Rainbow Labor WA

Huge thank you to our supporters who rocked up to our EOY Social Drinks ❤️

Especially Peter Foster MLC and Stuart Aubrey MLA for joining us 😊

After a ✨busy✨ Pride Season it's time to relax! Come join Rainbow Labor branch members and our supporters for an evening by the lakeside! 🌈✨

Rainbow Labor WA marching proudly alongside Premier Roger Cook

Aaand it begins.

See you soon! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Huge thank you to TransFolk of WA for continuing to organise the Trans Day of Remembrance Vigil 🏳️‍⚧️

Premier Roger Cook joins Rainbow Labor WA for Fairday 2023, also joined by Minister Stephen Dawson MLC, Stuart Aubrey MLA, Peter Foster MLC, Divina D’Anna - Member for Kimberley, Dr Katrina Stratton MLA & Kimberley Blak Pride.
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Great starting point for young people getting involved in the union movement ❤

Pride Parade EOI's for the Rainbow Labor float are open! We would love as many of our WA Labor comrades to join us and march together🤩🌈

RSVP below:

EOI: Rainbow Labor at PrideFest 2023 Express your interest in attending PrideFest with Rainbow Labor this November.

Meet our 2023/24 Rainbow Labor Executive team ❤️

FYI 📝

The Gay Community Periodic Survey is back in Perth, so if you're gay and bi, come say hi to our surveyors to fill out a survey! 💙🧡

If you spot this shirt out in the wild around Perth, come say hey, fill out a survey, and if you complete it in person you can even go in the draw to win some cash money money honey!

Sharing your experiences is important in shaping the future of our community, so don't forget to come say hi!

Rainbow Labor WA front and centre with our WA Labor State Conference 2023 stall

We are here fighting for q***r rights and s*x work decriminalisation ❤️

You want PrideFest? We got PrideFest!

We rely on volunteers to make Rainbow Labor's PrideFest events happen. There's a role for everyone, so take a minute to let us know how you'd like to pitch in and reserve your place in the parade!

Rainbow Labor PrideFEST 2023 Sign-up Can you help us get ready for our biggest Pride season yet?

Solidarity with union workers at Inghams! ✊️

INGHAMS MEMBERS VOTE TO TAKE PROTECTED ACTION

AMWU process workers at Inghams in Osborne Park and Hazelmere have just voted up to take protected industrial action with a whopping 93% vote!

Members are standing firm and fighting for a 6% wage increase each year for three years, casual conversion after six months, full back pay to the expiry of their previous agreement in January among other claims.

Keep an eye out on our page to know when members are taking their first lot of action and how you can support them!

Tune in if you’re not there:

Watch the livestream of the Yes23 Campaign launch, Wednesday, 30 August:
⏰SA/NT: 11am
⏰NSW/QLD/VIC/TAS/ACT: 11:30am
⏰WA: 9:30am

Yes Campaign Event Launch Yes23 Campaign Event Launch - Watch Live

The Uluru Statement from the Heart The Uluru Statement calls for a First Nations Voice in the Constitution & a Makarrata Commission

Go Matildas 💛💚💛💚💛💚

FT | WE'RE SEMI-FINALISTS FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER THE MOST DRAMATIC PENALTY SHOOTOUT!

🏳️‍🌈PrideFEST Organising Meeting Notice🏳️‍⚧️

Our PrideFest Oraganising meeting is next week!

Bring your creative side, bring your ideas and get ready for an incredible festival this year. If you can't make it in person or live regionally, a Teams link has been provided so that you can access the session too!

Come to the first PrideFEST organising meeting at:
6pm 17th August
We will send you the location after you RSVP 😊
RSVP here: https://fb.me/e/4IkixtWT6

Rainbow Labor WA branch members have endorsed a campaign for Regional Sexual Health Clinics to be funded in WA ✊🌈

Our experiences chatting to regional branch members, party members and the broader regional q***r community speaks to a significant lack of s*xual healthcare services in all non-metro areas.

That's just not right. So, we are doing something about it.

For the next few months, we will be taking this discussion paper to regional, q***r community groups for their feedback and endorsement.

Go Matildas!! 💛💚💛💚💛💚💛

WA Labor bringing in the important reforms that q***r West Australians need
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This morning I caught up with a great group of Dads, prospective Dads, and their kids, to talk about the Cook Government’s commitment to reforming WA’s Assisted Reproductive Technology laws.

These laws will include access to surrogacy regardless of a person’s s*xual orientation, identity or relationship status.

Thanks for having me Gay Dads Western Australia! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Feeling like you are working harder but being paid less? It's true.

We've gotta get wages moving, We need strong unions to make that happen.

Lot's of ways to volunteer for YES 🖤💛❤

With the Voice campaign well and truly underway, it is important that WA Young Labor do their part in supporting the Yes movement, as well as provide opportunities for members to engage with their local campaigns.

