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SDA supports new app for women experiencing domestic and family violence
The SDA recognises the devastating impact domestic and family violence is having on our community. Everyone in the community has a role to play in ending domestic and family violence, including unions. Domestic and family violence doesn’t just affect you at home, it can affect you at work too. This includes the ability to get to work on time, your attendance
Media Statement: Cash deliberately misleading on penalty rates
Media Statement | 4 September 2017 An analysis by the Industrial Relations Minister, Michaelia Cash, is a manipulation of data that deliberately skews the facts and ignores the benefits of Enterprise Agreements for workers. SDA National Secretary, Gerard Dwyer says “the report by the Minister is fundamentally flawed by using arbitrary dates for her comparison rather than an accurate comparison using
Media Statement on Department of Education submission on Sunday penalty rates
Response to questions from The Australian on Department of Education submission on Sunday penalty rates The key factors to consider when comparing awards with enterprise bargaining agreements are the ‘weekly take home pay’ and the ‘package of conditions’ that workers receive as a result of their agreement. The Department of Employment submission did not set out to achieve a full
SDA supports right to reduce hours when workers have significant parenting or caring responsibilities
MAKE IT FAIR: FAMILY FRIENDLY TEST CASE IN THE FAIR WORK COMMISSION The SDA supports the ACTU’s push for the right for workers to reduce their hours during periods of significant parenting or caring responsibilities through a test case in the Fair Work Commission. This would allow workers to go part-time or reduce hours if they need to care for
Media Statement: wages and conditions and McDonald’s
The article ‘McDonalds defends not paying weekend penalty rates and shoppies union wage deal’ (27/08 – The Age online) fails to take into account the full package of take home pay and conditions received by McDonalds workers as a result of their SDA negotiated enterprise bargaining agreements. At McDonalds 97% workers voted in support of having a significantly higher base
