Injured workers need our support, not roadblocks and red tape! On May 26 Union members from across NSW rallied against NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey’s plans to cut injured workers’ access to Mental Health Services. The USU and our campaign truck were out in force! Send a message to the Treasurer here!

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

The NSW State Government wants to fix the way we handle workplace psychological injury. The system isn’t working, and they are right to want to fix it.

It costs too much, offers too little, and is a maze of forms and bureaucracy.  But the way they are going about it will hurt working people today and into the future.

More people are suffering psychological injury at work, and more are rightly claiming workers compensation.

The Government’s concern is that if these trends continue the scheme will collapse and no one will be left protected.

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How you can help

The NSW government is proposing changes to your workers comp protection, making it harder for workers with psychological injuries to access the benefits they deserve.

The government wants to increase the injury threshold so much that it would be ‘tantamount to ending the scheme’ according to Dr Julian Parmegiani, who led the design of the Psychiatric Impairment Rating Scale for the Carr government in the late 1990s.

Reform is possible without cuts!

SEND A MESSAGE TO THE NSW TREASURER

Union power comes from members, and you have the power to help stop these cuts.

Click here to tell your local MP that you oppose cutting support for injured workers, and they should too.