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Response Time Campaign
Stand with Victorian ambos
Victorians have got a brand new ambulance service: Ambulance Victoria. But we’re still stuck with the same old problems...  

Zoo Action
Zoo keepers celebrate after in-principal pay deal reached
Zoo keepers, horticulturalists and maintenance staff have reached an in principle agreement to settle their pay dispute, following successful conciliation talks in the Industrial Relations Commission. 

Childcare
Deputy PM launches campaign to fix childcare skills threat
On Friday June 20 Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard launched a childcare industry campaign to address the biggest threat to quality early childhood education and care for Australian families: the childcare skills crisis. 

RSPCA has gone to the dogs!
Darwin members at the RSPCA have approached their union, the LHMU, wanting to place a vote of ‘no confidence’ in the RSPCA Board of Management. 

Chubb Guards say to the Workplace Ombudsman: "Pursue our $300,000 underpayment or we will knock, and ring and tap until you do"
Chubb Security Officers and their supporters today launch a 48 hour phone, e-mail and fax blitz of the Office of the Workplace Ombudsman protesting the Office's lack of action in pursuing Chubb Security for underpayments in overtime worth $312,500. 

Toilet Brush Award
ACT Government winner of 2008 Golden Toilet Brush Award
The ACT Government is the winner of the 2008 Golden Toilet Brush Award, the LHMU the cleaners’ union announced today. 

Big Steps
Childcare fees increases above inflation unwarranted
The LHMU the Childcare Union says any childcare fee increases above inflation are unwarranted because of the Australian Government's unprecedented allocation in the May budget of more than $600 million for the childcare sector. 


The LHMU's BIG STEPS in childcare campaign is fighting for recognition of childcare professionals' skills and financial support for training. 

Better Jobs Better Hotels
To fulfill the potential for the luxury hotels sector to become a stable and prominent part of the Australian economy, there is a desperate need for all stake holders to work together to create better jobs better hotels. 

Clean Start Campaign

Thousands of cleaners across the country have been getting together to develop their solutions to the problems in the cleaning industry. 

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