Each week, WA Young Labor will send out an email and make a post here on Facebook about upcoming campaigning opportunities for WA Young Labor members.

We strongly encourage that members engage with their local Voice campaign to show their support and help us secure a Yes vote in WA. All campaigning will be done in groups or pairs, making it a great way for newer members to get involved with campaigning in a safe and fun way!

Below is a list of events happening next week!

Moore for Yes Campaign Launch: Saturday 5 August, 10am-12pm Whitfords Nodes Park, Hillarys 6025. https://action.yes23.com.au/moore_for_yes_campaign_launch

WA Students for Yes UWA Club Carnival (Flyering): Tuesday 8 August, 12pm-2pm UWA 6009.
https://action.yes23.com.au/uwa_club_carnival

Cowan for Yes Campaign Launch: Saturday 12 August, 2pm-4pm Koondoola Community Centre, Koondoola 6064. https://action.yes23.com.au/cowan_for_yes_launch

Swan for Yes Phone Bank: Monday August 7, 5:30pm-7:30pm Victoria Park 6100. https://action.yes23.com.au/yes_phone_bank

Canning for Yes Phone Bank: Wednesday 9 August, 6pm-8pm AMWU Office, 121 Royal Street Perth, 6004. https://action.yes23.com.au/calling_canning_session_1

Hasluck for Yes Dayton Door Knock: Saturday 5 August, 10am-12pm Featherflower Park, Dayton 6055. https://action.yes23.com.au/dayton_door_knock

Canning for Yes Greenfields Door Knock: Saturday 5 August, 1pm-4pm Greenfields Primary School, Greenfields 6210. https://action.yes23.com.au/doorknock_for_yes_-_greenfields

Perth for Yes Yokine Door Knock: Saturday 5 August, 9:30am-12pm Knight Avenue Reserve, Yokine 6060. https://action.yes23.com.au/yokine_doorknock_with_perth_for_yes_-_saturday_5_august_2023

Tangney for Yes Willetton Door Knock: Saturday 5 August, 10:30am-12:30pm Collins Road, Willeton 6155. https://action.yes23.com.au/willetton_doorknock

Swan for Yes East Cannington Door Knock: Sunday 6 August, 2pm-4pm Albion Park, East Cannington 6107. https://action.yes23.com.au/yes_door_knock_in_east_cannington

Moore for Yes Door Knock: Sunday 6 August, 10am-12pm Picnic Cove Park, Edgewater 6027. https://action.yes23.com.au/moore_for_yes_first_doorknock

Pearce for Yes Door Knock: Sunday 6 August, 10am-11;30pm Sandow Park, Clarkson 6030. https://action.yes23.com.au/pearce_for_yes_doorknocking

Perth for Yes Leederville Door Knock: Wednesday 9 August, 3pm-5pm San Churros Leederville, Leederville 6007. https://action.yes23.com.au/perth_doorknock_with_perth_for_yes_-_wednesday_9_august_2023

Canning for Yes Greenfields Door Knock: Saturday 12 August, 1pm-4pm Greenfields Primary School, Greenfields 6210. https://action.yes23.com.au/doorknock_for_yes_-_greenfields_ba9hkiwwhrj4doyz6gatxg

Tangney for Yes Parkwood Door Knock: Saturday 12 August 10:30am-12:30pm Willeri Drive, Parkwood 6147. https://action.yes23.com.au/parkwood_doorknock

Hasluck for Yes Midland Door Knock: Saturday 12 August, 10am-12pm Weeip Park, Midland 6056. https://action.yes23.com.au/midland_door_knock_letterbox

Perth for Yes Eden Hill Door Knock: Saturday 12 August, 9:30am-12pm Battersea Reserve, Morley 6062. https://action.yes23.com.au/eden_hill_doorknock_with_perth_for_yes_-_12_august_2023

Was proud to attend Candice Douglas' workshop in Rockingham this weekend. Huge shout out to the wonderful Kerry from Mylittlebookshop_ who provided the venue.

We got to hear Candice's experience of her transition and how much of a positive impact it's had on her. Audiences members had a safe space to ask all sorts of questions.

Rockingham must be proud to have a voice like Candice in their community

Congratulations Magenta Marshall - Labor for Rockingham !!! We are so proud to have the youngest member of parliament join the parliamentary caucus

🏳️‍🌈PrideFEST Organising Meeting Notice🏳️‍⚧️

Is it just us or is time speeding up? It was February a minute ago, and we were talking about how busy 2023 would be.

That’s why we’re asking you, our branch members and supporters, to help organise Rainbow Labor’s contribution to this year’s PrideFEST.

If you’re someone who can step up, this is the ideal moment.

