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Time Running Out for Education Deal

The AEU has put the State Government on notice by saying that Public Education will be its next big industrial battleground if a new Enterprise Agreement isn’t settled by the end of the month. Click here to download today's press release.

SA Unions Launches WorkCover Campaign

It's almost a week since State Labor introduced it's anti-worker WorkCover reforms into State Parliament and much like Adelaide's weather at the moment, the issue is running hot.

Having resigned from the WorkCover Board prior to the introduction of the ALP's legilsation, SA Unions Secretary Janet Giles has gone on the offensive by vowing to strengthen the campaign until the WorkCover legislation is fair for all workers.

"It's very important that we make sure that everybody takes responsibility for this current scheme and not just attack injured workers' pay packet," she said in an interview with Adelaide's Channel Seven today.

Ms Giles says that Labor is hoping to rush the legisalation through parliament in an attempt to deny workers the chance to have their voice heard on the matter.

"The State Government has been in our view confrontational with the public, with injured workers and with unions over this matter, they haven't done what they would normally do which is sit down and consult and discuss about matters," she said.

The WorkCover reforms proposed by the Rann Government are essentially an attack on working people in order to reduce levies for business. It's also important to remember that these reforms affect every worker in South Australia. Any one of us could be injured whilst at work so it's important that the SA Unions campaign is widely supported. Stay tuned for further updates on the WorkCover swindle and SA Unions campaign.

Click here to listen to the first of two radio ads being run by SA Unions from today onwards.

Click here to listen to another.