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Clerical & Admin
NSW Ambulance, Operations Centre Award Mar 9, 2010: Your Union successfully intervened in a matter filed by the Health Services Union (HSU) before Justice Boland in the NSW Industrial Relations Commission on the 16th February 2010.
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Better Services Better State Mar 2, 2010: The USU is participating in a state wide campaign with the NSW Union movement to support better public services.
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Airlines
Fair Work fails ASU/USU airlines members Mar 1, 2010: In a disappointing decision for ASU Airlines members, Fair Work
Australia (FWA) handed down a decision on 26 February refusing to make
modifications to the Airline Operations Ground Staff Award 2010 (the
modern Airlines Award).
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Northern
NPBS EMPLOYEES VOTE TO ACCEPT NEW AGREEMENT Feb 22, 2010: The recently negotiated Enterprise Agreement covering level 1-3 employees was accepted by a clear majority of those employees who lodged a vote and although it is disappointing that some staff members did not cast a vote the result is a clear win for all USU members covered by the Agreement.
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Local Government
Council rate pegging must go before communities suffer Feb 18, 2010: The State Government.s decision to reduce the 2010-11 rate cap for NSW
councils to 2.6 per cent will have a severe impact on the services
communities rely on, said the United Services Union (USU) today.
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Award 2010: Get on Board
Local Government Award 2010: What Members Want Feb 16, 2010: The Union is preparing to file a new Local Government (State) Award in the NSW Industrial Relations Commission. In the lead up to this process the Union undertook a survey of members. The response from members was tremendous - over 400 surveys were received by late October 2009. The following is a summary of these responses.
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Northern
New England Alliance Council jobs on the line Feb 11, 2010: Local government employees
working for councils in the New England Strategic Alliance of Councils could be
at risk of forced redundancy while the State Government carries out a review of
local services.