{"id":66546,"date":"2025-08-08T17:28:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T07:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging\/?p=66546"},"modified":"2025-08-12T16:40:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T06:40:57","slug":"crown-sydney-workers-strike-to-protect-livelihoods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging\/media-release\/crown-sydney-workers-strike-to-protect-livelihoods\/","title":{"rendered":"CROWN SYDNEY WORKERS STRIKE TO PROTECT LIVELIHOODS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n
What: <\/strong><\/td>\nCrown Sydney Casino workers take strike action.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
When and where<\/strong><\/td>\nPress conference<\/strong>: 11.30am, Friday August 8, on the waterfront near the Crown Sydney Barangaroo building.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Strike action:<\/strong> 6.30pm, Friday, August 8 Crown Sydney Barangaroo.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Who: <\/strong><\/td>\nUnited Workers Union Casinos Director Andrew Jones with striking Crown Sydney workers.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Crown Sydney Casino workers are taking protected strike action during Crown\u2019s busiest period today to demand a pay offer that allows them to meet the soaring costs of living in Australia\u2019s most expensive city.<\/p>\n

The four-hour strike by 70 workers covering Crown\u2019s gaming operations, security and cleaning is the first casino strike in Sydney since 2009, and the first ever at Crown. It is part of Crown workers\u2019 ongoing fight for fair pay, better working conditions and their demand for recognition from management about the work they do every day.<\/p>\n

The workers are taking their argument to the owners of Crown, the largest US private equity firm Blackstone, which manages more than $1 trillion in assets. Workers at Crown Sydney Casino have endured years of upheaval following Crown\u2019s breaches of anti-money laundering laws that incurred fines of $450 million<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you consider the high costs of living in Sydney, Crown workers can\u2019t accept an offer that doesn\u2019t address years of soaring inflation and resulting higher prices,\u201d United Workers Union Casinos Director Andrew Jones said today.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday a room attendant cleaning suites that charge up to $40,000 a night is being paid just seven cents above the minimum award. Meanwhile, their colleagues doing the same job at Crown Melbourne are earning $7.94 more an hour.<\/p>\n

\u201cCrown\u2019s whole business relies on these workers\u2014but they\u2019re being paid less to do the same work in a city that costs more.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a result workers are voting with their feet\u2014Crown Sydney Casino has seen annual staff turnover rates of around 60% in recent years.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis strike is about dignity, respect, and the right to build a decent life in this city. Clearly, Blackstone have the financial means to provide a cost-of-living pay rise for our members. It’s time they came to the table with a meaningful offer that stops workers rushing out the door.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur members have made it clear: to retain skilled hospitality professionals, Crown must pay them properly and respect their length of service. Instead, Crown is trying to cut length-of-service increments from the classification structure\u2014a direct attack on experienced workers and their future pay.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe workers\u2019 action sends a clear message to Crown Sydney that the workforce won\u2019t accept an unfair deal and they are exercising their legal rights to take industrial action.\u201d<\/p>\n

Background:<\/strong> Crown Sydney\u2019s current offer is 3.25 per cent, 3 per cent and 3 per cent. The most recent March quarter private sector annualised wage increases<\/a> stand at 3.9 per cent.<\/p>\n

The views expressed in this press release are the industrial views of the United Workers Union.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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