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Monday, 15 March 2021

Southern Cross University: Have your say!


Have Your Say – March 2021 (PDF version)

The past 12 months have been exceptionally difficult for us all as we have been forced to adapt to changed working conditions, balance increased workloads, experience the loss of many wonderful colleagues and the manage ongoing threat of COVID and ideological policy attacks on the sector.

Over the coming months, your union will commence negotiations with the university for our new Enterprise Agreement (EBA).

The CPSU NSW is organised, prepared and ready to engage with members to achieve the best possible outcome for Professional Staff. On 10 February 2021, CPSU NSW delegates from across the state met to plan and develop strategies and tactics for this Round of Bargaining. See clip HERE.

The CPSU NSW is the only union which exclusively represents the interests of Professional Staff in negotiating pay and conditions. We are a grassroots union which makes decisions based solely on what is in our member’s best interests and it is important to us that we know what professional staff want and need in our enterprise agreement.

We acknowledge that this may be the most difficult round of enterprise bargaining that we have ever encountered, with the prospect of significant gains limited, but there are many areas of our agreement that can be improved without a cost burden on the university such as:

  • improved consultation around health and safety issues
  • improved rights for professional staff to work from home
  • increased flexibility to ensure a strong work/life balance
  • better mechanisms to monitor professional staff workloads
  • improved consultation mechanisms for workplace change

We invite you to complete this survey and do your bit to improve the working conditions of all professional staff at SCU.

Fill it in at the QR CODE below, or click on the link HERE.

This survey is for ALL professional staff. Please pass this bulletin on to your workmates.

Know someone who is not a member of the CPSU NSW?

Ask them to join the CPSU NSW HERE.

Follow the CPSU NSW on Facebook HERE.

Stand with us today!

Professional Staff: Worth Every Cent!

SCU CPSU NSW Branch Committee

Toni Ledgerwood:
Shelley Odewahn:
Luke Davis:
Marnya Flanagan:
Sharlene King:
Alex Parks:

Union support

Member Support Centre: 1300 772 679
Industrial Officer Susan Emery
Regional Organiser Asren Pugh