News for SACS
YSAS – Resi Change Process on Hold Until CEO Meets with Union
If you haven’t heard, there’s some proposed changes in YSAS Residential Withdrawal and Rehabilitation Units. These changes would shake up the rosters, reduce staffing overnight and remove shifts from lower paid workers. Around 50 of these workers recently signed a...
MIND – Termination of the Enterprise Agreement Halted!
Over the past 3 months, the ASU has been fighting to keep MIND from terminating the current Enterprise Agreement. By the ASU placing pressure on MIND both internally and externally, MIND has agreed not to terminate the Enterprise Agreement and instead negotiate for a...
Inaugural Geelong ASU Members Network Meeting
You are invited to the inaugural Geelong ASU Members Network Meeting! Local member networks are a great way to build solidarity, share ideas, and just connect with fellow ASU members. Some local networks hold formal meetings, while others focus on more social...
Funding to Community Sector Organisations
Each year the Victorian Government increases funding to community sector organisations to account for increases in wages and other employment costs as well as the additional costs of meeting the needs of clients. The annual funding increase, or indexation, rarely...
ASU Community Sector Members Launch Campaigns
Over the last couple of weeks, ASU members have come together to set the agenda across the community sector and for workers in Community Legal Centres. Community Legal Centres Campaign Launch First up ASU members working on Community Legal Centres gathered together at...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.
It’s never been more important to join the Union.
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