UNE Members' Bargaining Report 1

September 17, 2008

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Outcomes from Enterprise Bargaining Meetings 15/9/08 & 16/9/08

1)	The University has agreed to provide each of the CPSU bargaining team delegates with 4 days time release per fortnight, two of which will be for face-to-face bargaining.
2)	The University has agreed that they will not withhold any information which is relevant to EB.
3)	The University has logged separate General and Academic Staff agreements. This is in line with what CPSU members have endorsed in your log of claims. Please sign our petition to show your support on this important issue.
4)	The parties spoke to and clarified their respective logs and then systematically identified and prioritised issues within the current Agreement for discussion and review.
5)	The University agreed to the CPSU request to bargain fortnightly. The next meetings will be the 29th and 30th of September.
6)	The CPSU will initially be focussing on re-writing the following clauses in line with your log of claims:
		• (7) Definitions
		• (15) Flexible & family working arrangements
		• (21) General Staff Classification
		• (25) Annual Leave
		• (29) Family & Community Leave
		• General Staff Workload (new clause to be created)
		• (52 & 53) Overtime

The above clauses will be provided to the University by the middle of next week, and will be discussed at the next General Staff bargaining meeting.

Action Items for Members

Please provide delegates with feedback before next week on clauses currently being written.
Please sign the petition to support a separate general staff agreement.
Talk to a friend about their rights @ work and ask them to join the CPSU.

	Separate agreements allow both general staff and academic staff to maintain the right to self-determine their respective conditions of employment.
	Separate agreements recognise the very substantial differences between the nature of the work performed by most academic staff compared with that of most general staff.
	Separate General Staff Agreements consistently deliver better outcomes for general staff.
	It means that general staff conditions cannot be traded off against academic conditions.

Your General Staff Campaign Team
Marney Tilley Lead Negotiator Ph: 6773 4427 Kylie Day Bargaining Team Co-ordinator Ph: 6773 4502 Jen Mitchell Bargaining Communication Officer Ph: 6773 3736	Andrew Holland Senior Industrial Officer Ph: 9220 0924 Barbara Avis Campaign Team Co-ordinator Ph: 6773 2030	Tony Pavan Ph: 6773 4404	BRANCH OFFICE Weston Common Room Ph 6773 2214 CPSU ORGANISER Rowan Salomon 0408 470 547 CPSU INDUSTRIAL OFFICER Matthew Henderson 0438 485 535
		Judy Stott Ph: 6773 2322
		Debbie Simmons Ph: 6773 6706
		Rowan Webb Ph: 6773 3167
		Rob Webster Ph: 6773 3699

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