WA to get two more public holidays under union’s Easter pitch to Labor

A push is underway for two more public holidays to be added to Western Australia’s official calendar, with a key union claiming the state’s workers are being “dudded”.

The Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees’ Association (SDA) will use Labor’s state conference this weekend to promote changes to party policy, in a bid to have Easter Saturday and Easter Sunday gazetted as public holidays.

WA currently has 10 official public holidays a year — the lowest of any state or territory.

In comparison, Victoria has 13 days — including Easter Saturday and Easter Sunday, Melbourne Cup Day and, more recently, AFL Grand Final Friday.

Source: WA to get two more public holidays under union’s Easter pitch to Labor – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)