• Do you want more say in AEU policy?
• Do you want better conditions for teachers and students?
• Have your say at the Teachers Alliance forum
When: Saturday July 26th at 2pm
Where: Dantes 150-156 Gertrude St Fitzroy
This campaign has exposed the problems in our union. Many teachers, who are disappointed with and angry about this deal are considering withdrawing from the union. Teachers Alliance argue that it is much more effective and in our own interests to remain in the union and to ensure the problems are eradicated!
We need a strong and democratic union that fights for our interests and for our students. There are many of us who believe this. We should not be put off by any setbacks but see this as a golden opportunity to change things. We hope that this forum can be a start for such a process.
Imagine a union that fights for pay justice for all teachers, that fights to end contract teaching, to improve our working conditions including those of CRT teachers, reduce class sizes, increase the funding to government schools, to get parity of conditions between primary and secondary teachers and to get rid of the VIT. The current union leaders will argue that this is "pie in the sky". That is because they have been out of the classroom for too long and because they have no vision. Those who aim for the lowest goals never change anything significant.
Mary Merkenich AEU Councillor Teachers Alliance
View our web site at www.teachers-alliance.org
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Dear Mary Bluett (Joanne Lockwood)
Dear Mary,
As a teacher of five years experience I feel it is about time MY union heard about MY concerns and not just of those in their first year of teaching or those Leading Teachers heading towards the end of their careers. It seems the Union has forgotten teachers like me exist, we certainly have not been considered in the latest agreement!
I had the opportunity, this afternoon, to listen to Meredith Peace discussing the terms of the latest agreement, all of which I had read and understood from the information provided on the Union’s website. Disappointingly, I was not given the chance – in the ½ hour session – to ask the questions that were concerning me, as an A1 teacher. Granted this was not solely her fault – the few questions that were heard were related to leading teacher changes – but I did not need to hear information that was readily available. This session should have primarily been a chance for members to ask questions and voice concerns, an opportunity it seems that the Union has gone out of its way to suppress.
I have been a union member since my first day as a Victorian Government school teacher and have always recognised the need and importance of unions within our profession. However, I feel betrayed and ignored by the current Union executive; my fees would have been better placed in my bank account than into employing the individuals who have negotiated this new agreement!
I have a number of specific questions and criticisms that I hope the Union will address:
1) Why did the AUE Victoria allow the government and the media to firstly release details of the agreement before members were told and more importantly, why did the union sit back and allow the media to continuously claim that we will now be the highest paid teachers in the country?
I was appalled when we were finally given specific details – several weeks after the in principle agreement was made – only to find that it is just 1st year teachers and those at the top of the scale who would in fact be better paid than teachers in NSW. For the rest of us somewhere in the 11 years in between the bottom and the top, we will be paid less, up to $13,000 less!
I was also increasingly angered over the lack of communication with members and the misleading information that was eventually provided (e.g. claiming that I would be given a 25.54% pay rise, which is clearly not the case in reality). It seems quite convenient that no details were released until after the NAPLAN testing was underway (and even then it was limited and unclear).
2) Why has the Union failed to clearly state the situation for teachers in the middle (G3-E3a)? Could it be that this lack of information is because this agreement does absolutely nothing for the teachers in this bracket? There seems to be absolutely no incentive for teachers in my position to continue, long term, in the profession. Considering we are starting to face a teacher shortage crisis and that there are fewer and fewer experienced teachers around to take on leadership positions, this lack of focus on the middle band seems counter-productive.
3) What has the Union done to address the workloads of teachers which have increased steadily over the years? I attended all the stop work rallies this year and last year, proudly carrying my AEU sign “Overworked and Underpaid” – I still seem to be in this position and will be until at least 2012!! And that’s saying nothing about class sizes, which have yet again been left off the agenda.
4) Lastly, regardless of how the Union chooses to spin the facts of this agreement, it is a 4 year, not a 3 year agreement. This locks members out of negotiations for salary and conditions until 2012 and allows us to, once again, lag significantly behind the rest of the country. Secondary to this, considering the average age of teachers in this state, many current teachers will have retired, leaving those who have been most disadvantaged by this agreement (and who choose to stay in teaching despite this), to fill the gaps.
Having been to the stop work meetings and listened carefully to the speakers and the other teachers I know, it was clear that in this negotiations we, the members, did not want our union to cave into a second rate agreement, as has happened in the past. We did not want to compromise on our goals. And yet here we find ourselves in the same position. If we ratify this agreement we may as well have taken the government’s initial 3.25% offer in January!
