http://www.lhmu.org.au/campaigns/clean-startWith the backing of campaign supporters like you, thousands of brave city cleaners stood up, stood strong and won fairness and respect at work - from 45 contract cleaning firms who have now signed the Clean Start Collective Agreement; and from building owners and governments nationwide.Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:15:27 GMTPyRSS2Gen-1.0.0http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rsshttp://www.lhmu.org.au/news/cleaners-help-government-clean-up-their-actLyndal Ryan, LHMU ACT Branch Secretary and ACTU representative on the Federal Government Procurement Consultative Committee, talks about what we can expect from the remaining process to finalise the 'Best Practice Cleaning Standards'.http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/cleaners-help-government-clean-up-their-act2010-02-03 01:06:23http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/a-year-we-can-proud-ofAs we move into the summer season of family gatherings and holidays, we Victorian LHMU members have much to celebrate together.http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/a-year-we-can-proud-of2009-12-17 09:00:00http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/cleaners-worth-more-to-society-than-bankersA new study has found hospital cleaners are worth more to society than bankers.http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/cleaners-worth-more-to-society-than-bankers2009-12-14 23:06:53http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/marie-boosts-nz-clean-startMelbourne cleaning delegate Marie Angrilli flew to New Zealand to speak at our sister union’s Delegates Convention. http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/marie-boosts-nz-clean-start2009-12-08 00:08:48http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/cleaning-e-news-victoria-1Latest news from our cleaning members.http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/cleaning-e-news-victoria-12009-11-27 01:40:34http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/clean-start-a-winner-at-sa-unions-125th-anniversaryThe Clean Start fair deal for cleaners campaign won the Best Example of Industry Campaigning Award at SA Unions 125th anniversary dinner held in Adelaide last week.http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/clean-start-a-winner-at-sa-unions-125th-anniversary2009-11-23 00:00:00http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/big-smiles-across-the-citySmiles at Melbourne's Collins Place are getting bigger now that cleaning members are seeing the results of their Clean Start campaign in black and white.http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/big-smiles-across-the-city2009-11-16 18:38:25http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/service-workers-report-card-on-act-governments-1st-anniversaryService workers decided today the ACT Government has made good progress in its first year but has lots of room for improvement in key areas. http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/service-workers-report-card-on-act-governments-1st-anniversary2009-11-05 22:40:00http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/canberras-clean-start-celebrationClean Start activists and cleaning contractors met in Canberra over lunch during Anti-Poverty Week to celebrate the implementation of the Clean Start Agreement and to discuss issues of importance in the industry, to employees and employers.http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/canberras-clean-start-celebration2009-10-28 00:57:19http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/its-a-clean-start-for-a-sustainable-industryAfter a successful three and a half year campaign, cleaners have not only achieved fair pay and working conditions for themselves; they have also educated industry stakeholders on the need to move on to a sustainable footing as an industry.http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/its-a-clean-start-for-a-sustainable-industry2009-10-22 23:30:00http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/mp-commends-clean-start-to-parliamentMP, and life member of LHMU, Ian West has this week commended cleaners' "exceptional efforts" for achieving the Clean Start trigger in NSW.http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/mp-commends-clean-start-to-parliament2009-10-22 20:39:59http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/nsw-cleaners-wonSydney cleaners celebrated a historic win in their three and a half year campaign for fair pay and working conditions on Anti-Poverty day with a big cake and sparklers at Town Hall.http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/nsw-cleaners-won2009-10-15 22:20:00http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/fair-jobs-for-australian-workers-keeping-taxpayers-money-out-of-dodgy-bosses-pocketsCleaners were there when the Federal Government's new Procurement Consultation Committee met for the first time in Sydney this morning.http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/fair-jobs-for-australian-workers-keeping-taxpayers-money-out-of-dodgy-bosses-pockets2009-10-12 21:27:05http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/julia-gillard-bats-for-clean-startDeputy Prime Minister The Hon Julia Gillard MP this morning announced she will write to all State and Territory Governments to encourage them to join the Australian Government by signing on to Clean Start.http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/julia-gillard-bats-for-clean-start2009-10-02 