University of Sydney Enterprise Bargaining update – August 2017 (PDF version)
On 14 August, the university met with the CPSU NSW bargaining team to deliver its wage offer.
The package the university has offered is:
The university has advised the union the total cost of the financial package is $385 million over the life of the four-year agreement.
Your CPSU NSW bargaining team will be meeting with the university again this morning to provide an initial response. We are seeking to ensure your conditions and entitlements are maintained and improved, and that any pay rises are in line with CPI and cost of living in Sydney. To ensure that our most vulnerable staff can continue to afford to live in Australia’s most expensive city, CPSU NSW is proposing an alternative model that would see a combination of percentage increases and flat-rate salary top ups.
The CPSU NSW University of Sydney team urges all members to attend an important meeting to discuss the progress of bargaining, including the university’s wage offer. This will be your opportunity to ask questions of your bargaining team, and for us to take direction from you as to how we will respond.
After meeting with the CPSU NSW today the university is not willing to move on their offer at all.