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CELBRATING INTERNATIONAL WOMENS DAY 2025

We are celebrating women across March by valuing the important work they do and fighting for reforms that support working women.​

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FINDINGS ON ACTON INVESTIGATION
United Workers Union would like to advise that an investigation into allegations against an officer of the Union, first reported in November 2024, has concluded. No adverse findings were made against any officer or…
STATEMENT ON FOUR CORNERS’ REPORTING ON EARLY EDUCATION SAFETY ISSUES
Regarding today's reporting by Four Corners on serious safety issues within the early education and care sector, the statement below is attributable to United Workers Union's National President, Jo Schofield: Reports by ABC’s Four…
SA DISABILITY SUPPORT WORKERS ESCALATE INDUSTRIAL ACTION
The ongoing industrial action by over 1,100 Department of Human Services (DHS) disability support workers has intensified, as union members escalate their industrial action. The decision comes after months of insufficient progress from…
WOMEN STILL FACING DOUBLE BURDEN: CARE ROLES, LOW WAGES
A new survey shows women juggling huge out-of-hours care burdens, while a third of the women surveyed deal with the fallout from earning half the median female wage or less. The survey of almost…

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Our website is hosted on 100% carbon neutral servers in Naarm (Melbourne). The United Workers Union is committed to creating the secure & future-proof jobs workers and their communities need as our country continues to transition to a net zero economy.

UWU acknowledges that we meet and work on the unceded lands of First Nations peoples. We wish to pay respect to their Elders — past and present — and acknowledge the important role all First Nations peoples continue to play within Australia and in our union.

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