Forestry NSW Bargaining
31 January 2017
SPECIAL NOTICE TO ALL LEVEL 6s:
DO NOT SIGN an individual contract offered to you by management
As bargaining for a new Enterprise Agreement begins, management will contact you to discuss offering you an individual contract.
Here are some reasons why you should NOT sign an individual contract:
- The contracts that will be offered to you will not be covered under the Fair Work Act, and to enforce the contract you will need to go to the Supreme Court of NSW where filing fees and legal fees will be astronomical.
- At this stage, management has not revealed the conditions on offer.
- In case of a dispute with management, you will be better off with the protection and support of your union.
- Do not bow to management鈥檚 strategy to weaken union power.
If you are provided a copy of an individual contract, please contact your union.
Thank you to all our members who have endorsed our Log of Claims. You can find an updated version here.
Management鈥檚 Log of Claims
At present management proposes to:
- Weaken coverage of the Enterprise Agreement
- Abolish the Joint Consultative Committee which provides an important forum to consult with unions on workplace changes.
- Replace 鈥渙ffice鈥 and 鈥渇ield鈥 classifications 鈥 with no detail on what this means.
- Remove supposedly 鈥渙utdated鈥 allowances such as Additional Leave for Western Division, Remote Area Allowance, First Aid Allowance and Laundry Allowance.
- 鈥淪implify鈥 and 鈥渋mprove鈥 fire-fighting conditions.
Bargaining will continue with management in coming weeks and we will continue to keep our members informed.
Feel free to contact your CPSU Bargaining team:
Cassie Giudice (CPSU official)
Lisa Nelson, Senior Organiser (CPSU Official)
It is important that Forestry Corporation employees are part of the CPSU to ensure that we can get the best outcome for our members. Please ask your colleagues to JOIN the CPSU/色狼社区online