Issue No 33 | 01 October 1999 | |
NewsBig Lunch Break for Stress-Free Day
A massive lunchtime picnic involving music, massages and other relaxation techniques will be the centrepiece of a union campaign to raise awareness about workplace stress.
City office workers will be encouraged to clock off for the Big Lunch Break which will be held in Sydney's Hyde Park on Wednesday October 27. Statistics show that office workers are working longer and harder with rising workloads forcing thousands to skip lunch every day. In the finance sector alone, more than one million hours of unpaid overtime are worked every week. Labor Council organising co-ordinator Sarah Kaine says the day is a fun way to make a serious point - decent breaks make better workers. "We're encouraging workers to take an active stand and take the breaks that are rightfully their's" Kaine says. "There's are a law of diminishing returns in working through lunch - at the end of the day tired workers are not going to be efficient workers." Key CBD unions including the Community and Public Sector Union, the Australian Services Union, the Finance Section Unions and the Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union will be involved in the day. For further details contact Sarah Kaine at the Labor Council on 9264 1691
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