Council Services by Council Workers – Canterbury/Bankstown leads the way!
In line with the USU campaign “Council Services by Council Workers” opposing the overuse of contractors in Local Government and focusing on the ongoing need and demand to protect the future of council worker jobs, Canterbury Bankstown Council, one of the state’s largest merged Councils, has taken the vital step of bringing back their Waste and Cleansing Services in-house to be performed by Council workers.
This is a positive example of the Union’s vision for 2021 and beyond!
EA UPDATE: ENDEAVOUR to go to a VOTE
As you will probably be aware, Endeavour Energy has decided that it will proceed to a vote on a new Enterprise Agreement in the coming weeks. By way of background, Endeavour Energy contacted your union and the other unions at approximately 5pm on Friday 4 June...
NRMA Enterprise Agreement: EA UPDATE 3
The USU and Management have reached an in principle agreement to your negotiations. (See below for key changes to your EA). Management will now finalise the document and once agreed with the union be distributing communications with you around the final offer....
USU@Ausgrid: Members say Yes to PROTECTED ACTION BALLOT
The USU has been discussing with members the possibility of making an application to hold a Protected Action Ballot (‘PAB’). Members have overwhelmingly voted in favour of your Union proceeding with this action and it is our intention to file within the next 14 days....
Virgin agree to significant changes for GS5 ‘resource allocation’ role
The USU/ASU has been consulting with Virgin over the last six weeks about a proposal to allocate ‘resource allocation’ duties to GS5 team members – a role previously performed by COPs team members. While the union doesn’t agree with the move (we previously warned...
Enterprise Agreement negotiations are underway @ Maurice Blackburn
On 24 May 2021, we had our second enterprise agreement negotiation meeting with management. In our first two meetings, both the USU/ASU and the management team shared their Log of Claims and set out the changes each party is seeking from the negotiations. The USU/ASU...
USU@HCF: EA UPDATE
The Enterprise Agreement covering many USU members employed by HCF is due for renewal on 30 June, 2021. So what’s happening about a new EA? In March this year the USU approached HCF Management with a view to commencing negotiations but HCF said they were not ready to...
Jetstar Agrees with USU/ASU: No Stand Down During the Lockdown
The Union is working hard to support members in Melbourne during the recently announced lockdown. We are very pleased to report that Jetstar is doing the right thing for members affected by the lock down in Victoria. Jetstar have agreed that no-one will be stood down...
Virgin seeking additional feedback about proposed changes to roster patterns
Virgin have agreed to the USU/ASU’s request that team members be given a further opportunity to provide feedback about the proposed changes to roster patterns. Virgin previously ran a survey to collect the views of team members, however, many of our members reported...
