USU | United Services Union

No way Mr Ryan – Your 38 hours just aint flyin’

1 Aug, 2017 | Local Government campaigns |

At a meeting last week at Holroyd Depot, Cumberland Council’s General Manager told outdoor workers they would need to work a 38 hour week.

Give everyone a say on their council mergers

31 Jul, 2017 | Amalgamations |

Graeme Kelly argues that Premier Gladys Berejiklian’s council merger backflip reveals a dark truth about how politics in NSW now works: the best outcomes go to those with the deepest pockets.

Council mergers: It’s time to restore stability and democracy

28 Jul, 2017 | Local Government in the news |

The USU welcomes news of the NSW Government’s backflip on Mike Baird’s politically motivated amalgamation process that has decimated democratically elected councils.

Transgrid must negotiate in good faith

25 Jul, 2017 | Transgrid |

The combined unions ran a successful NO campaign around your Agreement on the grounds that many of you would have had members’ rights and conditions stripped from you via illegal, WorkChoices era Individual Employment Agreements.