CPSU welcomes new union members in MOPS

CPSU is the major union representing employees engaged under the Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984 with a long history of looking after Commonwealth public sector workers providing the best industrial support, strategic advice, and advocacy available.

MOPS staff pay the price of WorkChoices

Thanks to WorkChoices and the Howard Government a multitude of documents currently determine your conditions of employment. Many Ministerial Staff have individual contracts while the Commonwealth Members of Parliament Staff Collective Agreement is a non-union CA with serious deficiencies. MOPS staff allowances and entitlements are contained within Guidelines that are not part of the CA and were not voted on by staff in 2006. The CA runs until December 2009.

The majority of MOPS Staff belong to CPSU

CPSU is active in voicing staff concerns on a range of professional and industrial issues, and is lobbying the Labor Government strongly to provide better working conditions for MOPS staff such as:

• Inquiry into the Lobbying Code of Conduct
• raising member concerns about the mishandling of security clearance procedures

We’re in your corner

CPSU is one of Australia’s biggest national unions with an in-house legal team, bargaining unit, research and policy division, and a membership service centre, with over 200 staff in nine offices across Australia. As a CPSU member you can feel confident that there’s someone in your corner.

Progressive voice on public policy

CPSU provides a credible, progressive voice on public policy and is making submissions to many Labor Government inquiries and reviews, such as:

• Inquiry into whistleblowing protections within the Australian Government public sector (in preparation)
  
• Inquiry into the effects of the ongoing efficiency dividend on smaller public sector agencies
• Pay equity and associated issues related to increasing female participation in the workforce (in preparation)
• Review of Pension Indexation Arrangements in Australian Government Civilian and Military Superannuation Schemes
• Inquiry into the Same-Sex Relationship (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws-Superannuation) Bill 2008
• Review of the Australian Government’s use of Information and Communication Technology
• Productivity Commission Inquiry into Paid Maternity, Paternity and Parental Leave
• Review of the National Innovation System
• National Mental Health and Disability Employment Strategy
• National Review into Model OHS Laws
• Comcare Review

For further information or to arrange a union meeting please contact Parliamentary Liaison Officer Alison Rahill