The Federal Government and all state and territory governments have agreed to move towards a simpler approach to occupational health and safety (OHS) laws in Australia. This is to be achieved through harmonisation, i.e. through the creation of a uniform set of laws. Please sign the petition to ensure your OHS rights are protected in the new laws.
The ASU supports harmonisation to increase the rights of all workers and to promote the best OHS law that exists now at the state/territory level.
The ASU has made detailed submissions to the Australian Industrial Relations Commission (AIRC) on the need for protection of the wages and working conditions of office employees throughout Australia as the award modernisation process heats up.
The ‘Community Service – What’s It Worth?’ rally on Friday, June 20th on the steps of the State Parliament showed our State Government that Social and Community Services Sector workers are not to be ignored.
We had:
1500 signatures on our petition to the Parliament,
30 metres of signed calico with messages of support.
A book of personal stories.
More than 150 people, workers from the SACS sector all showing the Government that low salaries will no longer be tolerated.
Three of our ASU staff participated in the 2008 Mothers Day Classic Fun Run on Sunday, 11th May. The Mothers Day Classic is held in capital cities and many regional areas and more than 65,000 runners and walkers participated nationwide.
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