NSW Labor has called for a bold NSW Local Government stimulus and survival package – saying that workers in the crucial sector, as well as their families, have been overlooked by the NSW and Federal Governments.
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A flaw in the Federal Government’s $1.6 billion package to provide free childcare services during the coronavirus pandemic could force the closure of council-run childcare services, forcing tens of thousands of families to scramble for new care arrangements, the United Services Union warns.
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Council-run childcare centres may be forced to shut down under a new Federal Government funding package because the local government workers are still not eligible for JobKeeper payments.
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Following the announcement from the Federal Government of the ‘JobKeeper’ wage subsidy program USU General Secretary Graeme Kelly wrote the President of Local Government NSW, Linda Scott urging Local Government NSW and all NSW Council’s to ensure that they are in a position to benefit from this program should it become available.
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Following Auscript’s decision to offer redundancies in the last week of March there have been two Fair Work Commission Conferences held either side of a meeting between USU/ASU reps and management on Monday 30 March and Tuesday 31 March.
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