What if your whole industry is underpaid?
Workers in union have the power to fight collectively for better recognition – like Early Childhood Educators have.
ECE workers organising through the United Workers Union have successfully won an industry-wide pay increase of 15% that recognises the historic undervaluation of caring work.
This win took years of advocacy from union members through the Big Steps campaign – but the impact of this victory is seismic.
You can find out more about the changes happening in Early Childhood Education through the United Workers Union.
No matter what industry you’re in, your union advocates for the improvements that really matter:
- The Australian Nurses and Midwifery Union won nurse:patient ratios to ensure safe workloads for staff and patients.
- Members of the Transport Workers Union lead the fight for road safety through the Safe Rates campaign.
- Teachers, Principals and support staff in the Australian Education Union took strike action for full funding for Victorian schools, as well as pay increases and reduced workload.
The conditions that make your working life better didn’t fall out of the sky – union members in your industry fought for them.
