Parts that caught my eye:
AEU/ANMF/CPSU ACT - ACT Public Sector
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AEU members held rolling stoppages at public schools across the ACT last week, and have threatened another 24 hour strike will happen this term if a decent offer isn’t forthcoming.
ASMOF Vic - Public sector doctors
As I reported last week, ASMOF members narrowly voted in favour of the revised MOU offered by the state government. There were a lot of comments on social media from pissed off doctors due to there only being 22 hours to vote on the MOU. The pushback has been sufficient enough that the AMA Vic President Dr Simon Judkins put out a statement addressing the “anger and vitriol”. Yikes.
TWU - Qantas
Qantas groundworkers will strike for 24 hours today (28/10).
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Workers will strike at Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth airports. If your flight is delayed - remember to blame the bosses, not the workers!
VAHPA - Public sector allied health workers
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Protected industrial action continues](…com.au/…/hospital-delays-disrespected-allied-hea…) impacting hospitals across the state.
NSWNMA - Healthe Care
Industrial action has commenced at Healthe Care facilities in NSW after 6 months of bargaining. Healthe Care is funded by private equity firm Pacific Equity Partners and operates 13 private hospitals and day surgeries across NSW. NSWNMA members strongly endorsed a protected action ballot - 96.5% of those who voted said yes.
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Healthe Care won’t budge from their offer of an 8.4% wage increase over 3 years - well below expected inflation. Nurses and midwives are demanding a better deal.
TWU Vic - Cleanaway
On Friday (23/10), TWU members at Cleanaway Dandenong struck for 4 hours. This follows a 1 hour stoppage, the first ever strike action at the depot, in September. Workers are fighting for a fair deal, as wages have not kept pace with inflation. There are also major safety concerns at Cleanaway. 5 workers at Cleanaway have died on the job in the last two years. 8 workers have died at Cleanaway since 2022.
NTEU Vic - University of Melbourne
NTEU members will vote on a proposed agreement endorsed by the Branch Council. The agreement includes 3.5% annual wage increases; 17% super for casual employees bringing them in line with the permanent workforce; AI protections and other improvements.
PABO Watch
ASU & TWU - Virgin
99.38% of ASU members at Virgin Australia have voted in favour of industrial action. And TWU members working as cabin crew at Virgin have just applied for a PABO.
Professionals Australia SA & Vic - National Pharmacies
92% of union members at National Pharmacies have voted in favour of taking industrial action. Pharmacists are fighting for safe staffing levels and an 18% pay increase over 3 years.
Wins/resolutions
ANMF Vic - Lumus Imaging
ANMF members at Lumus Imaging have voted up an in-principle agreement. Workers have participated in protected industrial action for 43 days, including a stop work the day before the improved offer was made. The new deal includes a 22% pay rise over 4 years.
NTEU WA - Curtin University & UWA
NTEU members at Curtin University have recently endorsed an in-principle agreement with a 16.35% wage increase over the life of the agreement.
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NTEU members at the University of WA have also recently endorsed an in-principle agreement. For the first time at the university it is a single agreement covering academic and professional staff and includes a wage increase of 14.7% over the life of the agreement.
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Both agreements include better access to flexible work rights, new clauses regulating the role and use of AI, improved Indigenous employment targets and recognition of the cultural load of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff members.
I have been writing this report most weeks for almost 3 years. Over that time the number of hours I put in each week has snowballed as I learn more, have more comrades passing information on to me and improve my information gathering systems. It’s reached a point where it doesn’t feel like a sustainable project. I work a full time job, have friends and family who need me in a personal capacity, a bunch of other interests, a huge to read pile and a lot of people in my life that have been neglected over the last few years. I love writing this report, but I am going to take a couple of weeks off and I am going to be exploring alternative formats, frequencies and approaches to continuing Disputes Report in a sustainable manner.
Thank you to all the workers who send me updates and information - please keep sending stuff through. Please bear with me while I work out a sustainable model for the report. Please keep reading and recommending the report to others. See you back here in a couple of weeks.