First things first: with all of the excitement I’ve forgotten to update the blog to confirm that WE WON! A resounding 82.7% of all General and ELC staff at UNE voted in favour of our fantastic new agreement. Of course, if you were within a 1000km radius of UNE on the day of the vote you would already know this, as you would have been nearly deafened by my own cheers alone!
The EB team would like to thank everyone who helped make this possible. From Head Office, our fantastic Industrial Officer Andrew Holland, and our ever-wonderful Organiser, Rowan Salomon. Everyone on the Branch Committee throughout the whole EB process. Everyone who lent a hand making posters, handing out flyers, calling members, and generally keeping us sane. Long-suffering friends, family and pets. And, of course, all of our members- we couldn’t have done it without you!
The new agreement was submitted to Fair Work Australia for final approval on September 22. This is the final stage before it can take effect. Although it has yet to be approved, your CPSU EB team have been in constant contact with HR, and they assure us there’s nothing to worry about. UNE are the first university to submit an agreement under the new system, and understandably FWA want to take the time to make sure everything is done properly. So, in short, no news is good news! As soon as there is news we’ll let you know. (We’re hanging out for that payrise just as much as you are!)
In the meantime, if you haven’t already, you should check out the CPSU UNE Branch page on Facebook- it’s just been updated with heaps of photos of our last few events.
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