Wage

The federal Labor government announced on Wednesday of last week that it would “meet it’s responsibilities” to fund equal pay for community workers.

Not as easy as it looks. Photo: Peter Hunt

This announcement represents one more step toward wage justice for people working in the sector, whose equal remuneration case has been running for over a year.

It came after intensive lobbying efforts by those same workers and union members, who were emailing, calling and dancing for equal pay in the weeks leading up to this most recent commitment.

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  • Fiona says:

    07:46pm | 12/07/11

    You’re a brave soul…..Good luck. Read more »

  • Fiona says:

    07:42pm | 12/07/11

    Erick, this was not an article about equal pay for women at the expense of men. Men tend to do those jobs traditionally because they pay better than wiping someone’s butt. Read more »

 

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