The union representing hospitality workers has urged the Fair Work Commission to exercise caution when considering proposed changes to the Restaurant Industry Award.
Amidst cries from hospitality employers who say they’re struggling to find…
Background:
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…
FITNESS WORKERS NEED SUPPORT
The future is bleak for the more than 10,000 workers employed in the fitness industry with eased restrictions in Victoria not allowing for the reopening of gyms.
Without JobKeeper, people…
Attribute to United Workers Union Queensland State Secretary Gary Bullock:
"Queensland workers are in a crucial recovery period and ensuring all workplaces use the same contact tracing system is key.
“As we have just experienced,…
MEDIA ALERT
WHEN: 8 am Thursday 11 March 2021
WHERE: Outside Victoria’s Parliament House
WHAT: The Senate Economics Committee hearing on the Unlawful underpayment of employee remuneration inquiry. Workers and Victorian leaders speak out on the…
Angela
I am a cleaner and I work for a large contractor. I have been working for the same employer for over six years. I love my job, but things have been hard.
I…
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Statement attributable to Karma Lord, spokesperson for Hospo Voice, the hospitality arm of the United Workers Union:
“The New South Wales Government’s ‘Out and About’ voucher scheme announced today must not go towards…
As Melbourne’s hospitality industry reopens a new union report has revealed 77 percent of hospitality workers believe a permanent and secure job is either very or extremely important, showing that the industry’s dramatic…
United Workers Union condemns the Marshall Liberal Government decision to axe the incredibly popular Adelaide 500.
The event has been run for over two decades and has been an enormous driver of economic activity…