Queensland Unions

7/ Queensland Unions will always stand up for Queensland workers and make sure their voices are heard. Workers deserve a seat at the table, not to have the power of their voices replaced by those representing powerful corporations.

6/ Boards overseeing workplace and industry issues are made stronger by union voices, ensuring decisions consider worker welfare. Replacing them with corporate appointees shifts their focus from people to profit, sidelining Queensland workers.

5/ Appointing a failed LNP candidate who has spent the last decade working in wills and estates is blatant nepotism and flies in the face of the millions of Queensland workers who rely on this scheme as a safeguard for their livelihoods when injured at work.

4/ Directors, including the Chair, should always be selected based on their industry background, including having the appropriate skills and experience with workers' compensation, and expertise spanning financial, legal, risk, and working-people.

3/ Up until these changes, which the LNP tried to sneak under the radar on Christmas Eve, the scheme was the best in the country. It delivered the lowest average employer premiums, fair and balanced worker entitlements, and maintained a healthy fiscal balance.

2/ Over Christmas, several worker representatives were sacked from the Work Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation boards in Queensland. In their place, a former LNP candidate and wills and estate lawyer was appointed to chair the WorkCover Qld Board.

🧵 1/ The recent removal of union representatives from government boards by the Crisafulli Government raises significant concerns about worker representation in our state. Unions across Queensland are democratic voices for workers, advocating for their collective rights and interests.