Aged care sector facing shortfall of 35,000 workers, says report

Financial Review, 27 June 2022 Australia’s aged care sector is facing a shortage of 35,000 workers and risks not being able to meet…

Ministers move forward with wage case

Australian Ageing Agenda, 9 June 2022 Newly appointed Minister for Health and Aged Care Mark Butler and Minister for Aged Care Anika Wells…

Why aged care worker wages should be Labor’s first priority

Australia Today, 31 May 2022 Steve Price speaks to Health Services Union secretary Gerard Hayes.  https://omny.fm/shows/australia-today-with-steve-price/why-aged-care-worker-wages-should-be-labor-s-first

Health workers’ union takes fight for kitchen staff in NSW aged care home to federal court

The Guardian, 30 May 2022 Case to test the limits of outsourcing in sector amid concern about food standards in some facilities …

Union launches legal action over slashed aged care wages

Australian Financial Review, 30 May 2022 The Health Services Union is launching legal action to stop aged care operators from hiring outsourced catering…

Health Services Union takes aged care catering business to court over underpaid staff

The Australian, 29 May 2022 Major aged care union has taken an aged care catering service to the Federal Court for not paying…

Aged care wages should be Labor’s ‘first priority’: HSU boss

Sydney Morning Herald, 25 May 2022 The powerful union boss spearheading aged-care workers’ push for higher wages says Labor’s promised endorsement of the…

Overwhelming support for federal government to pay for aged care wage increase, Vote Compass shows

ABC News, 8 May 2022 Carlton Williams works in aged care but he has to work a second job to make ends meet.…