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…
Statement attributable to Carolyn Smith, Aged Care Director, United Workers Union:
Today’s Aged Care Work Value Case decision recognises aged care workers have been underpaid for performing work that has not been properly valued…
Today’s passage of aged care legislation is an historic moment in addressing the neglect of aged care residents and aged care workers, United Workers Union said today.
“The passage of the first piece of…
Today the Federal Government will introduce two Aged Care Bills, delivering on election commitments in relation to 24/7 nurses, more time for carers to care, transparency of funding and capping home care administration…
Striking aged care workers are taking their fight direct to Southern Cross Care headquarters in inner suburban Adelaide today, the latest in a series of rolling stoppages.
Aged care workers will stage a protest…
Striking aged care workers are taking their fight into the heart of Brisbane today, demanding the Uniting Church-owned BlueCare treat them fairly.
Aged care workers will march in the city centre and stage a…
After an election result that promises significant change in aged care, workers in seven major aged care providers caring for thousands of aged care residents will take strike action in three states today.
As…
Aged care workers in Queensland are taking strike action today, as aged care workers vow to continue their fight for reforms to aged care no matter who wins the Federal Election on Saturday.…
The United Workers Union (UWU) has welcomed the State Government’s intervention to help prevent the total breakdown of the St John Ambulance service.
According to a Ministerial statement, the government has been forced to…
Omicron in aged care facilities is killing more than 60 aged care residents a week, with 596 facilities nationally recording at least one death due to Covid this year.
A list of facility death…
From Perth in Western Australia to Torres Strait in Queensland, aged care workers are taking unprecedented strike action today in protest at conditions they say have gone from “terrible to horrifying”.
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Thousands of aged care workers across the country will strike on May 10, marking a day of strike action in seven major aged care providers in the workers’ push for employers to address…