News for Tasmania
Active ASU members at Kingborough Council fighting for a better deal
ASU members are determined to get a fair deal in their enterprise agreement negotiations at Kingborough Council. Kingborough Council, with wages already lower than surrounding councils, is offering a pay rise that doesn’t even keep up with the cost of living in...
Northern Midlands Council Agreement Bargaining Update
Following the ASU’s email last week to all Councillors at Northern Midlands Council, they chose to pass a rates resolution that made further cuts to the budget at their meeting on Monday night. Enterprise Agreement negotiations continued yesterday. There has been an...
Upcoming ASU Meetings at City of Launceston
You are invited to attend meetings taking place across City of Launceston worksites in the coming days. Management at City of Launceston have now ceased enterprise bargaining negotiations and ASU Delegates will discuss the latest updates with you and the next steps....
Kingborough Council ASU EA Meetings
Following the latest EA meeting, the General Manager has advised he is ready to put your Enterprise Agreement to another vote. ASU Organiser Karen Tantari will be holding meetings to discuss Council’s position and discuss the critical next steps. DATE: Tuesday 28 June...
ASU Visit to Waratah Wynyard Council
ASU Branch Executive President, Billy King, will be hosting meetings at your workplace this week. DATE: Thursday 23 June TIME: 7.30am VENUE: Works Depot, Crib Room DATE: Thursday 23 June TIME: 9.30am VENUE: Council Offices, Meeting Room 3 ASU Members and other...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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