For too long, local government ECEC workers have been underpaid. Now, we have a chance to fix this, but only if councils take the necessary steps.  ASU members fought to make sure local government ECEC workers were included in this funding, and we won. Now, we need to make sure every eligible worker receives it.  That’s why we’re calling on all local government ECEC workers to demand their councils apply for the funding and put the required workplace instrument in place.  Sign the petition today to tell your council: ECEC workers deserve their pay rise!  We, the undersigned, call on our employer to apply for the Commonwealth Government’s Worker Retention Payment and amend our workplace agreement to ensure these pay rises are delivered.  We endorse the ASU to act on our behalf in securing this outcome and ensuring that no eligible worker is left behind.  Sign now and stand with your fellow ECEC workers for fair pay! 

Because of government funding changes, many community + disability sector workers never get to stay with one employer long enough to take long service leave. That’s why states and territories throughout Australia are legislating for portable long service leave so workers take their leave entitlements with them between employers.   Northern Territory workers are about to fall behind the rest of the country because of the CLP Government. Sign the petition and stand with Australian Services Union members in calling on the NT Government to save Portable Long Service Leave. 

The Safe Haven Cafe offers a vital alternative to emergency department visits for people experiencing non-urgent mental health issues. It's led by LLEW (Lived & Living Experience Workers), providing compassionate, peer-based support that is accessible and non-judgmental. With the growing crises in housing, cost of living, and social isolation, the need for services like the Safe Haven Cafe has never been more urgent. Closing this service directly impacts those who are already marginalised and struggling to access mental health care. The lack of affordable and accessible options—due to long wait times and high costs—leaves many people without support when they need it most. This closure would be a failure of St Vincent's commitment to its own values of compassion, justice, and person-centred care. We cannot afford to lose this service. Stand with us to protect mental health services in our community!

Here are the facts:  • 91% of the early childhood workforce is female. • G8 Education is one of the largest ASX-listed companies that doesn't offer employer-funded paid parental leave for their employees.  • In the 2024 Global Gender Gap Report, Australian women are ranked 42nd in the world for economic participation and opportunity (down from 38 in 2023). • In Australia, a third of the gender pay gap is due to the time women spend in unpaid care work.  • G8's current gender pay gap is 20.1% (of the average total remuneration according to WGEA's latest data) • By not offering employer-funded paid parental leave, G8 Education is helping to grow the gender pay gap. It is perpetuating the 'motherhood penalty' which sees the average 25-year-old woman make $2 million less in lifetime earnings than the average 25-year-old man who also becomes a parent.   • Degree-qualified early childhood teachers are leaving the sector to work in schools with better pay and conditions, including employer-funded paid parental leave. If this continues, the quality of early learning in Australia will suffer as we lose dedicated and highly skilled teachers.    Teachers, educators and young children deserve better.    It’s time for G8 Education to step up and show they value the essential work that their teachers and educators perform. Please sign and share this petition today. * This petition supports Sustainable Investment Exchange’s campaign to pressure G8 to fund paid parental leave for staff. Learn more about the activist shareholder’s campaign here.

The Liberal Party has promised to scrap recently won improvements to our rights at work: • pushing to cut superannuation to 9% • they will kill off new ‘right to disconnect’ laws, which stop bosses hassling us at home • they will wreck ‘same job, same pay’ laws • they will take away rights for casual workers, making them easier to exploit and to sack • they will scrap laws that criminalise wage theft. This is just the start. The Liberal Party says “everything is on the table” when it comes to dismantling Australians’ rights at work.

No one should have to work in pain or sacrifice their income to care for their health. Reproductive leave would allow workers to care for their health without financial stress or fear of discrimination. Let’s create fairer workplaces for all workers. Sign the petition to call on 10 days of reproductive leave today!

Flexible work is not a perk—it’s essential. It’s essential for your employees’ work-life balance and their mental health. It’s essential for the attraction and retention of skilled workers. And it’s also essential for productivity at work. 

Temporary migrant workers are not eligible for the Fair Entitlements Guarantee.    This exclusion creates a two-tier workforce, where migrant workers are left with nothing while others are protected. It rewards dodgy employers who exploit migrant labour, shut down their businesses, and walk away without paying what’s owed. 🚨 If we don’t act now, this will only get worse. When employers get away with underpaying or abandoning workers, it drags down wages and conditions for everyone. This isn’t just a migrant worker issue—it’s a union issue, a worker issue, and a fairness issue. 📢 Sign the petition today and stand in solidarity with migrant workers! 🔗 Read our Policy Brief “Expanding the Fair Entitlements Guarantee” here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gavguU8XBs0

The cuts at UTS have the potential to devastate students, staff, and education quality, and marginalised students will be hit hardest. Join us to demand transparency, protect courses, and ensure UTS puts students and staff before the bottom line.

Journalists from the Daily Telegraph allegedly targeted a well-known Sydney takeaway restaurant, Cairo Takeaway. The restaurant has been a vocal supporter of Palestine on its social media pages. According to staff at the restaurant, a man wearing a Star of David cap entered, ordered tea, and made a number of provocative comments to a server in an apparent attempt to provoke an argument. When the server attempted to disengage by walking outside, she found a full camera crew from the Daily Telegraph waiting outside the restaurant. According to a chef at the restaurant the local community came out in support of the staff, and video shows the provocateur and Daily Telegraph newscrew fled with "tails between their legs".

Why this is important to us  We, the undersigned, strongly endorse the Council’s resolution in 2021 and its pursuit of reconciliation since then. It means a great deal to us that the  Council has listened to the First Nations people when they say that 26th January is a day of mourning that raises memories of stolen children, the hiding of First Nations heritage, and similar trauma within immediate family circles.   What needs to happen  We expect the current Councillors to uphold the Council’s first steps towards paying due respect to the Wadawurrung and Eastern Maar people. These first steps need to be consolidated and expanded upon. In the future, we hope all Shire citizens can continue to learn more about the deep and rich heritage of an ancient culture that has survived and begun to thrive again, enriching the whole community.

The ANU’s Socially Responsible Investments Policy, adopted after years of persistent student pressure, remains in shambles. The policy prohibits investment in companies that make 20% or more of their revenue from coal, but it says nothing about oil or gas. The policy prohibits investment in companies that make civilian weapons like handguns, but not companies which make military weapons which are many times more destructive. Recently, we found that the ANU was investing over $35 million in projects that break their own emissions rules. Also, ANU’s most recent documents show a $32.7 million investment in BHP, one of Australia’s biggest producers of thermal and metallurgical coal. They also show a $6.7 million dollar investment in Australia’s biggest oil and gas producer, Woodside Energy. We say all of those numbers should be ZERO. We need to sign this petition to signify to the university bosses that we're still not satisfied with their investment decisions.