A third of NSW school cleaners injured on the job, United Workers survey finds

United Workers calls for NSW school cleaners to be directly employed by state government following release of worker survey.

6 September, 2023

NSW public school cleaners assigned 650 tasks a day, union claims

“Stopwatch approach to school cleaning is placing unsafe workloads on NSW school cleaners,” says United Workers Union.

15 March, 2023

Union calls for change to NSW school cleaning contracts

Union calls for privatised services to be brought back under direct NSW government control.

28 February, 2023

UWU hosts first quadrennial delegate conference

UWU delegates will meet to discuss the vision and goals of the union for the next four years.

25 July, 2022

UWU, BSCAA call for school cleaners to be included in NSW rapid antigen testing scheme

United Workers Union, BSCAA call for NSW school cleaners to be included in rapid antigen testing scheme made available to teachers and students.

2 February, 2022

Queensland govt introduces legislation to criminalise wage theft

Queensland government to introduce legislation to make wage theft a criminal offence.

15 July, 2020

Australia’s minimum wage to rise

National minimum wage to increase by 1.75 per cent, with cleaners to be included in first phasing of award rise.

19 June, 2020

Wage theft legislation passes Victorian Parliament

Victoria becomes first state to pass laws establishing criminal penalties for employers who deliberately underpay or don’t pay their workers.

17 June, 2020

Union launches campaign for improved working conditions, wages for cleaners

Campaign is in response to a recent industry survey.

15 June, 2020

You better hope your work cleaner is one of the few who has time to do a thorough job

“Despite the rhetoric about cleaners being ‘essential workers’, they are often not treated well.”

10 June, 2020

National survey reveals cleaners’ coronavirus concerns

Nine in 10 cleaners are having to rush essential work, while eight in 10 don’t always have enough equipment.

19 May, 2020

United Workers Union launches legal action against contractor

United Workers Union lodges action in the federal court against Broadspectrum.

6 May, 2020