00:15:00http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/we-feel-so-greenOn 2 September 2009, Academy's Cleaning Team met at the 6 star green building, SA Water House to celebrate not only the new standards of the Clean Start Collective Agreement, but also that they are cleaning Adelaide's landmark green building. http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/we-feel-so-green2009-09-29 02:38:00http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/lhmu-supporting-international-students-rightsLHMU Clean Start member organiser and international student Sajit Shakya spoke to several hundred international students at a protest rally in front of UTS earlier this week. http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/lhmu-supporting-international-students-rights2009-09-03 23:19:42http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/queensland-workers-clean-up-with-new-agreement-1http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/queensland-workers-clean-up-with-new-agreement-12009-09-02 02:30:00http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/airlite-sign-clean-start-agreementOn Monday, Airlite Group became the first cleaning contractor in WA to sign the Clean Start Agreement.http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/airlite-sign-clean-start-agreement2009-08-28 01:25:00http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/hin-and-bozana-celebrate-first-clean-start-pay-riseAdelaide cleaners Hin and Bozana have good reason to celebrate. This week they received their first pay rise under the new Clean Start Collective Agreement. Their pay for working the afternoon shift at the Adelaide Magistrates Court has increased to $19.29 an hour - an increase of $1.65 an hour (9.3%)http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/hin-and-bozana-celebrate-first-clean-start-pay-rise2009-08-13 23:55:53http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/good-news-for-adelaide-cleanersLHMU State Secretary David Di Troia welcomed today's announcement regarding the Rann Government's adoption of the 'Clean Start' principles.http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/good-news-for-adelaide-cleaners2009-08-13 01:15:00http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/cleaners-meet-with-deputy-prime-minister-todayThe Deputy Prime Minister, The Hon Julia Gillard and LHMU National Secretary, Louise Tarrant met with cleaners and briefed media on today's announcement concerning the Fair Work Principles.http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/cleaners-meet-with-deputy-prime-minister-today2009-07-30 19:50:00http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/cleaning-e-news-victoriaThe latest news from our cleaning members. http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/cleaning-e-news-victoria2009-07-10 00:45:00http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/adelaide-cleaners-welcome-support-of-adelaide-lord-mayorThe Lord Mayor of Adelaide has announced that Adelaide City Council will support Clean Start as the new cleaning industry standard.http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/adelaide-cleaners-welcome-support-of-adelaide-lord-mayor2009-06-25 12:25:17http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/cleaners-tell-mps-its-time-for-a-clean-startFifty cleaners from across Australia visited Parliament House in the nation’s capital last week.http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/cleaners-tell-mps-its-time-for-a-clean-start2009-06-22 01:25:00http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/cleaners-celebrate-international-cleaners-dayNSW cleaners celebrated June 15's International Cleaners' Day by taking to the streets again - this time targeting cleaning company Springmount Services Pty Ltd to demand a Clean Start.http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/cleaners-celebrate-international-cleaners-day2009-06-17 01:12:51http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/brisbane-cleaners-celebrate-international-cleaners-dayhttp://www.lhmu.org.au/news/brisbane-cleaners-celebrate-international-cleaners-day2009-06-15 02:10:00http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/aussie-cleaners-celebrate-international-cleaners-dayToday office cleaners around Australia are celebrating International Cleaners Day - the day cleaners come together to demand a fair wage and respect for the valuable work they do. http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/aussie-cleaners-celebrate-international-cleaners-day2009-06-15 01:25:00http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/tasmanian-cleaners-welcome-cabinets-approval-of-clean-start-for-government-buildingsLHMU - The cleaners' union welcomes today's announcement on International Cleaners' Day that the Tasmanian Government is supporting Clean Start principles and is working to implement the Clean Start Collective Agreement from 1 July.http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/tasmanian-cleaners-welcome-cabinets-approval-of-clean-start-for-government-buildings2009-06-14 23:30:00http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/2009-act-golden-toilet-brush-awardToday is International Cleaners' Day. This day is celebrated in United States, New Zealand and every Australian Capital City. Today ACT cleaners have reasons to both celebrate and protest.http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/2009-act-golden-toilet-brush-award2009-06-14 20:10:00http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/clean-sweep-joy-as-cleaners-clean-up-their-industryMelbourne