Launceston Airport in Tasmania has come under fire for the recent dismissal of one of its security officers, Caleb Withers, for carrying out his job of managing traffic flow and issuing parking tickets…
WHAT: NSW school cleaners will stage a noisy protest outside NSW Premier Dom Perrottet’s office about a lack of safety and impossible workloads in NSW public schools.
WHEN: 11am, Tuesday, March 21.
WHERE: Premier’s Ministerial…
The NSW Government is demanding NSW school cleaners perform 650 “regular” cleaning tasks daily, or a separate task every 45 seconds.
“With cleaners expected to complete 650 tasks in a day it’s no wonder…
United Workers Union welcomes the commitment from Labor to invest $22 million into early education if elected.
The funding commitment includes professional development and new scholarships in early education.
Quotes attributable to Helen…
NSW Labor’s commitment to review the privatisation of NSW public school cleaning if elected is great news for students, teachers, school communities and cleaners, United Workers Union said today.
“The fact cleaners are being…
Statement attributable to Jo-anne Schofield, President, United Workers Union:
"Today’s decision ends a huge grab of tax revenue by the very wealthy, in favour of funding Federal Government services that workers and the community…
The privatisation of school cleaning in NSW has failed schools, school communities and cleaners, United Workers Union said today.
In the most recent large-scale survey of more than 400 NSW school cleaners, half said…
February 24, 2023
Quotes attributable to United Workers Union (UWU) National Secretary Tim Kennedy:
“Today’s Australia Institute report proves what everyone already knows: the system is rigged against workers.
“Workers are copping the bill twice when…
The United Workers Union (UWU) has welcomed the Fair Work Commission’s decision to award the full 15 percent wage increase to aged care workers this year but continued to reiterate its calls to…
A ground-breaking survey of more than 1500 disability support workers has revealed the shocking physical risk and daily threat of violence disability workers are facing turning up to their jobs.
Released as the Royal…
At midday today, aged care workers will rally outside of the Fair Work Commission (FWC) in Perth, Brisbane, Adelaide and Sydney to highlight their ongoing concerns about the industry.
On November 4, last year…
United Workers Union welcomes today’s announcement by the South Australian State Government of a review into all hospital services currently delivered by private companies.
"We have been saying for a long…