Fisheries Officers take industrial action over safety concerns

Fisheries Officers across NSW have begun industrial action over safety concerns after a number of violent incidents where they were shot at, threatened with knives and baseball bats and had cars driven at them. The Officers are demanding they’re issued with protective equipment like stab-proof vests and capsicum spray. Fisheries Officers are now avoiding certain areas and individuals at the very time fears have emerged…

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Minister Washington right to call out dodgy dealings in foster care system

Businesses profiting from the care of children removed from their parents need to be banished and the system returned to the public sector after the release of a new report, said the union which represents child protection caseworkers. Media reports today outline a range of ways for-profit providers are gouging the system to make money out of vulnerable children including a scheme where real estate…

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Kids help hotline workers stop work

Child protection workers who answer calls on the after hours hotline where the public report at-risk kids will stop work this evening for two hours over chronic overwork, arbitrary staff suspensions and unreasonable workplace directives. The action comes after two senior managers were stood down earlier this month from the After Hours Response Team (AHRT) and call centre workers had work from home arrangements revoked.…

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Media Release: Parklea Prison Officers to Strike Over Safety Concerns - 25 Jan 2023

Prison Officers will picket Parklea Prison during a 48 hours strike over safety concerns commencing at 6am this Friday. Parklea Prison has the worst record for serious assaults on Prison Officers in NSW. Officers at the prison are routinely asked to work understaffed, especially on weekends. They are also the worst paid Prison Officers in Australia. The maximum security men’s prison is privately run by…

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Disability workers go backwards on the Federal Governments’ watch

Thousands of workers in the disability sector in NSW stand to lose pay and conditions this week in what the Community and Public Sector Union has labelled “an abandonment by all levels of government”. It comes upon the latest expiry of the five-year copied state awards, in the last month for employees LiveBetter, Ability Options and Aruma, following the privatisation of the NSW Government’s group…

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