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Minimum Wage Campaign - Members Stories17 December 2003Michelle Nona from Innisfail in Queensland is one of thousands of HSU members who rely on the minimum wage case for a pay rise.
Unions and the ACTU are pushing for a pay rise of $26.60 for 1.6 million award workers in the case which will be heard in the Industrial Relations Commission next year. Michelle, 31, who works as the finance officer at the Mamu Aboriginal Medical Service and is a HSU member, said that she and her family had no money to spare at the end of every week. "After all the bills are paid and the shopping is done that is it, we don't go anywhere," she said. "We don't eat out, we don't go to the movies, we don't go to Cairns unless we save up, which is hard. "We need a new roof at the moment but we can't afford it." Aboriginal health workers across the country are supporting the campaign for a $26.60 pay rise in 2004. Other HSU members working in aged care, who are not covered by enterprise agreements or new awards, will also benefit from the pay rise. The HSU national secretary Craig Thomson has urged all members to support the claim for higher minimum wages. "It is vitally important that low paid workers get a decent increase and $26.60 a week would make life easier for 1.6 million Australians," he said. "This is the biggest pay case in the country affecting one in five workers and its outcome will have ramifications for all future wage agreements," he said. Why not visit the Minimum Wages section of the website to find out more.
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