Equal Work Equal Pay
Action needed - Federal Government goes weak on Equal Pay
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- Published on Friday, 19 November, 2010
We are asking ASU members to call their Federal local member and express your anger and concern that the Federal Government is going weak on Equal Pay - the phone numbers are below. Demand to know what they are going to do about it.
Yesterday, the Federal Government put in their submissions to the ASU's Equal Pay Case which is currently running in Fair Work Australia (FWA) - this can be viewed on www.fwa.gov.au They are arguing that FWA in deciding whether to award increases, should take into consideration the fact it will cost the Government a lot of money and the affect it will have on their budget. This submission will make our goal of fair wages harder to achieve. Given we signed an Agreement with the Federal Government - this is outrageous and we might now fight back harder than ever!
The Government have known for over 12 months how much equal pay for the community sector will cost, they signed an Agreement with the ASU to support our Equal Pay Case in full knowledge of this cost. It seems they are now doing what they can to minimise how much we win.
Justice is justice - you cannot give lip service to a principle and then refuse to pay for it. We are now facing the same arguments that women and their Unions had to fight in the 1960s to get Equal Pay. We should not have to face them again from a Government who should be on our side. The QLD Government is already funding equal pay and of course the sky has not fallen in.
Effectively the Government is saying that women workers (and men) in the community sector should continue to pay the cost of service delivery of their programs through low, unfair wages. They also say the sector should look at productivity increases and that workers should bargain with their employers for better wages! What planet are they on!? We have been taken for granted for too long - we have paid the cost for governments. We will now need to fight even louder and harder. Winning Equal Pay is now up to us.
Play your part today - call you local member on the number below:
|
Electorate |
Member of Parliament |
Electorate office phone number |
|
Banks |
Melham, Mr Daryl |
Tel : (02) 9774 2111 |
|
Barton |
McClelland, The Hon Robert Bruce |
Tel : (02) 9585 9100 |
|
Bennelong |
Alexander, Mr John Gilbert |
Tel : (02) 9869 4288 |
|
Berowra |
Ruddock, The Hon Philip |
Tel : (02) 9980 1822 |
|
Blaxland |
Clare, The Hon Jason Dean |
Tel : (02) 9790 2466 |
|
Bradfield |
Fletcher, Mr Paul William |
Tel : (02) 9465 3950 |
|
Calare |
Cobb, The Hon John Kenneth |
Tel : (02) 6361 7138 |
|
Canberra |
Brodtmann, Ms Gai Marie |
Tel : (02) 6293 1344 |
|
Charlton |
Combet, The Hon Gregory Ivan (Greg) |
Tel : (02) 4954 2611 |
|
Chifley |
Husic, Mr Edham Nurredin (Ed) |
Tel : (02) 9625 4344 |
|
Cook |
Morrison, Mr Scott John |
Tel : (02) 9523 0339 |
|
Cowper |
Hartsuyker, Mr Luke |
Tel : (02) 6652 6233 |
|
Cunningham |
Bird, Ms Sharon Leah |
Tel : (02) 4228 5899 |
|
Dobell |
Thomson, Mr Craig Robert |
Tel : (02) 4351 1223 |
|
Eden-Monaro |
Kelly, Hon Dr Michael Joseph (Mike) |
Tel : (02) 6284 2211 |
|
Farrer |
Ley, The Hon Sussan Penelope |
Tel : (02) 6021 3264 |
|
Fowler |
Hayes, Mr Christopher Patrick (Chris) |
Tel : (02) 8786 1004 |
|
Fraser |
Leigh, Dr Andrew Keith |
Tel : (02) 6247 4396 |
|
Gilmore |
Gash, Mrs Joanna |
Tel : (02) 4423 1782 |
|
Grayndler |
Albanese, The Hon Anthony |
Tel : (02) 9564 3588 |
|
Greenway |
Rowland, Ms Michelle Anne |
Tel : (02) 9671 4780 |
|
Hughes |
Kelly, Mr Craig |
Tel : (02) 9521 6262 |
|
Hume |
Schultz, Mr Albert John (Alby) |
Tel : (02) 4822 2277 |
|
Hunter |
Fitzgibbon, The Hon Joel Andrew |
Tel : (02) 4991 1022 |
|
Kingsford Smith |
Garrett, The Hon Peter Robert |
Tel : (02) 9349 6007 |
|
Lindsay |
Bradbury, The Hon David John |
Tel : (02) 4732 1801 |
|
Lyne |
Oakeshott, Mr Robert James |
Tel : (02) 6584 2911 |
|
Macarthur |
Matheson, Mr Russell Glenn |
Tel : (02) 4655 7600 |
|
Mackellar |
Bishop, The Hon Bronwyn |
Tel : (02) 9913 9566 |
|
Macquarie |
Markus, Mrs Louise Elizabeth |
Tel : (02) 4577 2631 |
|
McMahon |
Bowen, The Hon Chris Eyles |
Tel : (02) 9726 4100 |
|
Mitchell |
Hawke, Mr Alexander George (Alex) |
Tel : (02) 9899 7211 |
|
New England |
Windsor, Mr Antony Harold Curties (Tony) |
Tel : (02) 6761 3080 |
|
Newcastle |
Grierson, Ms Sharon Joy |
Tel : (02) 4926 1555 |
|
Page |
Saffin, Ms Janelle Anne |
Tel : (02) 6621 9909 |
|
Parkes |
Coulton, Mr Mark Maclean |
Tel : (02) 6882 0999 |
|
Parramatta |
Owens, Ms Julie |
Tel : (02) 9689 1455 |
|
Paterson |
Baldwin, The Hon Robert Charles (Bob) |
Tel : (02) 4983 1330 |
|
Reid |
Murphy, The Hon John Paul |
Tel : (02) 9745 4433 |
|
Richmond |
Elliot, The Hon Maria Justine (Justine) |
Tel : (07) 5523 4371 |
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Riverina |
McCormack, Mr Michael Francis |
Tel : (02) 6921 4600 |
|
Robertson |
O'Neill, Ms Deborah Mary (Deb) |
Tel : (02) 4322 1922 |
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Shortland |
Hall, Ms Jill Griffiths |
Tel : (02) 4947 9711 |
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Sydney |
Plibersek, The Hon Tanya Joan |
Tel : (02) 9379 0700 |
|
Throsby |
Jones, Mr Stephen Patrick |
Tel : (02) 4262 6122 |
|
Warringah |
Abbott, The Hon Anthony John (Tony) |
Tel : (02) 9977 6411 |
|
Watson |
Burke, The Hon Anthony Stephen (Tony) |
Tel : (02) 9553 3800 |
|
Wentworth |
Turnbull, The Hon Malcolm Bligh |
Tel : (02) 9327 3988 |
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Werriwa |
Ferguson, Mr Laurie Donald Thomas |
Tel : (02) 9829 7477 |
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