In September the Department, true to its ongoing fixation with Y2K, wrote to us seeking revised pay arrangements for permanent members over the coming Christmas/New Year period. We have agreed to special pay arrangements over this time in recent years, […]
As advised in last Saturday’s Union notice, the State Committee of Management resolved to suspend (not permanently lift) our Union’s D&D bans from 0800 hours this morning pending a Special General Meeting of members to be held this Wednesday, 15 […]
Decisions Of The Union’s 1999 Annual General Meeting
December 10, 1999
Apologies: “That the apologies as reported by received and accepted.” Adoption of 1998 AGM Minutes: “That the minutes of the 1998 Annual General Meeting of the Union as read and presented here be received and adopted as a true and […]
Permanent members around the state walked off the job at 1300 hours today for 2 hours to attend stop work meetings over our current dispute with the Carr Government. The following 3 resolutions by overwhelming majorities:
The Commissioner has today faxed a copy of Justice Hungerford’s decision from Wednesday’s proceedings in the IRC. It’s appreciated – he’s saved us the time and money of having to fax it out from the Union office.
The reason is (or was) simple – the Department in writing agreed in full to our demands prior to our deadline of 1000 hours. The problem now is that the Commissioner has attempted a monumental backflip on his own offer […]