{"id":72042,"date":"2025-10-31T10:42:35","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T23:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging\/?p=72042"},"modified":"2025-10-31T10:42:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T23:42:35","slug":"historic-wage-deal-for-6000-public-sector-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging\/articles\/historic-wage-deal-for-6000-public-sector-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic wage deal for 6000 public sector workers"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"72042\" class=\"elementor elementor-72042\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb7a14a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cb7a14a\" 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-4b07857 sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4b07857\" 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=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SA-pub-sec2-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-67788\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SA-pub-sec2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SA-pub-sec2-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SA-pub-sec2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SA-pub-sec2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SA-pub-sec2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SA-pub-sec2-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SA-pub-sec2-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SA-pub-sec2-1170x780.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SA-pub-sec2.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\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-2f599d7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2f599d7\" 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-f23b6f8 sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f23b6f8\" 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<h4>&#8220;Really great agreement!&#8221; UWU delegates Barb, Suzie and Craig were over the moon.<\/h4><p>The biggest public sector pay deal ever won covers about 6,000 health and disability support workers in South Australia. UWU delegates from SA welcomed the deal last month, as they stood alongside SA Attorney-General Kyam Maher.<\/p><p>\u201cThey support some of the most vulnerable people in South Australia in our public health and public care system, and are also some of the lowest paid people in the public sector,\u201d the Attorney General pointed out.<\/p><p>With workers receiving at least 24% pay increases over the life of the three-year agreement, this historic wage deal addresses the issues of low pay and the need to keep workers in difficult and demanding jobs such as Health Support workers and Disability Support Officers. UWU member and delegate Craig says the win means members won\u2019t have to struggle as much.<\/p><p>\u201cCost of living has been really hard for our members. Some of them have to work two jobs just to make ends meet.\u201d\u00a0<\/p><p>The new agreement will change the lives of thousands of our members and their families.<\/p><p>Craig adds that it \u2018wasn\u2019t just about the money, it was also about the respect and recognition.\u2019<br \/>These Disability Support Officers and health support workers will receive:<\/p><ul><li>A pay increase of at least 24.12% over the life of the Agreement.<\/li><li>175% penalty rates on a Sunday for health support workers.<\/li><li>200% penalty rates on a Sunday for Disability Support Officers.<\/li><li>Updated job titles from Theatre Orderlies to Operating Theatre Technicians, and from Sterilisation Attendants to Sterilisation Technicians.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><p>This is a fantastic outcome after 8 long months of negotiation that has corrected the historic undervaluation of these essential roles in public health and disability support.\u00a0<\/p>\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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Really great agreement!&#8221; UWU delegates Barb, Suzie and Craig were over the moon. 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