office cleaners will march through the city today to celebrate doubling their minimum wage from $199 to $427 a week.http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/clean-sweep-joy-as-cleaners-clean-up-their-industry2009-06-14 17:45:00http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/clean-start-a-victory-3-years-in-the-makingIn 2006, cleaners decided enough was enough. Despite WorkChoices, despite being told by almost everyone that they could never win, workers with the support of their union LHMU, launched their own Clean Start campaign.http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/clean-start-a-victory-3-years-in-the-making2009-06-03 22:45:49http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/cleaning-e-news-victoria-april-2009Latest news from our cleaning members.http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/cleaning-e-news-victoria-april-20092009-04-28 03:15:00http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/cleaners-charter-launchedMonday 20 April was the 3rd anniversary of the Clean Start campaign launch. http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/cleaners-charter-launched2009-04-26 21:42:44http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/cleaners-mark-clean-start-successCleaning delegates marked the third anniversary of the Clean Start campaign in Canberra today at a meeting with ACT Deputy Chief Minister Katy Gallagher.http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/cleaners-mark-clean-start-success2009-04-22 22:30:00http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/a-clean-start-coming-to-act-schoolsCanberra's schools are about to become cleaner and safer.http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/a-clean-start-coming-to-act-schools2009-04-22 20:55:00http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/20-april-third-anniversary-marks-clean-start-successCleaners have radically transformed the contract cleaning landscape in the three years since the Clean Start campaign started.http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/20-april-third-anniversary-marks-clean-start-success2009-04-19 19:50:00http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/community-e-news-victoria-april-09Latest community news from LHMU Victoria.http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/community-e-news-victoria-april-092009-04-14 01:40:00http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/a-good-clean-fight“A silent, usually invisible army of workers is demanding dignity”.http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/a-good-clean-fight2009-04-13 20:45:07http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/new-video-balloting-the-clean-start-agreement-in-nswCleaners around Australia are voting on the Clean Start Agreement. We ask some of the cleaners in NSW what they think of the new agreement.http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/new-video-balloting-the-clean-start-agreement-in-nsw2009-03-23 22:20:00http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/tasmanian-breakthrough-on-fair-deal-for-cleanersTasmania’s office cleaners are one step closer to fair pay and reasonable working conditions.http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/tasmanian-breakthrough-on-fair-deal-for-cleaners2009-02-17 17:50:00http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/cleaners-voting-on-clean-start-collective-agreementOffice cleaners around Australia are now voting on the Clean Start Collective Agreement. http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/cleaners-voting-on-clean-start-collective-agreement2009-02-01 18:55:00http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/protests-to-continue-until-pickwick-eski-signs-fair-deal-for-cleanersPeace at a quiet Port Melbourne commercial estate has been shattered by Pickwick Eski’s failure to sign up to a fair deal for cleaners.http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/protests-to-continue-until-pickwick-eski-signs-fair-deal-for-cleaners2009-01-11 09:00:00http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/cleanerstellemployerdontbeascroogepickwickeskiScrooge will be on Collins St this morning demanding money from passers-by to pay the cleaners he employs. http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/cleanerstellemployerdontbeascroogepickwickeski2008-12-21 09:00:00http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/brisbane-cleaning-contractors-face-auditsThe Federal Workplace Ombudsman has embarked on a campaign to ensure Brisbane cleaners are properly paid.http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/brisbane-cleaning-contractors-face-audits2008-12-18 01:00:24http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/menzies-refuses-to-sign-clean-start-agreement-and-tries-to-silence-protestersMenzies may have the contracts to clean courts in Adelaide and Sydney, but that doesn’t prevent their application in the court to stop legal protest from stinking. http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/menzies-refuses-to-sign-clean-start-agreement-and-tries-to-silence-protesters2008-12-03 22:10:00http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/sydneys-office-cleaners-celebrate-international-anti-poverty-day-as-contractors-sign-on-to-reform-the-contract-cleaningAfter a two and a half year battle Sydney cleaners watched a majority of NSW contractors commit to implementing the Clean Start Union Collective Agreement to reform the contract cleaning