Virgin Australia members: Important USU/ASU Enterprise Bargaining meeting this week
USU members are invited to a members' meeting on Tuesday, 28 March or Wednesday, 29 March to discuss Virgin Australia’s offer. We will summarise VA’s current offer compared to your current working conditions. Your negotiating teams have made significant progress from...
USU@AUSGRID: Security of Critical Infrastructure (‘SoCI’)
As you may have seen in communications sent out by Kelly Wood on March 2, the combined energy unions and Ausgrid are holding workshops that are scheduled to begin later this month. We can confirm that there will be 2 workshops of 2 days each. These meetings are...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT AWARD 2023 UPDATE: ATTACK ON AWARD REDUNDANCY ENTITLEMENTS!
LGNSW, on behalf of your council, are attacking your redundancy entitlements. Item 22 on the Employer’s Log of Claims for the new Award says: “Amend subclause 42(vi) ‘to provide that the Job search allowance is inclusive of fringe benefit tax’. The Job Search...
Blue Haven: Stop the Sell Off
Don’t let Council and greedy corporations sell out Blue Haven residents, staff, and the Kiama Community: The USU is By Your Side fighting to protect Blue Haven. Watch the news report below:
Members stand together at City of Parramatta
Yesterday USU members went on strike over ongoing frustrations with Council Management. Members in City Assets and Operations held a stop work meeting yesterday over ongoing lack of action and response by City of Parramatta Council management to members’ reasonable...
Building a Campaign for the Local Government Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) Sector
Your Union, the United Services Union, has been meeting with early childhood educators across the state. We have heard educators telling their stories of why they chose their profession and why they continue to work in early education. They are stories of dedication...
AWARD 2023 UPDATE: Miscarriage Leave
This is the fifth member update in our series on the negotiations for the Local Government (State) Award 2023. The death of a baby at any stage of pregnancy can be a very sad and distressing time. Even at an early gestation, parents are already busy preparing for a...
Seven months of negotiations and Virgin Australia still not playing fair, it’s time for action
Your USU/ASU team has been negotiating your new enterprise agreement with VA for over seven months, and VA is still not putting fair offers on the table. The airline’s pay offer is 9% over three years (not a minimum of 13.6% as VA describes). In 2022, many VA workers...
Virgin Australia STILL holding back on pay offer
Virgin workers deserve fair pay now. Share your story about the impact of cost-of-living increases here. We are stepping up the pressure on Virgin Australia to force the airline to pay its worker’s fair pay. Your bargaining representatives have met with Virgin...
