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Surf Coast Shire Council (Bargaining Survey)
June 2022
The ASU has been bargaining with the Surf Coast Shire Council for a new Enterprise Agreement that will apply to all workers at Surf Coast.
Following extensive consultation with ASU members, we developed a log of claims based on what was most important to you:
- A wage increase that keeps up with the cost of living - Protections against unreasonable and excessive workloads - Increased entitlements to sick leave - Paid pandemic leave- - All leave taken during covid (since January 2020) to be re-credited - A classification and banding review; and - A number of other conditions and entitlements that are important to ASU members.
At a bargaining meeting on 14 July, Surf Coast Management responded to the claims that have been made, and also made a wage offer:
Year 1: 1.75% plus a one-off payment of $1000 for Bands 1-3 and a payment of $500 to Band 4
Year 2: 2% or the rate cap, whichever is greater
Year 3: 2% or the rate cap, whichever is greater
Surf Coast has also rejected the overwhelming majority of the claims made by the union, but have agreed in-principle to conduct a banding and classification review over the life of a new Agreement.
The ASU is in no way endorsing or recommending this offer to our members.
We need to hear from ASU members as to what you think of Management’s proposal. Please complete our survey below.
