No Deal on Slaters’ Dud Pay Offer
Slater & Gordon management yesterday sent a misleading email to all staff regarding the status of negotiations for the enterprise agreement. Management have claimed that various items have been ‘agreed in principle’. The USU/ASU is extremely disappointed that...
Update on rostering and annual leave approvals at Jetstar
Your USU/ASU delegates and union officials met with Jetstar management to resolve issues around rostering and leave that members are experiencing. Unfortunately, Jetstar has failed to comply with the agreed resolution of the dispute we previously ran. The agreed...
EA UPDATE: ENDEAVOUR’S NEW OFFER
The combined unions and Endeavour Energy reconvened the Enterprise Agreement meetings after the school holiday break. Endeavour tabled a revised pay offer comprising of: A 1.2% pay increase backdated to December ’20; and A further 1.1% increase in December this year....
MOP(S) Act Enterprise Agreement: USU/ASU CONDEMNS DELAYING TACTIC BY EMPLOYER
The ASU-USU condemns the ongoing delaying tactics by the Department of Finance in the resolution of the new MOPS Enterprise Agreement. Union delegates and officials were dismayed to find out at the last minute that the Department was not going to present (as earlier...
Local Government Award: Did you know that you have rights that non-members do not?
This is the first of several updates we’ll be sending out over the next few months outlining specific benefits of union membership as outlined in the 2020 NSW Local Government (State) Award. B. UNION PICNIC DAY Union Picnic Day shall for the purposes of this Award be...
It’s EA Time at the NRMA! Have your say
It’s time to have your say about what you would like to see in the New Enterprise Agreement. Negotiations for the NRMA Enterprise Agreement will be commencing shortly and the USU needs to know what matters to you and what you would like us to bring to the negotiating...
USU/ASU seeking details of Electorate Officer underpayment
Late yesterday, representatives from the Federal Government Department of Finance – Ministerial and Parliamentary Services (MaPS) contacted the USU/ASU about the underpayment of Electorate Officers’ salary entitlements going back at least 4 years. The USU/ASU has...
USU@Qantas: Update on Sales Desk Closure
On Monday, 12 April, the USU/ASU met with Qantas representatives to discuss the imminent closure of the Sales Desk. We are really concerned that Qantas’ new way of working after the closure of the Sales Desk is just not ready and just won’t work in reality. We...
Cumberland Council Child Care lives to fight another day.
At the Council meeting of 7 April 2021, Council resolved to decline the tenders they had received for the outsourcing of Cumberland Council’s 9 Long Day Care Centres. The motion carried at the meeting was: C0421-716 Tender Evaluation and Recommendation Report –...
