We combine community organising, a legal service & research to win for young workers. Authorised by F Sowerbutts, 54 Victoria St Carlton 3053.
Carlton, Melbourne
Joined November 2015
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Your personal experience of youth wages can help us win fair wages at all ages. ow.ly/5g0b50SnZSR
Two former Monkey Bean Café workers, are still waiting for pay they were denied in 2022.
We took up their fight and won!
But months later, the café still hasn’t paid a cent and repeated attempts to contact the owner have gone unanswered.
weareunion.org.au/monkey_bea…
After a long fight for justice, Monkey Bean Cafe has been ordered to pay two Young Workers Centre clients almost $100K in stolen wages and penalties.
weareunion.org.au/monkey_bea…
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megaphone.org.au/petitions/s… Young workers at Padre are unionised and need your support to win better conditions! Sign and share!
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Just how low are junior wages?? We took to the streets to chat to people about junior wages! Sign the petition here: megaphone.org.au/petitions/e…
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👷✊Another win for young workers!!✊👷
YWC joined @GayleTierney to announce the Victorian government’s submission to the Fair Work Commission’s Annual Wage Review, which rioritises increasing apprentice wages!!
This is one step closer to ending to junior wages for apprentices!!
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too many people are forced to leave their apprenticeship or traineeship due to low wages 😠 let's get on and end junior apprentice wages already!! sign the petition HERE: megaphone.org.au/petitions/e…
🚨NOW is the time to check your enrollment!!🚨this federal election, gen Z and millennials make up almost 50% of voters, so our vote matters!! whoever wins the next election will make critical decisions about our future. enroll/check your enrollment now! #YouthEnrol
young workers turned out for International Working Women's day rally yesterday!!! we don't need IWWD cupcakes, we need dignified conditions and fair pay!! ✊ #IWWD2025
@VicUnions_Women
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💥Young workers are leading the charge in union membership!!💥 We know that the best way to improve our workplaces is by coming together, whether it's fighting for better wages and conditions in our own workplaces or for fair wages for all ages across Australia!!!
Join your union, volunteer or sign our Fair Wages for all Ages petition: fairwages.org.au/petition
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✨queer activists and allies had a great time last night making posters and playing bingo✨ big thanks to @FrockHudson for coming along and giving us excellent poster feedback 🌈🌈🌈
if you would like to join this crew on sunday rsvp at weareunion.org.au/unionpride…
🎄Tis the season to be jolly. If you're working please, please check your pay 👼
If you're working on these days this Christmas period, make sure you get the penalty rates you're entitled to 💵!
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Congratulations to every victim-survivor, unionist and activist who campaigned hard for this, particularly Cath and Dahlia who bravely shared their stories! 90% of submissions supported restricting the use of NDAs. ✊✊✊
theguardian.com/world/2024/d…
make sure to check out the stories of young worker zahra. zahra is a hungry jacks manager and is still on junior wages 👎👎👎 thanks @cait__kelly for telling these stories
"We really need to level the playing field … to make sure young people have a good start to their working lives." Felicity Sowerbutts spoke to Matthew Elmas from @TheNewDailyAu about the cost-of-living crisis hitting young people hard.
New data shows young Australians are bearing the brunt of the cost-of-living crisis, with experts warning about worsening generational inequality.
thenewdaily.com.au/finance/f…
"junior wages are a really big form of discrimination that young people face... ultimately, young workers should be paid based on the work that they do not how many candles are on their birthday cake"
abc.net.au/listen/programs/t…
ywc director felicity sowerbutts talked to @RichelleHunt and @bronniewade about why junior wages should be abolished ✊ discrimination is discrimination
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We'll be on @ABCaustralia Conversation Hour at 11am this morning speaking with @RichelleHunt about pay rates and work conditions for under 18s. Tune in!
We're back at the Vic Parliament today with other community legal centres talking about the great work we do supporting young workers with employment law matters. Since our est in 2016 we have provided specialised legal advice to over 3600 young workers. @CommunityLawVic
