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Protected Action Ballot; Employer Claims Deconstructed
The list of possible industrial action has been further refined following the meetings of job reps and members last week.
We have added bans on paid overtime, and bans on training of other staff including Registrars, to the list of bans.
The response from members to the employer log of claims has been universal condemnation for the clear attempt at cost-cutting by the removal of longstanding entitlements.
A copy of the employer log of claims can be found on the website at Documents -> Campaigns -> Public Sector 2012 (login)
We have also prepared a summary of the log of claims in relation to the effects on each separate discipline – i.e. audiologists, clinical perfusionists, dietitians, genetic counsellors, medical scientists, pharmacists, psychologists & physicists.
The summary can be accessed at Documents -> Campaigns -> Public Sector 2012 (login)
Given the failure of the health services (represented by the VHIA) to make any reasonable offers in negotiations, and faced with the prospect of the employers pushing their negative agenda, we will be proceeding with the application for a Protected Action Ballot.
This will allow members to vote for a range of bans, limitations and industrial action which can be implemented in order to protect current entitlements, and to put pressure on the employers to make an acceptable offer on wages and enhanced conditions of employment.
The application for a Protected Action Ballot of members employed by the following employers will be lodged tomorrow by the Union:
Alfred Health Austin Health Barwon Health Eastern Health Goulbourn Valley Health Latrobe Regional Health Melbourne Health Mercy Public Hospitals Inc Northern Health Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre Royal Children’s Hospital Southern Health St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne Pty Ltd Western Health
The list of proposed industrial actions can be found at Documents -> Campaigns -> Public Sector 2012 (login)
The Ballot will be conducted by the Australian Electoral Commission.
Members meetings will be held after the Ballot to determine which particular type of industrial action will be implemented and in what timeframe.
Meanwhile, further meetings of members will be held prior to the ballot closing to discuss options. |