Kylie Grey

ECEC educator, proud union mbr, avid activist, prolific reader, AFL saints fan, coffee snob and just a bit of a geek.

[Kylie Grey @kyjey]

@StKFootball Unbelievable what a comeback.

[Kylie Grey @kyjey]

@stkildafc 🥺😢 sad to see skunk leave. Will miss watching him play in the red white and black

[Lisa Bryant @LisaJBryant]

60% of educators due to walk away? Wage increases are becoming more urgent. https://t.co/TYqGgRmCvu

[Lisa Bryant @LisaJBryant]

“Deemed an essential service and underpinned by both Federal and State Government funding, childcare remains one of the country’s most sought after commercial asset classes.”

I hate the reduction of care of human beings to widgets for profit making.

https://t.co/op4tq7Al0P

[Lisa Bryant @LisaJBryant]

Paid $26 million by G8 but still can’t pay its workers (childcare educators earning as little as $24 an hour) on time.

Tell me privatisation works? https://t.co/vHQD51Z6iq

[Lisa Bryant @LisaJBryant]

“Low wages for early childhood educators are not only unfair but reinforce continued staff shortages in a sector that is critical both for children and for parents.”

Exactly!
https://t.co/Pq7pR7EUYu

[Lisa Bryant @LisaJBryant]

It will be a great day when our preschools get all the money they need and the Navy has to hold a cake sale to buy a submarine.

Please RT widely and donate!

https://t.co/t0Bt4zs1hR

[Kylie Grey @kyjey]

Sign it. It’s time educators were properly valued for the work we do.
#auspol #wedemand25 #ozearlyed

[Big Steps Campaign @BigStepsUWU]

It's time for the Federal Government to put their money where their mouth is!
We need fair compensation now to stop our skilled educators from leaving the sector!
Tell the Government: It's Time for 25% https://t.co/8IVRClOSa0

[Kylie Grey @kyjey]

I entered to win $45 tix to WICKED on @TodayTix! Enter here: https://t.co/mYtdue1mAD

Fingers crossed 🤞

[Kylie Grey @kyjey]

Why did the media deem this necessary

[Georgie Purcell @georgievpurcell]

I endured a lot yesterday.

But having my body and outfit photoshopped by a media outlet was not on my bingo card.

Note the enlarged boobs and outfit to be made more revealing.

Can’t imagine this happening to a male MP.

What gives?

[Michael J. Biercuk @MJBiercuk]

I was subject to a no-grounds eviction from my #NSW #rental property about 8 weeks ago.

After 7.5 years in my property - never missing a payment or asking for a reduction during COVID - I was given 30d to get out.

My sin?

...

1/n
https://t.co/CSDYouQ7LG

[Lisa Bryant @LisaJBryant]

Lessening regulations and reducing the training required is not the way to create more childcare educators.

Increasing wages are. https://t.co/sVAG1aMKhu

[Lisa Bryant @LisaJBryant]

“Sixteen children may not be considered enough demand to render a service sustainable under the current policy settings, however, those 16 children still have a legitimate need for early education and care,”

Exactly. https://t.co/RhrRteYzbF

[Kylie Grey @kyjey]

It’s happening! Educators are being listened too.

[Big Steps Campaign @BigStepsUWU]

EDUCATORS BRING GOVERNMENT TO THE TABLE TO BARGAIN

Today’s Multi Employer Bargaining meeting for early childhood educators will be joined by Federal Government representatives for the first time in history.

#auspol #ozearlyed #ausunions

https://t.co/HqmitubCyc

[Big Steps Campaign @BigStepsUWU]

EDUCATORS BRING GOVERNMENT TO THE TABLE TO BARGAIN

Today’s Multi Employer Bargaining meeting for early childhood educators will be joined by Federal Government representatives for the first time in history.

#auspol #ozearlyed #ausunions

https://t.co/HqmitubCyc

[Big Steps Campaign @BigStepsUWU]

UWU members have revealed that the crisis in early learning has only deepened in this damning report.

The Federal Government must fix wages in the sector.

To read the full report and an analysis of findings for your state, go to: https://t.co/mHiAy1YHZL.

[Big Steps Campaign @BigStepsUWU]

UWU’s Helen Gibbons says the primary issue “driving educators to leave a sector they love” is pay.

“Love doesn’t pay the bills and educators consistently tell us they can’t afford to work in a sector that pays them so poorly."

@helengibbo #auspol

https://t.co/sZsx1TnYCX

[Big Steps Campaign @BigStepsUWU]

BREAKING: CENTRES REVEAL CRISIS IN EARLY LEARNING

The workforce crisis is growing with educators leaving every day.

“There’s no time to waste. The Federal Government needs to commit to funding a real payrise for educators.”

#auspol #ozearlyed

https://t.co/sevFW70zI7

[Dr Tracy Westerman AM @TracyWesterman]

Speaking to my mum last night. She’s 83. This is her certificate of citizenship. She scrubbed floors and worked stations for no wage: just room and board. All for a better life for us kids
She walks around the Pilbara with her Yes shirt. Not one of her non Indigenous “friends” are voting yes. When they ask her why-she says this:
“Our entire lives all we have heard is “no”
Before I die; I want to hear Yes.
It means that much-and I cannot argue with that ❤️🖤💛

[Big Steps Campaign @BigStepsUWU]

“Today the Fair Work Commission told us we can get started, and we won’t waste a minute." @helengibbo for @UnitedWorkersOz

Read more here:
https://t.co/mEocfL1xnQ