News coverage of the better jobs better hotels launch
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Tuesday, 11 March 2008
Verity Firth speak at the better jobs better hotels campaign launch in Sydney today.
Verity Firth speak at the better jobs better hotels campaign launch in Sydney today.
“ This is the premium end of hospitality. This is the ... luxury end and yet that particular sector of our economy employs more minimum wage workers than any other industry in the economy”
This morning, the better jobs better hotels campaign was launched in Sydney. Here is some of the great media coverage it has recieved so far:
"A trip to a luxury hotel can be an escape from the mundane tasks of life, but someone has to maintain the swanky lighting, plush decor and over-stuffed pillows."
"Staying in a five-star hotel can be a wonderful, pampering experience. However, for workers in luxury hotels, it's far from luxurious. According to the hotel workers' union, the LHMU, hotel workers suffer the worst injury rates for working women in Australia. They are also among the lowest paid. The LHMU kicks off a national campaign in Sydney this morning to highlight what it sees as deteriorating working conditions in the sector, at a time when room rates and occupancy levels are soaring."