http://www.cpsu.org.au/campaigns/news/22036/ News feed from CPSU. en-gb Thu, 29 Mar 2012 11:07:04 EST Copyright: (C) CPSU, see http://www.cpsu.org.au/site/pages/ for terms and conditions of reuse 15 Defence will be holding a third all staff DECA ballot from 28 March to 30 March. http://www.cpsu.org.au/campaigns/news/27955.html Thu, 22 Mar 2012 14:31:00 EST Defence intends to proceed to a vote next week. It?s now up to you to make a decision. http://www.cpsu.org.au/campaigns/news/27878.html Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:26:00 EST The Defence bargaining team has invited the CPSU and other unions to a meeting tomorrow to discuss the Special Minister of State?s (SMoS) decision on the DECA proposal. The CPSU will be lodging a bargaining dispute with Fair Work Australia if this decision does not result in the January 24 in-principle agreement being put to employees for a vote. http://www.cpsu.org.au/campaigns/news/27849.html Thu, 15 Mar 2012 10:47:00 EST The Defence bargaining team has advised the CPSU that contrary to what we?d previously understood to be the case, Defence?s DECA proposal is still with the Australian Public Service Commission (APSC) and has not yet been forwarded to the Special Minister of State (SMoS) for a decision. http://www.cpsu.org.au/campaigns/news/27792.html Mon, 12 Mar 2012 11:45:00 EST The CPSU attended a meeting with the Defence bargaining team and other unions yesterday to be updated on the progress of Defence?s offer. Defence reported that while the Secretary has approved the offer it is yet to be approved by the Australian Public Service Commission (APSC). http://www.cpsu.org.au/campaigns/news/27571.html Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:22:00 EST DECA negotiations resumed on Tuesday 24 January. http://www.cpsu.org.au/campaigns/news/27240.html Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:11:00 EST DECA negotiations with Defence will continue on 24 January following the second NO vote. Defence is now the largest APS agency that does not have a settled agreement. Will they try to drag it out again? http://www.cpsu.org.au/campaigns/news/27031.html Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:34:00 EST Defence employees ? 61% of those who voted - have voted NO a second time, showing that Defence employees will not give up the fight for a better DECA outcome. http://www.cpsu.org.au/campaigns/news/26801.html Tue, 20 Dec 2011 08:13:00 EST The Remuneration Tribunal is due to award Department Secretaries significant pay rises today, expected to be in the order of $200,000 for the Defence Secretary. http://www.cpsu.org.au/campaigns/news/26780.html Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:31:00 EST The offer you are being asked to vote on provides less than the option that was being discussed with unions in November. That option would have required Defence to seek approval from the Special Minister of State. http://www.cpsu.org.au/campaigns/news/26744.html Wed, 14 Dec 2011 08:32:00 EST CPSU is recommending that members vote NO in the all staff DECA vote that opens tomorrow. http://www.cpsu.org.au/campaigns/news/26729.html Tue, 13 Dec 2011 13:42:00 EST How did millions disappear overnight? When Defence advised unions it intended to proceed to a vote before Christmas, it advised that the offer on the table was worth approximately an additional $40 million compared to the offer rejected by employees in June 2011. http://www.cpsu.org.au/campaigns/news/26721.html Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:03:00 EST Defence civilian staff across Victoria will walk of the job for up to 8 hours tomorrow over stalled pay negotiations. http://www.cpsu.org.au/campaigns/news/26666.html Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:31:00 EST Defence has scrubbed off the white board and replaced options being discussed with the Defence unions with its own substandard DECA proposal. http://www.cpsu.org.au/campaigns/news/26658.html Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:03:00 EST Yesterday unions and Defence returned to the bargaining table for the first time since August. After a very difficult day of negotiations some progress was made, and CPSU has agreed to give Defence until next week to gain approval for a revised DECA package. http://www.cpsu.org.au/campaigns/news/26497.html Thu, 24 Nov 2011 11:25:00 EST