Virgin Australia STILL holding back on pay offer

Dec 22, 2022

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

Dec 20, 2022

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...

United magazine Summer 2022

Dec 15, 2022

The USU’s Summer 2022 edition of United has been sent to members. Check it out! What a year! It has been quite a year! As life has started to get back to normal we have been able to focus more on the future. It has been a struggle for many but we have had some remarkable highlights, one being the election of a federal Labor government, led by Anthony Albanese.

USU@NPBS: THE TIME OFF IN LIEU JIGSAW

Dec 13, 2022

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...