UNE Members' Bargaining Report 9

UNE Members' Bargaining Report 9

Your CPSU Bargaining Team Update

Your bargaining team met the university on the 6 & 7  of April. Two clauses, CALL BACK ARRANGEMENTS and TYPES OF EMPLOYMENT were agreed.

In types of employment we regained a significant entitlement that was lost in the last agreement because of the Howard Government’s attack on workers’ rights.

In call back arrangements we have been able to guarantee that if a staff member is called back multiple times to work for different issues then they will get the minimum three hours overtime for each call back.

We also discussed PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT where agreement has been reached on most of our claim. The University will reconsider our claim for the reimbursement of course fees if the study will provide a benefit to the staff member and the university.

For the first time at UNE there will be a comprehensive CLASSIFICATION clause. The only outstanding issue now relates to how a staff member can dispute the outcome of a reclassification process.

We have a claim in for pro rata LONG SERVICE LEAVE after seven years. The university has rejected our claim. What do you think? Please contact Kylie Day your Bargaining Team Co-coordinator to let us know if you believe we should pursue this claim.

Progress has been made on PARENTAL LEAVE with the university agreeing to our claim that the 26 weeks paid leave should be available to the primary care giver and not just the birth mother.

However the is still some way to go on: - FACS LEAVE, UNSATISFACTORY PERFORMANCE, ABANDONMENT OF EMPLOYMENT, SICK LEAVE, AND MANAGING CHANGE.

ELC

It was agreed at the meeting that all English Language Centre staff will now be part of the General Staff Enterprise Agreement. Congratulations and welcome to all English Language Centre staff.

What’s next?

	Next bargaining meeting on 4/5 May
	The CPSU AGM is on 6 May 2009
	Have you signed the petition in support of general staff independence?
	Help us SAVE OUR SICK LEAVE by contacting one of YOUR General Staff Union reps:
	Marney Tilley Lead Negotiator 6773 4427		Kylie Day Bargaining Team Co-ordinator 6773 4502
	Jen Mitchell Communication Officer 6773 2551		Barbara Avis Campaign Team Co-ordinator 6773 2030

What have we achieved so far?

What has been agreed?	Does it meet our claim?		What hasn’t been agreed?	Outstanding issue(s)
Commitments			Overtime	T.O.I.L
Incremental Progression			Workloads	Part of package with overtime and annual leave
OH&S			Annual leave	Part of package with overtime and annual leave
Accident make up pay			Family and Community leave	UNE to respond to CPSU claim
Public Holidays			Classification	Parties very close to agreement
Christmas break			Unsatisfactory performance	UNE to explain why it wants to cut back processes & protections
University shutdown			Workplace Change	Significant differences. UNE to respond to CPSU clause
Documentation			Parental leave	Parties close to agreement
Rosters			Long Service leave	UNE to consider CPSU claim
Meal & Tea breaks			Sick leave	CPSU rejects UNE claim to remove uncapped leave
Termination of employment			Performance management	UNE to provide response to CPSU claim for reimbursement of course fees
Resignation			Indigenous employment	Parties to meet separately
Jury & Witness Leave			Probation	UNE to reconsider position that existing employees must serve another probation period if they are employed in a new job
Ten hour breaks			Abandonment of employment	What process should UNE go through to contact an employee not at work?
Call back arrangements
Modes of employment

Stop Press
CPSU members in the Colleges Household Staff have recently had a great win. Through our EB6 Focus Groups we found an anomaly in the way staff were employed. Some were employed at HEO 1 and others were employed at HEO 2 even though they did the same work. The CPSU campaigned hard to fix this and the University recently agreed to employ all staff at HEO 2. A great victory and yet another reason to join the CPSU.

There is no better time to ask a non member to join the General Staff Union. Over the next few weeks our campaign team will be targeting certain areas of the university to ask non members to join the CPSU. Would you like to help? If you do contact Kylie Day your Bargaining Team Co-ordinator.

Why the General Staff Union?

Completely dedicated to the best interests of general staff.

The largest union in Australia representing general staff.

Truly local and democratic voice that fights hard for you to
achieve and maintain a fair and safe workplace, better pay and improved rights at work.

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