Wollongong Welfare Union

Welfared, Unemployed and Reduced Capacity workers union (WURC) for the Wollongong/Illawarra region. DMs are open. [email protected]

[Wollongong Welfare Union @GongWelfare]

Did you know that people on JobSeeker are entitled to concession rates on public transport?
Your job agency should tell you this in your first meeting, but they're as incompetent as the government.
If you're in NSW, here's the link to get you started:
https://t.co/mlvwrGyxDN

[Smush ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ @Smushster]

Fvck off 😡

[Adam Curlis @TAFEeducation]

For-profit colleges partner with job search providers to ensure a steady supply of students & maximize profits. It really doesn’t matter what the students actually want to study. Many unemployed people would prefer to gain a quality TAFE qualification rather than a short course.

[Adam Curlis @TAFEeducation]

Dodgy. Jobseekers should be given more autonomy over their education choices, not less.

The private job search network has failed unemployed people but made a fortune for the JSN business owners.

[Adam Curlis @TAFEeducation]

Why would the Fed Govt penalize job seekers for trying to improve skills and their chances of getting employment through education? It doesn’t make any sense.

[Willow 𐂯🏴⚧️Ⓐ @anarchopupgal]

No. Fuck this. Fight this. We cannot remotely allow slavery to grow here. There has to be a point at which this bears consequences.

[Willow 𐂯🏴⚧️Ⓐ @anarchopupgal]

Hahahah WHAT THE FUCK?

[😷 Jen Votes Anti-Poverty @JenHogben]

This is awful! Who can study full-time and meet Mutual Obligations, especially as a principal parent? Yet another disadvantage aimed primarily at women. #auspol

[😷 Jen Votes Anti-Poverty @JenHogben]

What is this! Same old rorting of the system with jobseekers used to prop up the poverty industry. #auspol

[Wollongong Welfare Union @GongWelfare]

@MissJanie1 Yeah, the changes are to jobactive. Nothing in the bill appeared to address the DES or even ESAt processes. None of the new Guidelines have changes to the DES.
But, we're about to launch a big campaign on DES and privacy laws, so stay tuned for that.

[Wollongong Welfare Union @GongWelfare]

Nothing like the last sitting day of Parliament before an election to quietly pass a range of new laws, including one that forces unemployed people on to Austudy if they are enrolled in a course, in place of work for the dole, for their Activity Requirement.
Labor supported this.

[Australian Senate @AuSenate]

Lots of legislating in the #Senate yesterday, with 24 bills passed!

(Fun fact - the Senate has passed 414 bills since the start of the Parliament in 2019)

[Wollongong Welfare Union @GongWelfare]

Large providers, such as APM, can continue to coerce people into enrolling with their subsidiary training organisations (MCI), making millions from taxpayers in fees while providing no benefit to job seekers, and will be championed by the government for 'cost-saving measures'.

[Wollongong Welfare Union @GongWelfare]

Currently, job seekers are only made to take up student allowances if their course is longer than twelve months, and do not continue to have mutual obligations requirements.
These are from the jobactive Guideline: Managing and Monitoring Mutual Obligations Requirements.