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To: Katrine Hildyard MP, Minister for Child Protection
Youth Workers Care, Pay Us Fair
The South Australian goverment had proposed to cut wages and staffing levels in the youth Support Sector.24 hours later and after hundreds of frontline community services workers took action we have won. Minister Katrine Hildyard and the Department of Child Protection have listened to you and updated the funding tender to ensure organisations can bid at fair wage and staffing levels.
This is the power of Australian Services Union members standing together and making our voices heard to the Government.
This is the power of Australian Services Union members standing together and making our voices heard to the Government.
Why is this important?
To recap, when the Department of Child Protection released a tender that would lock in below award wages our Union took action and has been working to resolve the issues. After weeks of direct advocacy, your action over the last 24 hours has helped lock in a win and today we have spoken with the Minister Hildyard's office to confirm the Department would update the tender that has now been published to the sector. We thank the Minister and the Department for listening to you, the frontline workers.
Now, our work continues to:
• Push for a state wide fair jobs code for community services to ensure all Government tenders reflect fair wages and secure jobs
• Win a fair Award Award classification structure to properly reflect your skills and experience
As we've experienced overnight, when community sector workers take action we can change Government policy and win good outcomes for our members. Share this win with your workmates and ask them to join you in our Union so we can keep improving working conditions across the youth and community services sector: www.asusant.com/sant.com
Now, our work continues to:
• Push for a state wide fair jobs code for community services to ensure all Government tenders reflect fair wages and secure jobs
• Win a fair Award Award classification structure to properly reflect your skills and experience
As we've experienced overnight, when community sector workers take action we can change Government policy and win good outcomes for our members. Share this win with your workmates and ask them to join you in our Union so we can keep improving working conditions across the youth and community services sector: www.asusant.com/sant.com