ABC staff reject pay increase that required forfeiture of strike action

The union personnel in ABC rejected a fee that requires the loss of industrial action rights for 12 months in exchange for a 3% wage increase.

Management was concerned about avoiding the repeating of the long -term bargaining process in the last round of more than 1,000 ABC personnel. In March 2023, he canceled the strike at the eleventh hour After an agreement with the management.

Michael Slzak, co -chairman of the ABC National House Committee Crirase Although the union staff disappointed how the administration has dealt with something in the past ,, the workers remained çözseli çalışmışlü that workers would respect the workers this time and respect the role of their representatives in the bargaining room ”.

A E -POSTA sent by ABC chief Officer Deena Amorelli on June 23 reported with Capital summary And it was seen by CriraseIn the first payment period after the end of the existing contract on October 1, he proposed a 3% wage increase, “bargaining representatives (CPSU and MEAA) agreed not to accept industrial action for 12 months. [enterprise agreement] While negotiating the new agreement. ”

Slzak, who is the head of the media, entertainment and art alliance (MEAA), representing journalists at the same time, said, “The members in a large online meeting unanimously proposed.

“Members, clearly, said they understand that the only power they need to fight for the ambitious claims is the power to engage in industrial action.

Slezak about the relationship between trade union and administration, so far the only bargaining meeting with management is “constructive, but“ ABC workers said that the last two times the federal court against the management – with Antoinette [Lattouf] And now Tom Scott. ”

“I think this gives an indication of where it stands in general. We don’t have to go to the federal court to implement the law. ABC should only comply with the laws.”

An ABC spokesman said that it was “a positive and constructive start to the bargaining process”.

“We are meeting with employee bargaining representatives and we look forward to working on the process to negotiate our next business agreement. We will continue to keep the staff up to date as you progress.”

Lattouf recently won a high -profile illegal termination case against the Federal court in the federal court; Fair Labor Law.

Scott, producer for dear children’s TV program School gameABC claims that he systematically use and abuse seasonal fixed futures, known as the “Show Run” contracts. change made Fair Labor Law Forbidden consecutive fixed term contracts for similar positions in 2023. Sydney Morning Herald reports The widespread use of contracts throughout ABC and the concerns of the national publisher’s worries of unemployment insecurity.

A series of other long -term and similarly popular ABC, Media Time. School game The world’s longest longest child television show-which has been published since 1966, comes before color television in Australia for ten years.

SLZAK said that the workers in ABC want to ç draw a line under the use of insecure contracts ”,“ a real change around career progress and sustainability ”and“ the end of racism in the workplace ”.

The latest operating agreement in ABC provided a total wage increase of 11% for three years in addition to the $ 1,500 session bonus and the control of the gender and diversity payment gap in ABC.

Latest WGEA Figures Total paid gender payments of ABC, such as News Corp (10.5%) and nine broadcasts (8.9%), but significantly 9.8%behind the other public publisher SBS (1.9%).