Almost 4000 social and community services workers in not-for-profit organisations (NGOs) from across Victoria came together to rally in Melbourne calling on the state government to fund the sector properly chanting we don’t want charity, we just want parity.
ASU delegate Pia Cerveri said that today ‘showed that my colleagues have had enough and are no longer prepared to accept poor wages and conditions that have dogged our sector. We are no longer going to lie down and accept things. We will keep going until we get what we’re demanding.’
The campaign is expected to continue into 2010. Facebook and You Tube links.
Almost 4000 social and community services workers in not-for-profit organisations (NGOs) from across Victoria came together to rally in Melbourne calling on the state government to fund the sector properly chanting we don’t want charity, we just want parity.
ASU delegate Pia Cerveri said that today ‘showed that my colleagues have had enough and are no longer prepared to accept poor wages and conditions that have dogged our sector. We are no longer going to lie down and accept things. We will keep going until we get what we’re demanding.’
The campaign is expected to continue into 2010. Facebook and You Tube links.
