The Tasmanian Greens are calling for the Premier and Treasurer Lara Giddings to require all cleaning companies engaged by the State to comply with the Clean Start Collective Agreement as a condition of their contract.
Greens Industrial Relations spokesperson Tim Morris MP said the State had an ethical obligation to ensure that any company or contractor it engages can guarantee fair pay and conditions for its employees.
“The national Clean Start Campaign has been highlighting the crisis in the cleaning industry, including systematic cost cutting that has created dangerous and unfair working conditions,” Mr Morris said.
“The State has a duty to ensure that cleaners are not squeezed by poverty wages, poor working conditions, heavy workloads and a lack of job security.”
“Tasmania, the Northern Territory and Western Australia are the last jurisdictions to appropriately address the crisis in the cleaning industry.”
“The State can help to ease this crisis by requiring companies to sign the Clean Start Collective Agreement as a further condition for participation in the procurement process.”
“They are a frontline response to any pandemics and all offices rely on them, but too often cleaners are being forced to leave offices dirty and toilets unsanitary because of impossible workloads,” Mr Morris said.
Tim Morris MP Greens Industrial Relations spokesperson
