THE AUSTRALIAN WORKERS’ UNION
WATER CORPORATION
AWU MEMBERS READY TO FIGHT AT WATER CORPORATION Our members at Water Corporation are deep into their EBA negotiations with little to show for it.
Water Corporation is a Government Trading Enterprise (GTE) who change their hat based on who they’re talking to. When it comes to reporting to the Minister, they’re Government owned but when it comes to negotiating their workforce’s pay and conditions, they’re a GTE and not a public sector employer. The recent EBA meetings start times were delayed and every single one of our members’ log of claims were REJECTED or PARKED (to later be rejected). Water Corp would then inform unions present that the conditions offered to workers were “generous provisions in line with the NES”. This is when the AWU called them out - the National Employment Standards are the bare legal minimum; they are NOT generous and as a GTE they should be ashamed. Adding to the chaos that has been Water Corp’s approach to negotiations the most recent meeting was cut short by a “pre-scheduled” fire drill. You heard that right, pre-scheduled. If this is Water Corp’s idea of “Efficient Negotiations,” we’d hate to see what they would deem to be inefficient. Water Corporation’s current pay offer and rejection of our members’ claims simply isn’t good enough and we will continue our fight for a better deal.
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