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The Electrical Trades Union is ramping up its campaign for a ‘Yes’ vote at the coming referendum on a First Nations Voice to Parliament, releasing a new video of rank and file members explaining their support. ETU member, Yunguubadijarri Yanner, is among those who feature. “I’m voting yes because I believe in the … Continued
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MEDIA ALERT Paramedics rally for recognition Embargo: Tuesday 12 September 2023 Paramedics will rally in Martin Place as their campaign for professional rates of pay expands and intensifies. The skills and value of paramedics has skyrocketed over the past decade as they have taken on increasingly clinical and public health functions. Paramedics now … Continued
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National Tertiary Education Union members at James Cook University will deliver the Save the JCU 30 petition, signed by more than 600 staff, students and community members, to the Vice-Chancellor in Townsville tomorrow. A delegation of staff members will meet outside the Chancellery building at 9am before delivering the petition. NTEU Academic Vice-President Associate Professor Simon … Continued
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Beginning and top-of-scale teachers in NSW will become the nation’s best paid from October 9, helping tackle the statewide teacher shortage after the NSW Teachers Federation council this morning endorsed a new agreement with the NSW Government. The agreement varies the current award and runs until October 8 next year. It represents the most significant … Continued
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NSW Teachers Federation Press Conference NSW Teachers Federation acting President, Henry Rajendra will be joined by members for a press conference behind parliament to update the public on the status of wage negotiations with the State Government. Who: Henry Rajendra, acting President NSW Teachers Federation and Teachers Federation members, Education Minister Prue Car, Secretary of the … Continued
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National Tertiary Education Union members will go on strike at Monash University and Swinburne University as industrial action in higher education ramps up across the state. Monash University staff will strike for a half-day on Wednesday in response to management offering a real wages pay cut, and refusing to budge on secure work or … Continued
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***1300 doorstop, Hospital Road, behind NSW parliament*** The NSW Teachers Federation’s Executive has reached an in-principle Heads of Agreement with the NSW Government to tackle the teacher shortage by making beginning and top of scale teachers the nation’s best paid. This includes the withdrawal of the Government’s previous four-year proposal with a 2.5 per cent … Continued
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Sydney Water workers have voted to reject the deal that has been aggressively promoted by managing director Roch Cheroux, which the Australian Services Union NSW & ACT says is a clear vote of no confidence in the executive leadership team. In the highest turn out of employees voting on an EA at Sydney Water, … Continued
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The union representing the majority of workers at the Kogan Creek power station will apply to the Fair Work Commission to take protected industrial action after negotiations dragged on with CS Energy yesterday with no direction from the State Government on the impact of the Queensland Energy Workers’ Charter on enterprise bargaining under the future energy plan. … Continued
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*** MEDIA ALERT *** CFMEU National Secretary Zach Smith is available for interviews via phone or Zoom about South Australia’s construction industry, wages and conditions, and Iconlink. Quotes attributable to CFMEU National Secretary Zach Smith: “Corporate interests are very happy for South Australian construction workers to have worse pay, worse conditions, and … Continued
