http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/megan-clement-couzner-and-fran-hayes/ Megan Clement-Couzner is a doctoral student at the Centre for Citizenship and Public Policy, University of Western Sydney. She writes about gender, and social and economic change. She is a lifelong feminist and a member of F, the Sydney feminist collective. Fran Hayes is a former official of the Australian Social Welfare Union, a forerunner to the ASU, who campaigned for wage justice for community workers in the 1970s and 80s. Fran is also a longstanding national activist on gender pay equity. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Win-for-community-workers-is-a-win-for-communities/ One hundred and fifty social and community services (SACS) workers yelled and cheered. Some seemed close to tears as they sat in an auditorium at Technology Park in the Sydney suburb of Redfern last Thursday morning. Prime Minister Julia Gillard was standing before them to announce that the federal government would support pay increases demanded in the ASU’s Pay Up campaign. The emotion of the crowd was not surprising. They have been waiting for this result for a very long time. They have campaigned hard, and with the knowledge that the case will benefit not just them but their families and the communities they work for. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Megan Clement-Couzner and Fran Hayes) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Win-for-community-workers-is-a-win-for-communities/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Win-for-community-workers-is-a-win-for-communities/#item7144 Sun, 13 Nov 2011 19:45:15 +0000 Megan Clement-Couzner and Fran Hayes | Author bios | The Punch