UPDATE
28 FEB 2008
CANZ
/ PS COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT
ITS
TIME TO VOTE!
The
CANZ Negotiation Team will attend a full round of Ratification Meetings at all Prison
Sites during the month of March, and explain in detail the proposed offer.
A Reminder Schedule
of all Meetings / Dates and Times is attached with this UPDATE.
Separate Meetings are
being held for Nurses / Admin., and Corrections Officers because of the
complexities of specific occupational issues that need to be discussed. Please
ensure that you attend your meeting, listen to what is being offered and make
an informed vote.
UNION
ENDORSEMENT
The CANZ National
Executive has endorsed the Negotiation Teams Final Offer position.
It is now over to the
Members to vote to Accept or Reject the Offer.
The Union has taken a
broad view of the proposed settlement, and while acknowledging that it is a
“Going Rate” offer on the money, the
A vote in favour of
the current proposal will see immediate minor improvements to the Salaries and
Conditions, but more importantly, it will enable CANZ and the Department to
move forward on addressing a wide range of issues that will ultimately benefit
all Prison Staff.
A vote against the
current proposal will ultimately mean Industrial Action on the part of Prison
Staff. The Departments Advocates have made it very clear that the final offer
in respect to this negotiation, is in fact their final
offer.
The
CANZ National Executive is not prepared to sit on the fence!
This
is not the greatest offer ever made, but taking into account everything that is
being offered it is certainly not the worst, and if ratified, it allows the
parties the opportunity to work constructively towards improving the working
conditions of all Prison Staff.
ATTEND THE MEETING AT YOUR SITE
MAKE AN INFORMED VOTE
CANZ…….THE DEMOCRATIC