To: Your Employer
ECEC WORKERS DESERVE THEIR PAY RISE – URGE YOUR COUNCIL TO ACT NOW!
The Federal Government has announced a wage increase for Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) workers in local government—but there's a catch. Your employer must apply for the funding and amend a workplace instrument to make it happen.
This funding, known as the Worker Retention Payment, was created to ensure ECEC workers are fairly paid and properly valued. But if councils don’t act, workers will miss out on pay increases.
Why is this important?
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!