{"id":65597,"date":"2025-02-18T08:58:37","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T21:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging\/?p=65597"},"modified":"2025-07-29T09:10:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T23:10:29","slug":"response-to-secure-jobs-better-pay-reviews-draft-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging\/submission\/response-to-secure-jobs-better-pay-reviews-draft-report\/","title":{"rendered":"RESPONSE TO SECURE JOBS BETTER PAY REVIEW DRAFT REPORT"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"65597\" class=\"elementor elementor-65597\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fad0a35 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fad0a35\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ca37c7 sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0ca37c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1382\" height=\"819\" src=\"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/secure-jobs-draft-review-feb2025.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-65599\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/secure-jobs-draft-review-feb2025.png 1382w, https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/secure-jobs-draft-review-feb2025-600x356.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1382px) 100vw, 1382px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a3567f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5a3567f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c75786 sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4c75786\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Secure Jobs, Better Pay amendments to the Fair Work Act 2009 have improved the wages and conditions of UWU members.<\/p><p>UWU members across areas such as logistics, farms and manufacturing have been able to commence bargaining without lengthy and cumbersome majority support determinations, early childhood educators have been able to win a historic pay rise through the supported bargaining stream and aged care members secured a significant pay increase under the amended work value provisions.<\/p><p>We have read the ACTU\u2019s response submission dated 18 February 2025 and we agree with it in its entirety. 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