Aged care workers in some of Australia’s largest aged care providers have voted in favour of going on strike amid widespread anger about the treatment of workers and aged care residents.
Thousands of aged…
Aged care workers have welcomed plans for a major boost to quality care in aged care, and the commitment to fund a substantial increase in aged care workers’ wages.
“Labor’s plan to fix aged…
The Federal Government’s cash splash on one-off payments and tax offsets does little for young families desperately seeking early childhood care or the elderly trapped in the aged care crisis, United Workers Union…
A new report released today confirms in uncompromising detail what aged care workers already know – large amounts of Federal Government aged care funding are being siphoned off to profits, not care.
The report…
More than three weeks after an aged care bonus program launched, 97 per cent of aged care workers in a new survey say they have not received a bonus.
In a United Workers Union…
Aged care workers nationally will this week formally lodge applications that mark a major step towards taking protected strike action in the push for fundamental changes to their pay and conditions.
The aged care…
The aged care Omicron crisis has developed into a full-blown aged care workforce crisis, with more than 75 per cent of workers saying they intend to leave the industry within five years in…
The United Workers Union (UWU) has cautiously welcomed the Federal Health Minister’s announcement to use the Australian Defence Force to ease aged care staffing woes but has flagged the commitment falls far short…
A total of 149 aged care residents died in one week and the number of aged care residents who have been infected by omicron surged by more than 1600 in one week nationally,…
The United Workers Union (UWU) – which represents frontline workers in health and education – has today condemned the State Government for failure to guarantee pay for workers who either fall ill or…
Aged Care Minister Richard Colbeçk’s praise of aged care workers at today’s Senate committee hearing about the Federal Government’s Covid response rings hollow given the crisis facing aged care workers and residents, United…
New South Wales and Victorian food workers at SunRice Group will stop work for two days following the company’s attempts to wind back basic conditions and rights.
From 6am this morning more than 300…