Queensland workers have welcomed State Parliament passing new wage theft laws today that will see bosses found to steal pay from workers face jail time.
United Workers Union – the union for workers in…
Workers, who have been left in the lurch with a reduced rate and even harsher eligibility as JobKeeper changes passed in Parliament yesterday, have today learned of Australia’s first recession in 30 years.…
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WHEN: Midday TODAY, Thursday 20 August.
WHERE: A live broadcast of the public hearing is available here.
WHAT: Hospitality workers tell the Senate Select Committee on COVID-19 that now is not the time to scale…
United Workers Union welcomes the ACT Government’s announcement to fund workers’ rights training for the hospitality sector and a hardship fund for workers without annual or sick leave.
Workers forced to quarantine due to…
Workers have today shared shocking stories of wage theft at the hands of some of the state’s high profile employers, as public hearings begin for the Queensland Parliament’s proposed new wage theft laws.…
Today the Morrison Government will announce the fate of JobKeeper and JobSeeker with even more workers set to miss out.
In this second phase of the wage subsidy programs workers cannot afford to…
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United Workers Union welcomes the State Government’s bill to criminalise wage theft.
The union representing Queensland contracting workers, including security, cleaning, hospitality and more, welcome the introduction of the bill to criminalise…
A major national survey of hospitality workers has revealed how COVID-19 ripped wide open the rotten foundations on which the hospitality industry is built, with the hospitality union vowing to use the Federal…
MEDIA RELEASE Statement from Jo-anne Schofield, National President, United Workers Union: “Many United Workers Union members are award-reliant and are impacted by today’s decision. Many United Workers Union members are cleaners, security guards,…
MEDIA RELEASE With Victoria’s Parliament passing Australia’s first laws to criminalise wage theft, the national hospitality union says it will now push for the NSW Government to introduce laws to jail wage thieves.
The…
MEDIA RELEASE The stiffest wage theft sentences in the country have been passed in Victoria, a critical step in the fight against wage theft – laws that United Workers Union members have been…
MEDIA RELEASE The announcement by the NSW Government that 50 people will be allowed inside pubs, cafes, restaurants and clubs from 1 June 2020 is welcome news to devastated hospitality workers desperate to…