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School cleaners in Victoria face jobless new year after contract shake-up (www.theguardian.com)

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Hundreds of staff could be out of work when the state’s contract with ISS comes to an end, prompting calls for reform

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[–] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 11 points 2 years ago

The wonderful efficiencies of contracting out work to the private sector. Saving taxpayer money by eroding job security and quality.

The private sector is cheap because it cuts corners - it cuts job conditions and wages, it cuts safety, it cuts quality, it cuts everything except the money going to the middlemen who run the companies and rort the system.