Save our Professional Staff Enterprise Agreement
10 March 2025
Late last week, Western Sydney University (WSU) union members alerted us of an email from Pro-Vice Chancellor Brian Stout sent on the 5 March 2025 regarding a proposal to have a Single Staff Agreement for both Professional Staff and Academics.
The WSU CPSU NSW Branch strongly rejects this proposal.
Professional Staff must keep a separate agreement for the following reasons:
- Only Professional Staff should be deciding on conditions and remuneration for Professional Staff.
- Professional Staff have different job roles and responsibilities.
- Professional Staff have unique priorities and interests.
- Bargaining around a Single Agreement has the potential to cause delays in negotiating and ratifying an agreement.
A Single Agreement wipes a clear baseline from the current Professional Staff Agreement, effectively forcing a fight to simply include existing conditions which have been stripped through simplification.
If a Single Agreement is made in this round of bargaining the prospect of returning to Separate Agreements in the future are slim.
Act NOW to show your support for continuing to use separate agreements at WSU.
Send your feedback NOW.
Tell management that you reject their proposal for a single staff agreement by sending an email to:
Talk to your colleagues and get them to also send their feedback rejecting this proposal by management.
Your CPSU NSW workplace delegates are here to assist with any workplace questions, provide advice and support, and advocate for your interests.
Kellie McNamara
Vice President
Katelyn Green
Women’s Officer
The stronger we are, the better our chances of success at the bargaining table.
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