News for Energy
EBA Update – Citipower PowerCor
Preparatory to this Thursday’s meeting we are circulating the latest offer from management to allow for a more meaningful discussion about its merits. The following is a without prejudice offer; no in-principle agreement has been struck as this is something we feel...
Energy Australia ASU Meeting
Energy Australia has commenced the process of restructuring the maintenance and assets team. It is predominately the planners affected by this proposed change, but at this point, we are not sure where these changes will end. We have been in consultation with Energy...
Hydro Tasmania – ASU On-Line Meeting re Your Enterprise Agreement
With bargaining about to commence for your new Enterprise Agreement, ASU Organiser Karen Tantari will be holding an on-line meeting to gather your feedback on what is important to you. We are keen to hear what wage increase you are seeking, what entitlements you...
What do ASU members think about climate change?
We’re getting in touch because the ASU is partnering with Friends of the Earth to learn more about how our members feel about climate change. You can take the Friends of the Earth Climate Impacts at Work survey here. The impacts of climate change are becoming more...
AusNet – ASU Enterprise Agreement Update
The ASU held a member meeting last week to discuss management’s enterprise agreement proposal and the proposed transition to a new classification structure based around the modern Power Industry Award. The wages offer remains the same, a quantum of 3.5% per annum...ASU Facebook
This NAIDOC week, we celebrate the history, culture, achievements and resistance of First Nations people. The ASU stands in solidarity with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in achieving genuine justice and systemic change.
Always was, Always will be, Aboriginal Land!
This is a welcomed intervention by the new minister for Local Government Melissa Horne MP and we would like to see immediate steps to improve the workplace culture at Horsham City Rural Council.
The workplace culture issues at Horsham Rural City Council are serious and need to be addressed so every worker has a workplace free from bullying and harassment.
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ASU VicTas Assistant Branch Secretary Leon Wiegard appeared on the news last Friday condemning the privatisation of Vicroads.
Treasurer Tim Pallas announced that a consortium of Aware Super, Australian Retirement Trust and Macquarie Asset Management was selected as the Joint Venture partner to effectively take over VicRoads.
ASU has been consulted throughout this process, and we have ensured that conditions of employment are protected through the benchmark MOU with Government. ASU delegates played a massive part in securing these conditions.
We will continue to protect our members' rights at work throughout this process and into the future.
Make no mistake, this is an $8 billion blow to Victorian workers and Victorian motorists, who are losing control of a critical piece of our state’s road infrastructure. Privatisation inevitably leads to worse services – not better.
Of course, there is more to do to modernise VicRoads’ technology and processes – workers are fully committed to this. But doing deals with private consortiums is not the way to do it, and we are extremely concerned that the government has been blinded by the billions of dollars on offer and is selling out the best interests of motorists and VicRoads workers.
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