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For many workers, recent climactic events like bushfires and floods have not only caused huge disruption in their personal lives, they’ve caused chaos in their working lives as well.
In response, workers at the Australian Youth Climate Coalition (AYCC) have taken the lead on this issue.
They’ve just negotiated something called Climate Disaster Leave.
Grace Vegesana is a Climate & Racial Justice Campaigner with AYCC and she’s our guest on this week’s pod.
AYCC – https://www.aycc.org.au/
Imagine the furore and anger that would be unleashed in our newspapers and on talkback radio if workers on Australia’s wharfs decided to shut down the docks without warning.
Tasmanian workers earn on average $200 a week less than their counterparts on the mainland. That equates to a $10,000 year hole in Tasmanian pay packets.
Today, on International Workers’ Memorial Day, we honour workers who have lost their lives at work, and recommit ourselves to making workplaces safe for all workers.
On this day in 1856, Melbourne's Stonemasons fought for – and won – the 8-hour workday as a nationwide industry standard.
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Climate Disaster Leave in an EBA