ASU Day of Action for SACS workers on November 10 - We Demand Action on Equal Pay!

ASU Day of Action for SACS workers
on November 10 - We Demand Action
on Equal Pay!

All ASU members are called to participate in a Day of Action on November 10, assembling at Parliament Gardens at 11am, to protest against the complete failure of the Brumby Government to increase our wages and to demand equal pay with Queensland SACS workers and public sector workers doing the SAME work.

To date, the Victorian budget delivered a pathetic 3.14 per cent increase to community sector indexation that is not guaranteed for wage increases for workers. At the same time, the Government is funding pay increases for their own employees, which again INCREASES the pay gap between public and community sector wages. At the same time the Queensland Government moved to fund pay increases of 18 to 36 per cent for QLD SACS workers. Here’s what the Queensland Treasurer had to say:

“We are also providing resources to some of our hardest working, and most important Queenslanders. Community sector workers who care and support some of our most vulnerable Queenslanders, the frail elderly, the disabled and the unwell, have recently had the value of their work recognised by the independent Queensland Industrial Relations Commission. The single biggest allocation of additional resources in this Budget—some $414 million across four years—is provided to support the community sector to continue their essential work.”

At the same time, the Victorian government has done NOTHING to address our demands for equal pay – instead they have sent our pay BACKWARDS!

We have researched, lobbied and written submissions. An independent Commission has agreed with us, Government reports agree with us, our employers agree with us – our work is seriously undervalued! The time for report writing and polite lobbying is over – we demand IMMEDIATE ACTION from the Victorian Government. We demand Equal Pay for our work so our sector is sustainable into the future and our clients and communities receive the support they deserve from a properly funded and resourced community sector.

Click here for the flyer of the ASU SACS rally on November 10.

Why are we rallying? Click here for an ASU member’s plea to fellow workers.

Need to find out how to get to the rally?

Click here for regional V-line schedules on the day of the rally

*Please note that members travelling on the V/Lines from regional Victoria will need to disembark at Southern Cross Station and either catch another train that travels via the city loop and disembark at Parliament Station, or catch a tram down to Spring Street. We ask all members catching either metro or regional trains to get on the last carriage as a sign of solidarity.

Click here for Metro Train timetables on the day of the rally

We ask all members catching either metro or regional trains to get on the last carriage as a sign of solidarity.

Buses are also being organised for the following areas:

Warrnambool, Ballarat and Bendigo - contact ASU's Leon Wiegard on 0438 060 298

Bairnsdale, Warragul and Morwell - conatct ASU's Merri Blair on 0458 884 503

Some of our ASU members are also willing to help:

Coming from the Mornington area? Contact Mark Cullen (Peninsula Youth and Family Services) on 0439 360 630 

Coming from the Morwell area? Contact Shane Collier (Quantum) on 0400 574 230

Coming from the Goulburn Valley area? Contact Paul Sefton on 0400 233 293

Coming from the Healesville/Lilydale area? Contact Les Price (Anglicare) on 0419 153 782

Become a member of the ASU! To join the ASU and support the Respect The Workers, Sustain The Services campaign, click here