URGENT CALL TO ACTION TO SECURE YOUR JOB IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT
The work that local government employees do is vitally important. These are some of Tasmania’s most essential workers and they should not be facing the prospects of stand downs or unemployment as a result of COVID-19.
3,500 Tasmanians who work in the local government sector in Tasmania have been left behind by both State and Federal governments. The decision by the Federal Government to deny councils access to the Job Keeper package is deeply disappointing and inequitable.
Council run services like swimming pools, child care centres and museums have had to close as a result of coronavirus. If these services were run by the private sector they would attract Federal Government support. It is fundamentally inequitable that these workers do not qualify for Job Keeper payments.
It’s time for the state government to offer support and ensure council employees receive the same job guarantees as the majority of the Australian workforce have.
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A huge thank you to Australian Labor Party for putting forward the Closing the Loopholes Bill and to The Australian Greens , David Pocock, Senator Jacqui Lambie, and Senator Lidia Thorpe for listening to workers and passing parts of the Bill this week.
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Please come along to this on Tuesday!
Glen Eira City Council are holding a special meeting to have a final vote on whether or not they will close their early learning centres. There will be a BBQ sizzle and then we will walk together to the council chambers in solidarity.
See you there!
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Huge news for workers!
We will see the labour hire loophole closed, wage theft made illegal and safter workplaces for everyone.
A significant part of the Closing Loopholes bill was passed this week.
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I was a union member for 13 years. I raised an issue over 3 years ago yet nothing has come from it. I call that theft