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...
New Award! Congratulations to all Essential Water members
Congratulations to all Essential Water USU members on your new Award. Your delegates engaged in a well organised and thought-out bargaining campaign, and we believe have delivered excellent outcome for everyone. 56 eligible members voted and 54 of you voted to accept...
USU@NPBS: THE TIME OFF IN LIEU JIGSAW
One of the most misunderstood and confusing issues in the NPBS Enterprise Agreement (EA) continues to be the accruing and taking of TOIL. Here we give the Union’s view on when it occurs and how the USU understands it should be calculated. There are three main Clauses...
Broken Hill City Council Consent Award ratified today
The Broken Hill City Council Consent Award has just been ratified before the NSW Industrial Relations Commission. This award is a great success for not only the union but for you as employees of the council. We secured a pay increase of 10.5% compounding over three...
