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HOURS CUT, WAGES HALVED: CLEANERS SPEAK OUT AT VICTORIAN LABOR CONFERENCE
2 mins ago
WHO: Julie and Sofia, long-serving school cleaners, speak out against school cleaning privatisation.
WHAT: Victorian Labor State Conference to vote on a motion from Julie and Sofia to end school cleaning privatisation.
WHERE: Victorian Labor…
EARLY EDUCATORS WELCOME BUDGET COMMITMENT
3 days ago
WHAT: Early educators join ACTU President Michele O’Neil and UWU Early Education Director Carolyn Smith at a Goodstart Early Learning Centre to welcome budget commitment for early education. EDS: Educators present from Vic,…
EARLY CHILDHOOD WAGE INCREASE WELCOME – AND ‘DESPERATELY NEEDED’
5 days ago
Comments attributable to Carolyn Smith, Early Education Director, United Workers Union. “The Federal Labor Government commitment to fund a significant wage rise for early childhood educators is welcome, and desperately needed to address…
CLEANERS RALLY AS SURVEY REVEALS SHOCKING COST-OF-LIVING IMPACTS
May 11, 2024
WHAT: NSW school cleaners rally against low-pay, terrible conditions and impossible workloads
WHEN: 12 noon for 12.30pm, Saturday May 11
WHERE: Parramatta Square (Smith St end), Parramatta
VISUALS: Rally speakers address a large rally of cleaners…