Marymead Campaign

Vote 'No' at marymead

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Published on Monday, 03 August, 2009

Your employer has been told that your 2008 “WorkChoices” Collective Agreement does not meet the “No Disadvantage Test”. Now, instead of negotiating an agreement under the new fairer laws introduced on 1 July 2009, your employer is trying to make the bare minimum changes, so that it can scrape through under the old Laws!

This is not a good agreement and you need to vote “No” to protect your working conditions!

Why you should Vote “No” on the Marymead Agreement:

1.  It delivers below industry standard wage increases. Your Agreement will lock you into annual wage increases of only 2.5%. The ACT Government has funded services at 3.15% this year and other services are passing on a 3.15% pay rise.
2. It failed the No disadvantage test. An independent umpire has already ruled that on balance, this agreement is below  the Award
3. If your employer did not want to disadvantage you, they would negotiate a fair agreement under the new Laws – not push through a WorkChoices agreement under John Howard’s old laws
4. This is a WorkChoices agreement. Working Australian’s voted to abolish the unfair WorkChoices legislation when they voted out John Howard!
5. You will be left behind as the industry advances. Your employer wants to change the expiry date of the Agreement and add another year to it until 2012!
6. ACT SACS Wages may be increased by up to 18% - 37% in the near future. The Industrial Commission in Queensland has already awarded QLD SACS workers wage increases of between 18% - 37% and the Queensland government has funded these increases. The ASU is campaigning to increase ACT SACS Wages by the same amount.
7. Your employer has other options – they choose not to take them. If your employer were committed to providing fair and reasonable wages and conditions they could negotiate a collective agreement under the new fairer Industrial Laws, or join the ACT SACS Multiple Enterprise Agreement (MEA) like many other ACT SACS Employers already are.
8. If you vote “No” you and your employer can still negotiate a fair agreement under the new laws, the Fair Work Act. Your employer has to bargain in “good faith” under the new laws.
   

If you believe in a well funded SACS Industry with wages and conditions equal with QLD SACS Workers and Public Sector workers, doing the same job - Join the ASU today! A membership form is overleaf.
For more information about the ASU call Organiser Natalie Lang on 1300784 278 or go to www.asumembers.org.au