USU@CHILDCARE: CHRISTMAS IS COMING …
It is time to start thinking about your Christmas Holidays. Councils have begun notifying the dates of their services’ closedown period. It’s worth seeing where you stand. The Award says Council may direct an employee to take annual leave by giving at least four weeks...
Bargaining Commences at Teachers Health!
Last Friday, you would have received the Notice of Employee Representational Rights (NERR) from the P&L department. This signals the formal commencement of bargaining at Teachers Health. As a union member, you do not need to do anything - the USU is by default...
USU@GREATER: YOUR ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2021
Once again the time has come for Greater Bank USU members to start thinking about what needs to be improved/changed/modified in relation to your employment conditions. Greater management has advised the Union that they intend to start the negotiating process for a new...
Insecure work is a massive work health and safety risk
A shocking 67% of injured or ill insecure workers reported not taking time off because they feared it would negatively impact their job, and 60% reported not taking time off because they had no paid leave available. According to a recent ACTU survey, only a quarter...
Airlines members: Where do you stand on the COVID Disaster Payment and the Domestic Retention Payment?
The USU/ASU has written to the Deputy Prime Minister seeking urgent information about financial support for airline workers. Both the COVID Disaster Payment and Domestic Retention Payment are due to cease or become significantly reduced. We hope to have more...
Pledge for Candidates in Local Government Elections
The 2021 NSW Local Government elections scheduled for Saturday, 4 September 2021 have been postponed until 4th December 2021.
In the lead up to the election we will continue to seek support for our Council services by Council workers campaign. Find out who has signed our pledge to support local jobs and services.
USU/ASU wins commitment to keep service staff at airport
Qantas has told the USU/ASU that it wants to provide a level of on-airport service to customers. Instead of closing the service desk entirely, Qantas wants a ‘Service Hub’ that will be staffed by Level 4 employees. This is a win for USU/ASU members, who’ve been...
Council services by Council workers UPDATE
The USU has been continuing to escalate our campaign against the misuse of contractors in local government taking work from day labour staff.
The information provided by our members and delegates regarding the abuse of contract labour has been critical in our campaign plan, and we encourage members and delegates to continue to send through this information.
USU@Transgrid: EA Vote – tell us about your experience
The vote on the Transgrid Enterprise Agreement was extremely close, with 411 votes approving the Agreement and 409 votes rejecting it. So that we can be satisfied that the vote wasn’t in any way compromised, we are asking our members to email us any concerns they...