It is time for a change in direction from the Union and a change in those running it.
Yours Sincerely
Joanne Lockwood (Clyne) Viewbank College
As a teacher of five years experience I feel it is about time MY union heard about MY concerns and not just of those in their first year of teaching or those Leading Teachers heading towards the end of their careers. It seems the Union has forgotten teachers like me exist, we certainly have not been considered in the latest agreement!
I had the opportunity, this afternoon, to listen to Meredith Peace discussing the terms of the latest agreement, all of which I had read and understood from the information provided on the Union’s website. Disappointingly, I was not given the chance – in the ½ hour session – to ask the questions that were concerning me, as an A1 teacher. Granted this was not solely her fault – the few questions that were heard were related to leading teacher changes – but I did not need to hear information that was readily available. This session should have primarily been a chance for members to ask questions and voice concerns, an opportunity it seems that the Union has gone out of its way to suppress.
I have been a union member since my first day as a Victorian Government school teacher and have always recognised the need and importance of unions within our profession. However, I feel betrayed and ignored by the current Union executive; my fees would have been better placed in my bank account than into employing the individuals who have negotiated this new agreement!
I have a number of specific questions and criticisms that I hope the Union will address:
1) Why did the AUE Victoria allow the government and the media to firstly release details of the agreement before members were told and more importantly, why did the union sit back and allow the media to continuously claim that we will now be the highest paid teachers in the country?
I was appalled when we were finally given specific details – several weeks after the in principle agreement was made – only to find that it is just 1st year teachers and those at the top of the scale who would in fact be better paid than teachers in NSW. For the rest of us somewhere in the 11 years in between the bottom and the top, we will be paid less, up to $13,000 less!
I was also increasingly angered over the lack of communication with members and the misleading information that was eventually provided (e.g. claiming that I would be given a 25.54% pay rise, which is clearly not the case in reality). It seems quite convenient that no details were released until after the NAPLAN testing was underway (and even then it was limited and unclear).
2) Why has the Union failed to clearly state the situation for teachers in the middle (G3-E3a)? Could it be that this lack of information is because this agreement does absolutely nothing for the teachers in this bracket? There seems to be absolutely no incentive for teachers in my position to continue, long term, in the profession. Considering we are starting to face a teacher shortage crisis and that there are fewer and fewer experienced teachers around to take on leadership positions, this lack of focus on the middle band seems counter-productive.
3) What has the Union done to address the workloads of teachers which have increased steadily over the years? I attended all the stop work rallies this year and last year, proudly carrying my AEU sign “Overworked and Underpaid” – I still seem to be in this position and will be until at least 2012!! And that’s saying nothing about class sizes, which have yet again been left off the agenda.
4) Lastly, regardless of how the Union chooses to spin the facts of this agreement, it is a 4 year, not a 3 year agreement. This locks members out of negotiations for salary and conditions until 2012 and allows us to, once again, lag significantly behind the rest of the country. Secondary to this, considering the average age of teachers in this state, many current teachers will have retired, leaving those who have been most disadvantaged by this agreement (and who choose to stay in teaching despite this), to fill the gaps.
Having been to the stop work meetings and listened carefully to the speakers and the other teachers I know, it was clear that in this negotiations we, the members, did not want our union to cave into a second rate agreement, as has happened in the past. We did not want to compromise on our goals. And yet here we find ourselves in the same position. If we ratify this agreement we may as well have taken the government’s initial 3.25% offer in January!
It is time for a change in direction from the Union and a change in those running it.
Yours Sincerely
Joanne Lockwood (Clyne) Viewbank College
Friday, May 30, 2008
Wondered why AEU Councillors voted Yes?
Dear Colleagues,
Many of you have probably wondered why the majority of AEU Councillors voted for this agreement, which many if not most classroom teachers think stinks?
Please take a few minutes to read this and you may understand why.
Yesterday AEU Council met. the primary and secondary sector meet first, separately to deal with their own specific issues. Then we meet as a joint council and finally as Branch Council, which means primary, secondary, early childhood and TAFE. SSO's join in from the beginning and attend the relevant separate sector meeting and then join in the Joint and Branch Council meetings.
At both primary and secondary council meetings yesterday we had to vote to fill vacant council positions. At both primary and secondary there 2 vacant positions. At primary 2 AEU members nominated for each position and at secondary there was only 1 nomination for one of the positions but 3 for the second.
