News for Water
ASU Members at Barwon Asset Solutions Look to Take Action
ASU members at Barwon Asset solutions, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Barwon Water, recently voted to hold a protected action ballot to look to take industrial action. For some time now members at BAS have been trying to reach agreement with management about the...
South East Water Agreement Update
With the current rollover agreement set to expire in March 2023, ASU has secured agreement from SEW Management to commence bargaining in October this year. Our preference was to commence earlier, but Management has agreed to hold meetings as frequently as required in...
CHW Enterprise Agreement – Voting Begins
After countless delays, the time to vote on the new Central Highlands Water Enterprise Agreement is nearly upon us. Voting opens on Tuesday 12 July and closes on Thursday 14 July. We’ll be holding meetings to discuss why we think the agreement is a good outcome for...
Service Stream Coliban Water EBA Planning Meeting
ASU Organiser Tim Sullivan will be holding a meeting to further discuss negotiating for your new EBA. DATE: Thursday 23 June TIME: 7.15am VENUE: Coliban Water Epsom Plant, Smoko Hut We’ll also be holding a delegate election, as two of your colleagues have put their...
Back pay at Central Highlands Water
Every worker should get paid every dollar they are entitled to. And at Central Highlands Water, ASU delegates are making sure that’s what happens. A sharp-eyed delegate identified a maintenance allowance in the enterprise agreement that Central Highlands Water...ASU Facebook
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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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