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Nominations for MINISTERS’ AWARDS FOR WOMEN IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT close on 10th May. The Award categories are: Employment Diversity Award – a successful council program to increase female participation in senior leadership roles or at the elected representative level...
It has been a long time since we have been able to march but it was worth the wait. USU General Secretary Graeme Kelly led a strong contingent of USU members and officials at the May Day march held at Parramatta on 1 May. The USU also joined marches held in the...
Recently, the Federal Government have made changes to both JobKeeper and JobSeeker. The Federal Government have confirmed they will not extend JobKeeper beyond the 28th of March 2021 leaving many workers uncertain about their future. With thousands of workers still...
This morning the Federal Government announced its aviation industry support package and in doing so turned its back on thousands of airline workers across Australia. The Government has announced it will not be extending JobKeeper, even in the industries that have been...
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There are over 50,000 people employed in local government across NSW. Employees with diverse career backgrounds work in over 300 different job roles in metropolitan, regional and rural areas to improve the services, wellbeing and economies of our local communities....
Following the recent round of USU Branch meetings across Northern NSW the Manager North Stephen Hughes was made aware of what appears to be an increasing trend of delegates reporting under resourcing and increasing workloads as a result. In a discussion with the Metro...
The USU was pleased with the initial hearing on these matters, held Friday 3rd December. It was broadly recommended by the Commission that the parties of the dispute – the Unions and Council, need to have further discussions. Observations of the USU were made that...
Why is Newcastle Council using a substandard Award to slash the pay of some of the lowest and precarious workers at the City of Newcastle? We do not know why! But we lodged matters in the NSW IRC to end this scandalous practice. Council recently “in-sourced” a...
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If you work in Local Government the USU is your union. The USU covers employees right across the local government industry.
The USU is a major union in the NSW energy industry. The occupations of USU members cover the range of occupations within the modern energy industry.
The USU represents workers employed as private sector clerical and administrative (C&A) employees in most industries.
The USU represents workers employed in the airlines industry, including Check-in Officers, Service Desk Officers, Ticket Sales Officers, Passenger Control Unit Officers.
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