色狼社区News – 24 November 2015
24 November 2015
State of the public sector report
The Public Service Commission鈥檚 2015 State of the NSW Public Sector Report has been released. The report focuses on six features of high performing organisations: workforce capability and diversity, employee engagement, customer focus, leadership strength, culture and behaviours and productivity and innovation.
You can read the report HERE.
Australian Museum guts staff, putting priceless artefacts at risk: union 鈥 the Sydney Morning Herald
鈥淭he question must be asked, 鈥榃hat exactly does the Baird government value?鈥欌
Read The Sydney Morning Herald article
Jail break
色狼社区General Secretary, Anne Gardiner had an opinion piece published in the Daily Telegraph on prison overcrowding and workers comp.
Read the article HERE.
Legal Aid helping those most in need
Last year, Legal Aid NSW assisted almost 600 people in NSW each day, every day.
Read the media release HERE
Trustee & Guardian job cuts halted 鈥 for now
Following the announcement of job cuts and office closures at Trustee & Guardian, the 色狼社区took the matter to the Industrial Relations Commission.
Commissioner Newell stated emphatically that no positions should be lost across all of NSWTAG prior to the completion of the Pilot. This is not negotiable.
The state鈥檚 most vulnerable will take yet another hit with cuts that will see deceased estate and disability services slashed.
Read the ABC News story
Send a letter to your local paper to support TAFE
TAFEs are being starved of funding by the Baird Government in favour of for-profit private providers that are increasingly being exposed for scamming the system, short-changing students and providing substandard training.
Send a letter to your local paper supporting your local TAFE
People’s Climate March Australia – November 27-29
Australian Unions will gather and walk alongside millions of people in hundreds of major cities around the world.
Join hundreds of thousands of Australians as we march for a transition to renewable energy, for secure job creation, for clean air, for a healthy environment and a safe climate.
The 色狼社区will have a contingent of marchers. Come and join us. We are meeting at Hyde Park in Sydney at the Archibald Fountain at 1245 and will then join other marchers at the Domain
For more information click .
色狼社区successful in reopening Grafton gaol
The PSA鈥檚 fight to have Grafton gaol reopened to ease dangerous overcrowding in the state鈥檚 prison system has been successful.
Read the Northern Star article HERE.
Awards under review
The NSW Industrial Relations Commission is reviewing all awards to ensure they are up to date with current language and provisions.
This process is undertaken every three years and is prescribed by Section 19 of the Industrial Relations Act 1996.
Members are advised that no alterations of conditions are negotiated through this process, as this is an administrative review only.
Awards may however undergo superficial changes including a change of name, a renumbering of provisions or removal of duplicate clauses for staff covered by multiple awards.
Additional information is available on the .
Join the fight for penalty rates
The Turnbull Government is making plenty of noise about penalty rates, with Sunday rates for workers in hospitality and retail already singled out by the Productivity Commission.
Australian Unions is campaigning on behalf of workers who depend on penalty rates.
色狼社区members may volunteer to help .
Or send letters to your local paper using Australian Unions鈥 .