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June 4th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Community sector workers will hold rallies across NSW on Tuesday after union claims they would have to wait six years to receive their historic pay rises.
Some 150,000 community sector workers, mostly women, were awarded a pay rise by the industrial umpire in a landmark test case earlier this year.
The Australian Services Union (ASU) was one of the parties that brought the case – with the backing of Prime Minister Julia Gillard – before Fair Work Australia (FWA).
In a statement on Tuesday, the union accused NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell and big business of moving to renege on the pay increases by delaying them for up to six years.
“These workers fought long and hard for the right to equal pay,” ASU NSW secretary Sally McManus said in a statement.
“For the premier to turn his back on them is an absolute disgrace.”
She said rallies would be held on Tuesday in Newcastle, Lismore and the Blue Mountains over the pay increase, which is seen as an important step towards ensuring men and women are paid equally.
“These equal pay increases are a crucial step forward in closing the 18 per cent pay gap between men and women,” Ms McManus said.
“It feels like the clocks have been turned back decades.”
The NSW government had initially opposed the pay increase, saying it would affect about 30,000 workers in the state and cost almost $1 billion.
At the time of the FWA ruling, it welcomed the decision but wanted to know how much federal funding would be available to cover the increase.
Mr McManus said the premier had backflipped.
“The O’Farrell government accepted the court decision on equal pay, but now it seems he’s willing to pretend it never happened,” she said.
“It seems Barry O’Farrell cares more about keeping big business on side than he does about the workers in his state.”
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