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CPSU NSW The Community and Public Sector Union is demanding the temporary closure of five TAFE NSW campuses in Canterbury-Bankstown, Fairfield, and Liverpool and that students living in these areas be included in surveillance testing to avoid any transmission at other campuses across Sydney. While teaching has moved online, college facilities, including libraries and labs, and administration support are still open, putting staff, students, and the public at unnecessary risk. “Keeping TAFE NSW’s campuses open during this lockdown is reckless, especially when we’re seeing multiple campuse...

By Cam Lucadou-Wells There are employment vacancies aplenty – but not so for jobseekers with disabilities, says a WISE Employment case manager. Souzan Asfour says despite a worker shortage, it was still hard to place her disabled clients. Many bosses assume that her clients can’t safely work at a manufacturing environment. They can’t work with “big machines”, can’t work on forklifts. “I don’t think they’re prejudiced. But employers usually have a choice and they choose people who they perceive are without baggage or issues. “We promote our clients – that they do have th...

Public Service Association The Berejiklian government is being urged to intervene and employ NSW’S contact tracers directly, with hundreds of the disease detectives uncertain about their ongoing work. The Public Service Association is warning NSW’s contact tracers, many of whom are stood down aviation workers, may soon walk after more than a year of insecure work and growing rostering chaos. While some contact tracers are employed directly by the Ministry of Health, many who do the follow up calls, including advising people of a close contact, advising on changing restrictions, and follow...

Stressed contact tracers fight for better conditions COVID-19 contact tracers are pushing for improved working conditions after facing growing abuse from the public as morale in call centres plunges. News by Linda Silmalis Premium Content Subscriber only Stressed contact tracers are fighting for better working conditions as they face growing abuse from an increasingly weary public. Responsible for tracking down thousands of "close contacts" of confirmed COVID-19 cases, the contact tracers are blaming poor management along with lack of job security fo...

An audit of the University of Sydney has revealed that its library staff have been underpaid for many years.