Come to the first PrideFEST organising meeting at:
6pm 17th August
We will send you the location after you RSVP 😊
Send your RSVP to [email protected]

They're here! They're q***r! They're unionising! 💅

It Pays to be Union! 💛🧡💙 Congrats to AMWU Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union WA and ETU WA Branch

AMWU members stand strong, play smart, and win 💪

A quick history: AMWU and ETU members at Bluewaters Power Station had to withstand dodgy wedge tactics where the company pitted workers against each other by offering different and unfair wage rates.

The Unions eventually settled on a compromise position and an agreement was voted up. The AMWU reviewed the steps the company supposedly took to explain the deal before it went to ballot.

Surprise, surprise the company hadn't done their work properly and the AMWU filed an application against the agreement that went to hearing in the Fair Work Commission. Last week the decision was handed down.

The effect of the decision is that all negative changes the company tried to sneak through have been reversed. These include restoring a strong dispute resolution clause, winning an additional two days personal leave, and an extra 2% wage increase on top of what was already voted up in the proposal!

The agreement will now come into operation with wage increases back paid to when the agreement was voted up

Great work to the members who held the line, fought back, and allowed their Union to run a successful legal challenge against dodgy tactics of the Company.

It pays to be Union.

14 July is International Non-Binary Peoples Day! We celebrate those who are non-binary, the rich diversity of gender and celebrate people who do not fit into a binary gender.

In really simple terms, a non-binary person is someone who does not identify as exclusively a man or a woman. Someone who is non-binary might feel like a mix of genders, or like they have no gender at all.

Using correct pronouns is important. Many non-binary people prefer the pronouns they/them/their.

Find out more about non-binary pronouns in the comments!

Support the Rainbow!

Vale Noah ❤️🏳️‍⚧️

To all the families out there fighting for their trans kids well-being and access to care; we see you. We will keep fighting for better services. You are not alone 🏳️‍⚧️

Happy National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee (NAIDOC) Week Celebrations
Sun, 2 July 2023 – Sun, 9 July 2023

We acknowledge all our First Peoples of Australia and their beautiful lands on which we live and share and celebrate their enduring knowledge and connections to Country.
We honour the wisdom of and pay respect to our Elders past and present.

Poster by Bobbi Lockyer, a proud Q***r Ngarluma, Kariyarra, Nyulnyul and Yawuru artist, born and living on Kariyarra Country, Port Hedland.
“Where there is knowledge there are our Elders. Our Elders paved the pathways for us, taught us our knowledge, our history, they passed down their art, stories and wisdom. Our Elders are the foundation of our communities and role models for our children. With this poster I wanted to showcase how important our Elders are in passing down traditions and culture to our children and future.” Bobbi Lockyer 2023.

‼️NEW FUNDING GRAI - GLBTI Rights in Ageing Inc‼️

The WA Labor Cook Government is tackling loneliness among our LGBTI elders.

$80 000 will fund a new program build connection across generations, reduce loneliness and raise awareness of ageism.
The LGBTI and LGBTIQA+ Intergenerational Program Grant will be delivered under the State Government's An Age-Friendly WA: State Seniors Strategy 2023-2022 Action Plan 2023-2027.

The program will connect older and younger LGBTIQA+ Western Australians to foster intergenerational conversation and understanding.

The program is being funded by Department of Communities and administered by GLBTI Rights in Ageing.

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https://www.wa.gov.au/government/media-statements/Cook-Labor-Government/New-program-to-reduce-loneliness-among-older-LGBTI-citizens-20230623?fbclid=IwAR2lb4dtRSTtId1eZIix7XbyX3_EZcTqAxluSB-TLyWF4V3ZRWH0_JD5VSk

New program to reduce loneliness among older LGBTI citizens | Western Australian Government The State Government has awarded an $80,000 grant for a new program which aims to reduce loneliness and social isolation in older LGBTI Western Australians by fostering intergenerational connections.

Log on to an online seminar this week to learn about ‘The Voice’ Senator Louise Pratt will host a Virtual Town Hall meeting this week giving members of the LGBTIQA+ communities a chance to learn more about the proposed Indigenous Voice to Parliament. The online session will see the Labor senator take part in a...

The campaign is rolling out across Western Australia!

Join your Local Yes Group: a team of volunteers who organise for Yes in their community, and take regular action together.

To learn more and sign up visit www.yes23.com.au (also visit and like the page below to keep up to date with the campaign).

Cockburn volunteers hit the doors on Sunday and had some great conversations with Yangebup locals about the Voice.

The LGBTIQA+ Community understands the importance of strong support from the wider community.
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Join here so we can learn more & walk together towards this historic reform.
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LGBTQIA+ Virtual Voice Town Hall | Humanitix Enjoy LGBTQIA+ Virtual Voice Town Hall , Hosted online, Wed 28th Jun 2023, 5:30 am - 6:30 am EDT. Tickets are free. Only on Humanitix