Broken Hill City Council Consent Award ratified today

Dec 8, 2022

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...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT AWARD 2023 UPDATE: Your pay under attack

Dec 7, 2022

This is the fourth member update in our series on the negotiations for the Local Government (State) Award 2023. Local Government NSW, on behalf of your Council, wants to CUT your ordinary pay which will result in your pay being slashed when you access your leave...

City of Newcastle Enterprise Agreement: USU Members Unanimously Support EA Proposal!

Dec 2, 2022

Following recent USU mass meetings, site visits, and online voting processes, USU members have voted unanimously to accept a new Enterprise Agreement. This guarantees wage increases for City of Newcastle employees over the next three years and provides improved and...

USU/ASU takes Qantas to the Fair Work Commission to get a fair deal for all under EBA12

Nov 22, 2022

As members will know Qantas has taken the aggressive position of trying to cut 1 in 3 workers out of EBA12 by removing SP1 and SP2 from the agreement. This would see SP1s and SP2s put on individual contracts with no guaranteed pay rises, or any of the conditions...