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Early childhood education and care needs urgent & tough coronavirus rules: Union releases plan
United Workers Union, the early childhood union, says that hygiene and safety must be improved and increased in…
The extra funding announced by the Berejiklian Government for school cleaning is too little and too late. It does not repair eight years of cost savings and cuts to cleaning hours by this…
Thousands of health workers in Western Australia have won a decade-long fight against healthcare privatisation today, with the McGowan Government announcing key Fiona Stanley Hospital services would be brought back into public hands.
United…
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Workers must be supported through coronavirus
United Workers Union – the union for 150,000 Australians in a range of essential industries – is calling for workers to be supported as concerns around…
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NSW school cleaners outraged by inappropriate coronavirus request to clean for Diamond Princess crew in Japan
United Workers Union is extremely concerned that NSW school cleaners employed by services giant Broadspectrum have…
School cleaners in the ACT have completed their first successful week as new employees of the ACT Government. Bringing these jobs into the public sector has been cause for celebration among school cleaners,…
United Workers Union, the union for school cleaners, gardeners and home economic assistants have today been notified of historic underpayments of 27,000 by the Education Department stemming back to 1983.
United Workers Union State…
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Cooler classrooms create safer environments and improve learning
Safer working environments and improved learning outcomes for students will be among the benefits of air-conditioned classrooms being rolled out in 300 more…
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Sixty cleaners at University of Tasmania campuses in Hobart and Launceston have been saved from financial distress this Christmas.
Following mediation in the Fair Work Commission, cleaning contractor GJK Facility Services backed…