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ANTI
POVERTY
WEEK
11
October 2009
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SA Unions is
joining with
welfare
agencies and
charities to
highlight
anti-poverty
week,
launched
today
(Sunday
11/10).
SA Unions
Secretary,
Janet Giles
says work
issues are
closely
related to
poverty,
part of the
reason
unions
strive for
fair wages
for all
workers,
especially
the lowest
paid.
"There's no
doubt that
the
industrial
instruments
of
government
have a
direct
effect on
poverty
levels in
Australia."
"We've seen
reports from
many welfare
organisations
that demand
for their
services has
increased
since the
now
abolished
Fair Pay
Commission
froze the
federal
minimum
wage."
"There's a
danger that
stagnant low
wages, and a
tight work
market due
to the
global
financial
crisis will
make it
increasingly
difficult
for families
to make ends
meet."
"Sometimes
the low paid
have no
choice but
to fall back
on charities
and welfare
services in
order to get
by."
"The sad
reality is
that there
are people
who live on
the fringes
of the
labour
market, who
go in and
out of the
welfare and
work
systems."
"We are
particularly
concerned to
ensure
there's a
focus on
increased
Aboriginal
employment,
as a means
of breaking
the chronic
poverty
cycle many
find
themselves
trapped in",
Ms Giles
says.
Anti Poverty
week was
launched on
Sunday 11
October,
2,30 pm at
the Cynthia
Poulton
Hall, 27
King William
Road, North
Adelaide.
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Community Meetings:
Regular community meetings are being held in the areas of Makin, Wakefield or Kingston. Come along, bring your friends and family to discuss issues facing workers today.
Contact SA Unions for the dates of the next meetings
saunions@saunions.org.au
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