Last night the ASU held a whole of RACV Meeting to discuss some major developments at RACV. The ASU discussed with employees an MOU between the Union and RACV which we have embarked on instead of re-negotiating the Enterprise Agreements when they expired mid last year. The MOU recognises the tumultuous period we are in,…
TO ALL UNION MEMBERS IN THE RACV MCC AND RELATED WORK AREAS The negotiations for your new Enterprise Bargaining Agreement (EBA) continue to roll on with RACV management. It has been a few weeks since our last update so we thought it was time to let you know the current state of play… WHAT THE UNION…
As you all know the Union and the various employee bargaining reps have had a number of meetings over the last few weeks to negotiate the terms of your new Enterprise Bargaining Agreement (EBA). The EBA is the legally binding document that governs your terms and conditions of employment. If any of your workplace terms…
The first group of meetings begin today to explain to RAC employees the back payment / underpayment arrangements flowing from the de-annualised hours dispute. These meetings will occur variously with different shifts across the next week. Management will address each group of employees for 30 minutes and then Union members will meet with straight after…
The ASU and RACV attended a Commission hearing late on Tuesday afternoon to deal with the Unions request for RACV to provide a series of documents relating to the financial impact on employees of the proposed change to the Annualised Hours pay system. RACV would not agree to provide these details. Following discussions between the…
As mentioned in our last newsletter, Commissioner Roe at the Fair Work Commission made a ruling that asked the parties to provide a series of written submissions by certain dates throughout early and mid September. Then final hearing dates for the arbitration of this dispute have been set down for late September. The schedule the…
I write to give you an update on our efforts to start some meaningful discussions with management around stress levels in the MCC and how these matters affect your day to day working conditions of employment. As you will recall from recent email newsletters to you from the Union we conducted a widespread survey of…
I write to tell you that the ASU has, this morning, made application to the Fair Work Commission for a hearing to consider matters relating to stress in your workplace. The reasons for this notification to the Commission include: 1. The Stress Survey we conducted in the MCC 2. The many phone calls and emails…
As all Union members will know the ASU recently conducted a wide ranging Stress Survey in the RACV MCC. To say the least the results of this survey are alarming. The Union has conducted these sort of surveys across a number of workplaces over recent years but I have never seen one deliver the sort…
As you will all know the ballot that you voted in for the new EBA was finalised at the end of last week. The result of that ballot was: 104 in favour of the new agreement…. 5 against. There is no other way of saying it… THIS IS A GREAT RESULT FOR ALL UNION MEMBERS…
I write to tell you that, as of yesterday, we have now made massive progress in our efforts to find a settlement to the long running RAC EBA dispute. After nine rounds of industrial action and six separate Commission hearings Commissioner Roe at the Fair Work Commission issued a statement which sets out the way…
We have held several rounds of negotiations over the last two weeks with management regarding the EBA. Management have put a number of things on the table which they have asked Union members to consider as part of a proposed settlement to the EBA. As indicated last week some of these things will need discussion…