industry.http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/sydneys-office-cleaners-celebrate-international-anti-poverty-day-as-contractors-sign-on-to-reform-the-contract-cleaning2008-10-17 00:00:00http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/fair-pay-increase-a-good-start-but-hard-working-underpaid-cleaners-surge-towards-a-clean-startFrom 1 October most office cleaners around Australia will receive the $0.57 per hour Fair Pay Commission pay increase but the LHMU – The cleaners’ union – says this increase falls far short of ending poverty for cleaners.http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/fair-pay-increase-a-good-start-but-hard-working-underpaid-cleaners-surge-towards-a-clean-start2008-10-01 20:15:00http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/breakthrough-in-cleaners-fight-for-fair-dealRose Cleaning Services, one of the ACT’s top five cleaning companies, has just signed the Clean Start Collective Agreement for fair wages and working conditions for cleaners.http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/breakthrough-in-cleaners-fight-for-fair-deal2008-09-25 22:45:00http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/meeting-of-sa-court-cleanersCleaning delegate Di Lockett of Phoenix Cleaning, organises her first meeting.http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/meeting-of-sa-court-cleaners2008-09-18 00:45:00http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/act-cleaners-welcome-chief-minister2019s-commitment-to-implement-clean-start-reformsACT cleaners welcome the ACT Chief Minister’s commitment to implement reforms to give practical effect to the Clean Start Fair Deal for Cleaners principles. http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/act-cleaners-welcome-chief-minister2019s-commitment-to-implement-clean-start-reforms2008-08-05 00:00:00http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/cleaners-on-the-road-to-the-clean-start-7-fair-solutionsAcross the country cleaners have sent a strong message to contract cleaning companies: it’s time to sign up for the Clean Start collective agreement to reform the industry.http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/cleaners-on-the-road-to-the-clean-start-7-fair-solutions2008-06-16 00:00:00http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/award-ceremony-outside-act-legislative-assemblyThe ACT Government is the winner of the 2008 Golden Toilet Brush Award, the LHMU the cleaners’ union announced today.http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/award-ceremony-outside-act-legislative-assembly2008-06-16 00:00:00http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/australian-cleaners-join-international-campaign-for-standard-working-hoursCleaners in Australia and around the world will commemorate International Cleaners' Day on Sunday 15 June by campaigning to replace short, fragmented daily shifts with standard working hours.http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/australian-cleaners-join-international-campaign-for-standard-working-hours2008-06-15 00:00:00http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/hobart-cleaners-protest-at-state-libraryCleaners ask: Why isn't State Library cleaned by a Responsible Contracting Program company?http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/hobart-cleaners-protest-at-state-library2008-05-28 00:00:00http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/canberra-school-cleaners-demonstrate-for-fair-deal-from-andrew-barr-minister-for-educationLife-sized figures of ACT Education Minister Andrew Barr will make their debut on Tuesday 20 May at a cleaning contractors' site inspection of Black Mountain School. http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/canberra-school-cleaners-demonstrate-for-fair-deal-from-andrew-barr-minister-for-education2008-05-21 00:00:00http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/today-in-the-age-cleaners-win-longer-shift-and-a-pay-riseCLEANERS have won a landmark deal in two Melbourne office towers that will see them nearly halve their hourly workload and boost their pay through longer shifts.http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/today-in-the-age-cleaners-win-longer-shift-and-a-pay-rise2008-05-07 00:00:00http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/why-cleaners-need-proper-workplace-inductionsWhile investigating working conditions at a large CBD cleaning company an LHMU Clean Start Organiser discovered unsafe work practices, poor cleaning standards jeopardising jobs of cleaners and an unhygienic work environment for tenants.http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/why-cleaners-need-proper-workplace-inductions2008-04-30 00:00:00http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/canberra2019s-school-cleaners-need-urgent-action-2013-not-more-meetingsThe Minister for Education and Training's announcement today that school cleaning contracts will be reviewed has given ACT school cleaners some hope that an end to their two year Clean Start campaign may be in sight.http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/canberra2019s-school-cleaners-need-urgent-action-2013-not-more-meetings2008-04-30 00:00:00http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/cleaners-protest-for-fair-deal-from-act-governmentCanberra cleaners and their supporters will protest today about the failure of the ACT Government to introduce a fair contracting system for cleaning ACT Government Schools.http://www.lhmu.org.au/news/cleaners-protest-for-fair-deal-from-act-government2008-04-29 00:00:00