Threat to dock West Australian education worker wages

EducationHQ News Team

By EducationHQ News Team
Published October 27, 2015

The West Australian Government has threatened to dock the wages of education support workers if industrial action continues, after union members voted in favour of work bans.

PERTH, Oct 26 - United Voice members voted for 19 work bans last Friday after wage talks with the State Government ...

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