The CPSU NSW will seek a 24 per cent pay rise over three years for non-executive staff employed at Clarence Valley Correctional Centre. This is in an effort to effort improve remuneration standards and support staff retention and safety at the state’s lowest paying correctional facility.
The claim follows an extensive staff engagement process that identified cost-of-living pressures as the most significant single issue facing correctional centre staff at the NSW North Coast facility.
“The Northern Rivers is not only one of the most high-cost areas in NSW, it’s one of the most expensive regions in Australia,” said CPSU NSW Branch Assistant Secretary, Troy Wright.
“The men and women who staff our prison system, work in a challenging and often dangerous environment. We need remuneration standards that attract the best people, retain them, and reward them for their service.
“As it stands, Clarence Valley Correctional Centre and the operator, Serco Australia, fall well short of that measure.
“We want to work with Serco to fix that.”
Click HERE for a copy of the full CPSU NSW Log of Claims.
As flagged, the CPSU NSW will hold bargaining information sessions from 5:30pm-7:30pm on Wednesday 5 and Thursday 6 February, at the Grafton District Services Club (Les Beattie Function Room).
Additionally, we’ll be onsite on Thursday and available from 10:00am-2:00pm in Meeting Room 2 to answer any of your questions regarding the upcoming enterprise bargaining negotiations with Serco Australia.
In the meantime, if you have any questions, please contact Thane Pearce at the CPSU NSW on 1800 772 679 or 0408 223 276.
Alternatively, you can contact our local Organisers – Tom Whitton, Rebecca Rielly or Mik Smart – through our Grafton Office on 1800 772 679. You can also speak with Mark Bathgate, Luke Binskin, Keri Parbarry, Craig Dennis or Kody Richards in the workplace.
United we bargain, divided we beg
