CPSU members achieve better pay and conditions by acting collectively and supporting each other.
Official figures continue to show that union members earn 16% more than non-unionists on average, and that union members have greater access to leave, superannuation and other employment conditions. This is the difference that collective bargaining makes.
Better Way to Bargain in the APS
The CPSU is campaigning for a Better Way to Bargain in the APS. We are campaigning for negotiations over a framework of APS-wide wages, conditions and employment matters.
This includes:
establishing a new APS bargaining system under which the Australian Government Employment Bargaining Framework is negotiated;
wage increases for all APS employees;
pay inequities are addressed;
minimum leave conditions (including personal leave, annual leave and maternity leave);
work life balance measures;
superannuation;
redundancy entitlements;
job security measures; and
fair a system of representation and dispute settlement.
The core claim continues to be the building block for all other CPSU bargaining campaigns. It is based on our experience negotiating hundreds of collective agreements over the last two years. The claim was developed and endorsed by your elected representatives on the sixty seven-member CPSU Governing Council (GC). It outlines key bargaining elements which GC believes should be contained in every CPSU-negotiated agreement. These include:
protecting terms and conditions
allowing for a balance between work and family life
improving pay and superannuation
ensuring employees are listened to and treated with respect
Having a core bargaining claim helps in all our bargaining campaigns. Achieving good bargaining outcomes will continue to rely on union members participating actively in bargaining campaigns and employees showing their support by joining the union.
