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To: Kon Karapanagiotidis
ASRC Solidarity--Colleagues with Lived Experience
We want the ASRC to practice its organisational values and give staff with lived experience the job security they deserve.
Why is this important?
Too many workers with lived experience of being a refugee or asylum-seeker are employed on insecure contracts across the ASRC.
The ASU has recently written a letter to ASRC Management drawing attention to the treatment of three paralegals in the legal centre. These workers all have lived experience of being a refugee. They know first-hand the trauma and stress that comes with having a precarious legal status. The ASRC has been employing these workers on rolling short term contracts for over 1.5 years. They do not find out if their contract will be extended until the very last minute. This kind of job insecurity is contrary to everything the ASRC stands for.