Postal
4.5% pay with job security...
(16 July, 2009): If you work for Post and thinking of supporting industrial action to get a better EBA, then get ready to hear all sorts of claims from management:
"We can't afford pay rises - times are tough."
"We need more part time workers."
"We can't provide guarantees on job security."
But what are some other agreements offering employees elsewhere?
Obviously other industries are different. Other employers have different capacities to pay. But, read the following - reproduced in part from Workplace Express:
Queensland Nurses vote up 12.5% pay deal
(Workplace Express - 15 July, 2009)
Queensland public sector nurses will become among the highest paid in the country after voting up a new collective agreement this week.
Nurses will receive a 4.5% increase in the first year and 4% rises in each of the following two years under the deal, which was voted up by 94% of the 10,000-plus workers who participated in the ballot.
The agreement also:
- Abolishes junior pay rates for enrolled nurses;
- Introduces a higher top pay point for enrolled nurse (advanced practice) positions;
- Retains the professional development allowance and leave entitlement introduced in the previous agreement and increases a number of other allowances;
- Provides a commitment from Queensland Health to maximise permanent employment and avoid forced redundancies.
(The Queensland Nurses Union) says the agreement is a "considerable achievement" given the economic climate that, when combined with the 23% pay rise delivered under the previous agreement, will maintain competitive wages for the state's nurses.