The United Workers Union, The Parenthood and the NSW Teachers Federation have called on Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant to intervene in cuts to school cleaning across the state.
With new, highly…
The hopes of school cleaners across New South Wales were dashed as planned cuts to cleaning hours across 480 schools went unaddressed in today’s announcement.
Quotes attributable to Lyndal Ryan, United Workers Union Director…
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The United Workers Union represents a large percentage of minimum wage and award reliant workers such as cleaners, security guards, early childhood educators, food services workers, farm workers, hospitality workers and…
On International Cleaners’ Day, the United Workers Union calls on the ACT Government to bring their Legislative Assembly cleaners in house.
Quotes attributable to Lyndal Ryan, United Workers Union Director of Property Services:
“Cleaners have…
School cleaners in New South Wales have today announced Premier Gladys Berejiklian as the winner of the 2021 Golden Toilet Brush Award.
The award is a dishonour bestowed by Australian cleaners each year on…
School cleaners from across NSW will meet with Members of Parliament today to demand that planned cuts to cleaning hours across 480 schools be scrapped.
At this stage it is unclear which schools will…
The current Melbourne outbreak costing frontline workers is linked to a quarantine leak from Adelaide’s Playford medi-hotel earlier this month.
Quotes attributable to Lyndal Ryan, United Workers Union Director of Property Services:
“The…
WHEN: TODAY 1:20pm Tuesday 25 May 2021
VISUALS: WA health workers will be rallying out front of the WA Industrial Relations Commission
WHY: Multiple employers in WA Health are in breach of their enterprise agreement…
Spotless Services, which relied on vital Defence Force support staff working throughout Covid-19, has left contract cleaners, groundskeepers and range operators at RAAF Garbutt and Lavarack Barracks in Townsville with no choice but…
Industrial action by essential health workers fighting against privatisation of vital health services will continue after a failed bid by the Marshall Liberal Government to block the workers.
“The Marshall Liberal Government has monumentally…
4 Reasons You’re Better Off Union
Unions have a long history in Australia. The first Australian union was formed in the 1820’s, and between 1850-1869 there were around 400 unions formed in Australia.…
SA Treasurer Rob Lucas’s refusal yesterday to rule out further privatisation of health services and job cuts in hospitals has shocked workers who help care for South Australia’s ill, elderly and most vulnerable.
Mr…