Issue No 120 | 23 November 2001 | |
NewsEgan to Pay for Welfare WinBy Greg Turner
The Australian Services Union has welcomed the announcement by the NSW Treasurer Michael Egan that the State Government will increase its grants to community and welfare organisations. This funding increase follows the granting of significant pay rises to staff covered by the Social and Community Services Employees Award. ASU Secretary Luke Foley said Mr Egan's announcement will be welcomed by thousands of workers in the community sector. "Last Friday the Industrial Relations Commission handed down long overdue improvements to the pay and conditions of community sector workers, including an immediate increase in their hourly rate of pay of more than 11.5 per cent." The NSW Government has listened to the message that these increases must be funded in order to ensure quality delivery of social services in the non-government sector," he says. "The Federal Government has a responsibility to follow suit and increase its share of funding to the sector."
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