Successful Campaigns

WIN! Watchdog launches investigation into wage theft at Le Bon Ton. Huge congrats to Jess Perry & 2288 people who signed her petition. To all the wage thieves out there, we're coming for you too. This is union power.

The pharmacists at ACT Health won improved wages and workloads to address high turnover.

Cutting RDOs from new employees would create a second class of employees who will have limited access to our union-won entitlements. We should not be asked to sell out our future colleagues who cannot vote on this agreement. We are deeply concerned about what this divisive proposal signals for the future of the fund. RDOs are a fantastic entitlement and contribute to the positive workplace culture that makes Cbus so good - for employees and fund members.

We won! Thanks to all your support, NUW Delegates and Leadership will meet with MG CEO and Minister Pulford on Friday 9 June

#VICTORY! The Sydney Morning Herald is reporting that "tax avoidance by multinational oil and gas companies - and the rigour with which the federal government ensures they pay a fair share for the offshore riches they exploit - will be put under the spotlight of a Parliamentary inquiry." Thanks to everyone for taking action - we handed in your petitions in person last week. Being able to demonstrate community support for the inquiry was a critical factor in our success. For more information, visit http://www.taxjustice.org.au/civil_society_calls_for_inquiry_into_prrt

Your recent support of our "COVID-19 - Call time on Term 1" petition has resulted in governments finally taking action to move our schools to student free mode from this week. Our schools are now exploring ways to ensure school sites remain safe for the staff and small numbers of students who continue to attend given their parents are required workers including emergency services and health care workers. Critically, our teachers and school support staff are now using this time to develop and enhance the online learning provided to students off-site.

Kevin “Bones” Kelly is back! He walked back in the gate at Hutchison Port Botany at 6am today after winning reinstatement. This has taken a hard fight by the MUA over more than six months. More than 2000 people signed the petition supporting the union campaign.

Urgent vaccination of education staff is essential for their protection as well as the protection of students and their communities. It will also reduce the need in future to move to remote learning, which is so disruptive for students and parents. Most importantly, it is a key public safety measure to slow the spread of future outbreaks. Childcare, kinder and pre-school workers are, in many cases, continuing to work in very high-contact workplaces even when schools and TAFEs move to remote learning. The slow pace of the vaccine rollout, the lack of supply of vaccines and the failure to heed the call to prioritise education workers is putting staff, students and the broader community at risk.

After almost six weeks on strike, United Workers Union members at McCormick voted to accept a new offer from the company. For five years McCormick has worked to slash hard-won conditions and offered a 0% pay rise. After almost six weeks on strike, McCormick workers have managed to retain all the conditions and won a fair pay rise. The offer includes: - Retaining ALL previous conditions the company wanted to remove including the 4 day week roster - 9% pay rise across 3 years - $5000 sign on bonus From the start, workers knew this was bigger than just one site. This has been a fight for respect for all essential workers who toiled through the pandemic, while their companies made massive profits, only to be told that there was no money for a pay rise and that workers had to accept what they were given. But McCormick workers drew a line in the sand and said enough is enough. This win has shown that when workers stand united, they can win! Thank you to the more than 1250 people who donated, to the unions who supported workers on the ground and anyone who attended the strike or took action to support these workers! We are a mighty movement!