4 May 2006
CLEAN START: FAIR DEAL FOR CLEANERS CAMPAIGN
In a related industrial relations issue Catholic Church leaders have expressed support for the Clean Start - Fair Deal for Cleaners campaign - the Australian and New Zealand contribution to a worldwide campaign voicing concerns over the low wages and poor conditions in the property services industry.
This campaign aims to have a real impact on the lives of low paid, predominantly women, workers and the lives of their families.
Organisers of the campaign are seeking the chance to bargain for jobs capable of providing their families with a decent standard of living. They are asking the people in our various communities, migrant networks, religious communities, human rights and interest groups, women's organisations to work in partnership with cleaners and their unions on the campaign.
In Australia organisers claim that under the Government's new industrial relations laws, which came into effect last month, cleaners will lose up to 30 per cent of their income, which was on average already below the poverty line.
They plan to name and shame building owners, tenants and contractors who fail to pay cleaners a fair wage.
This campaign aims to have a real impact on the lives of low paid, predominantly women, workers and the lives of their families.
Organisers of the campaign are seeking the chance to bargain for jobs capable of providing their families with a decent standard of living. They are asking the people in our various communities, migrant networks, religious communities, human rights and interest groups, women's organisations to work in partnership with cleaners and their unions on the campaign.
In Australia organisers claim that under the Government's new industrial relations laws, which came into effect last month, cleaners will lose up to 30 per cent of their income, which was on average already below the poverty line.
They plan to name and shame building owners, tenants and contractors who fail to pay cleaners a fair wage.
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