Women footballers in Australia, playing in the W-League, will receive a sizeable pay rise and improved employment conditions after a landmark collective bargaining agreement on September 11 between Football Federation Australia, W-League clubs and the players鈥 union, the Professional Footballers Australia (PFA).
Professional Footballers Australia (PFA)
鈥淚鈥檇 like to call bullshit.鈥 So declared Melissa Barbieri, a former captain of Australian women鈥檚 football (soccer) team the Matildas, on the symbolic support for women鈥檚 rights offered by sporting clubs and bodies on International Women鈥檚 Day.
This week Parramatta found itself the shocking scene of terror 鈥 the sort of thing you might expect in foreign nations, but which many Australians surely believed would never happen on our streets.
With industrial disputes breaking out on wharves and warehouses around the country, conflict is also brewing between those who kick the roundball on the nation's football (soccer) pitches and those who administer the game.
Football Federation Australia (FFA) is locked in a long-running dispute with players 鈥 represented by their union, the Professional Footballers Australia (PFA) 鈥 over a new collective bargaining agreement.
The PFA is seeking a better pay deal for the national men's team (Socceroos) and national women's team (Matildas), as well as an A-League salary cap and wage rise.