Water & Ports

The ASU has a proud history of representing workers in the Water and Sewerage Industry across NSW. With members across Sydney Water, the Sydney Catchment Authority, Hunter Water and other water companies, it is ASU members that deliver Water and Waste Water services to people from the Shoalhaven to the Great Lakes and from Bondi to the Blue Mountains. 

The ASU has a proud history of fighting for our members rights and ensuring that each generation of workers passes on a better set of employment conditions to the next. You can check out our latest campaigns below. If you work in the water industry and are not yet a member, join the ASU now.

Members can log in to the members area to access information on your rights at work.

Latest Water & Ports News

changes to Roads and Maritime Services

Published on Thursday, 16 February, 2012

This week staff were briefed about major changes to Roads and Maritime Services that will be happening over the coming months. The ASU, along with the other RMS unions, were briefed at the same time and provided with exactly the same information. There are clearly a number of very significant issues caused by this restructure but at the moment there is very little information.

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Working at a Wastewater Treatment Plant is dangerous work.

Published on Friday, 27 January, 2012

Working at a Wastewater Treatment Plant is dangerous work. At the beginning of December a worker at Melbourne Water was killed after he fell into a sewerage tank while performing 'routine work' collecting samples and drowned.

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Barry O’Farrell; Ripping the Guts out of Sydney Water

Published on Monday, 19 December, 2011

Barry O’Farrell is forcing Sydney Water to pay the state Government hundreds of millions of dollars more in dividends to top up his coffers. This money is coming from increased bills to customers across Sydney, the Illawarra and the Blue Mountains as well as drastic job cuts which will slash customer service levels and threaten our environment.

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Water & Ports Campaigns

• Friends of Sydney Water

  

  Friends of Sydney Water are the people of Sydney who are dedicated to keeping our water and sewerage safe and reliable and keeping Sydney Water in public ownership. 

  We are proud that we have some of the cleanest drinking water in the world and that our waterways and beaches are safe for the environment and for us all to enjoy because of the high standards of our Sydney Water. We want to keep it that way.

• Sydney Water Enterprise Agreement

  

  Sydney Water members pay and conditions are set down in your Enterprise Agreement. These conditions have been fought for, and won, by generations. They must be protected.

  In 2012 ASU members at Sydney Water will be fighting to improve their rights at work as we negotiate a new Enterprise Agreement. Members are leading this campaign so get involved in your union campaign to protect your working conditions.

  This will be a tough campaign because Barry O’Farrells Coalition Government in NSW determined to rip more money out of Sydney Water in dividend payments, outsource and cut costs. ASU members achieved an unprecedented result in the last Enterprise Agreement and we can do so again. All it takes is for Sydney Water members to get active, be strong and stay united.

• Hunter Water Bargaining

   

  ASU members at Hunter Water Corporation and Hunter Water Australia are bargaining for new Enterprise Agreements this year. Keep up to date with both campaigns here.