanded politicians approve the Labor Government’s revised tax cuts as soon as possible so low-paid workers can receive cost-of-living relief…
United Workers Union members serving on the Queensland Preventing Occupational Violence Management Committee have called out comments made by David Crisafulli and the LNP…