RailCorp Agreement
Railcorp Protected Action Ballot – The Facts
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- Published on Monday, 05 July, 2010
What is the pre strike ballot?
- The Combined Rail Unions (CRU) successfully applied to Fair Work Australia to conduct a ballot of all union members for protected industrial action.
- The Australian Electoral Commission will send all union members a ballot paper in the mail this Thursday, July 8th.
- There will be 1 question on your ballot paper – it has lots of parts to it, which are all of the options available to union members in the future- but the question only requires one tick!
- Under the law at least 50% of members must vote, and 50% plus 1 must vote YES for the ballot to be approved.
- This ballot does not mean you have to take action it is about your ability to take action in the future should you wish.
What is the question?
All union members get to tick “YES” or “NO” to the following ballot question:
Do you, for the purpose of advancing claims in support of an enterprise agreement with your employer, authorise the taking of protected industrial action which may involve taking separately, concurrently and/or consecutively all of the actions set out below:
- An unlimited number of periodic bans on overtime
- An unlimited number of periodic bans on employees being available for ‘on-call’
- An unlimited number of periodic bans on call outs
- An unlimited number of periodic bans on sending or responding to emails; an unlimited number of periodic bans on the processing of advice or requests through the ARIBA system
- An unlimited number of bans or limitations on ticket selling, fare collection and fare enforcement
- An unlimited number of 2 hour stoppages
- An unlimited number of 4 hour stoppages; an unlimited number of 8 hour stoppages
- An unlimited number of 12 hour stoppages and an unlimited number of 24 hour stoppages
What does your vote mean?
The CRU applied for the ballot so that members, at this crucial stage of negotiations, get to decide and vote on what you want to say about where negotiations are at!
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What a YES Vote means |
What a NO Vote means |
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Voting YES sends the message that the deal on the table is not good enough and a decent offer of pay and conditions needs to be made. |
Voting NO will send the message that the deal on the table is acceptable.
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Voting YES will send a powerful message to RailCorp and the State Government that rail workers are serious.
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Voting NO will send a powerful message to RailCorp and the State Government that rail workers are not serious. |
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Voting YES does not mean you have to take action it simply means you will be able to take legally protected industrial action should you wish. |
Voting NO is a vote to say you do not support any further actions.
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Voting YES means we have kept our options open if we reach a deadlock in Fair Work Australia. |
Voting NO means we do not have options if we reach a deadlock in Fair Work Australia. |
Why ASU delegates urge you to vote YES!
VOTE “YES” IN THE UNION PRE-STRIKE BALLOT
VOTE “YES” FOR A BETTER AGREEMENT
VOTE “YES” TO KEEP YOUR OPTIONS OPEN
Keeping our Options Open
Whilst negotiations are being conciliated we do NOT have an agreement yet. It’s very important that we keep all of our options open. That’s why member must vote in the pre-strike ballot and why they must vote YES.
Vote YES and show RailCorp and the Government that we are strong and committed to getting the outcome we deserve.
Please contact your workplace delegate or union office if you have any questions about the ballot process.
