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Campaigns
First Nations Workers Alliance
All Australians deserve the opportunity to have a good, steady job and the dignity of work. The Turnbull Government’s Community Development Program (CDP) is depriving tens of thousands of people of that opportunity. It’s punitive,...
Change The Rules
The Australia we once knew, that our parents experienced, is not the reality anymore because the rules that made our country fair are broken. We are building a movement to change the rules to bring fairness back to Australia. Wage growth is...
Our Energy Footprint
The Services Union is continuing the 2015-2020 Our Energy Footprint Campaign, so our members can have direct input in to the future of the Energy Industry. In the first phase of our Campaign, we have achieved commitments from the Palaszczuk...
SACS Award rates of pay
Wages for social and community services (SACS) workers will increase by 2.5% from the 1 July 2015 as a result of the Annual Wage Review (AWR) this year. Workers should be aware that AWR process conducted by the Fair Work Commission (FWC) involves...
We Won’t Wait – Domestic and Family Violence Leave – our 29th Way
We have a family violence crisis on our hands in Australia! It can affect anyone - regardless of gender or class. Women, men and children are being abused and murdered by trusted partners or family members. According to statistics, women...
National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)
The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is a new funding scheme to provide support and services for people living with a disability across Australia. Across Queensland the NDIS is progressively rolling out and will continue to do so...
Investing in Quality Community Services
SACS - PORTABLE LONG SERVICE LEAVE CAMPAIGN As a Social and Community Services (SACA) Worker, long Service Leave probably seems like a fantasy to you given long term employment with one employer is not common, despite many workers having...
The 28th Way – Natural Disaster Leave
Severe Weather is forcing Queenslanders to batten down the hatches year in, year out … And as the damage intensifies with each storm the response from thousands of ordinary Queenslanders to assist others in need is enough to soften the hardest...
Taking The Steps To Keep Our Conditions
MAKE OUR UNION PRESENT IN YOUR WORKPLACE! Here’s what you can do today! Put up our poster in your workplace on the notice or just at your desk; Become a Workplace Delegate. Here is a flyer with whats involved and how it will benefit...
What Does Pay Equity Mean For You?
The Services Union in partnership with National Disability Services (NDS), Australian Council of Social Services (ACOSS), Jobs Australia have been providing education and information workshops on the National Pay Equity Outcome in metropolitian...