The rule pertinent to such situations reads as follows; Where the unexpired portion of the term of a position in which an extraordinary or casual vacancy occurs does not exceed three quarters of the term of the position, the relevant sector council may appoint a financial member of the sector or sub-sector and the relevant region or group of regions or the relevant TAFE institute to fill the position.
At secondary sector Justin Mullay, Deputy Vice President of secondary, read out the 3 names for the position, for which 3 members had nominated and then moved a motion that we appoint one of them. Teachers Alliance Councillors were surprised, to say the least and I objected and asked why an election was not taking place so that a democratic process would determine which of the 3 candidates should fill the vacancy. Norrian Rundle also a Teachers Alliance councillor pointed out that we had no information about any of the 3 candidates and yet we were being asked to blindly vote for one, the one the AEU officials had obviously anointed. Another councillor spoke to support one of the other candidates.
The majority of councillors dutifully put up their hands for the anointed one. Apparently the same scenario took place at primary council. I am really outraged at this lack of democracy. Secondly I believe that the logic of this implies that the AEU officials don't even trust their own councillors to vote the 'right' way, they have to pick out the suitable candidate. Thirdly, how dare they determine, without a fair process which candidate is more suitable or deserving enough to represent AEU members as a councillor. Obviously, they are worried about 'ordinary' members putting themselves forward because they may ask questions or even challenge the direction that these officials want.
Next year there will be elections which they cannot control. We need to take back control of our union to make it a democratic and strong union, one which is willing to get pay justice for all levels of teaching and finally address our working conditions, class sizes and end contract teaching.
Mary Merkenich AEU Councillor Teachers Alliance
View our web site at www.teachers-alliance.org
Many of you have probably wondered why the majority of AEU Councillors voted for this agreement, which many if not most classroom teachers think stinks?
Please take a few minutes to read this and you may understand why.
Yesterday AEU Council met. the primary and secondary sector meet first, separately to deal with their own specific issues. Then we meet as a joint council and finally as Branch Council, which means primary, secondary, early childhood and TAFE. SSO's join in from the beginning and attend the relevant separate sector meeting and then join in the Joint and Branch Council meetings.
At both primary and secondary council meetings yesterday we had to vote to fill vacant council positions. At both primary and secondary there 2 vacant positions. At primary 2 AEU members nominated for each position and at secondary there was only 1 nomination for one of the positions but 3 for the second.
The rule pertinent to such situations reads as follows; Where the unexpired portion of the term of a position in which an extraordinary or casual vacancy occurs does not exceed three quarters of the term of the position, the relevant sector council may appoint a financial member of the sector or sub-sector and the relevant region or group of regions or the relevant TAFE institute to fill the position.
At secondary sector Justin Mullay, Deputy Vice President of secondary, read out the 3 names for the position, for which 3 members had nominated and then moved a motion that we appoint one of them. Teachers Alliance Councillors were surprised, to say the least and I objected and asked why an election was not taking place so that a democratic process would determine which of the 3 candidates should fill the vacancy. Norrian Rundle also a Teachers Alliance councillor pointed out that we had no information about any of the 3 candidates and yet we were being asked to blindly vote for one, the one the AEU officials had obviously anointed. Another councillor spoke to support one of the other candidates.
The majority of councillors dutifully put up their hands for the anointed one. Apparently the same scenario took place at primary council. I am really outraged at this lack of democracy. Secondly I believe that the logic of this implies that the AEU officials don't even trust their own councillors to vote the 'right' way, they have to pick out the suitable candidate. Thirdly, how dare they determine, without a fair process which candidate is more suitable or deserving enough to represent AEU members as a councillor. Obviously, they are worried about 'ordinary' members putting themselves forward because they may ask questions or even challenge the direction that these officials want.
Next year there will be elections which they cannot control. We need to take back control of our union to make it a democratic and strong union, one which is willing to get pay justice for all levels of teaching and finally address our working conditions, class sizes and end contract teaching.
Mary Merkenich AEU Councillor Teachers Alliance
View our web site at www.teachers-alliance.org
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
AEU Ratification Voting Meetings Details (AEU)
28 May 2008
Dear Sub-branch Representative
You should now have received in the mail your delegate entitlement for the series of Ratification
meetings across the State for the proposed Agreement (Certified Agreement plus Memorandum of
Understanding). If you have not received this mail by COB today, please contact John Cassidy at
the AEU on 1800 013 379.
The updated list of meetings and venues are:
Mon June 2 4.30pm Abbotsford AEU office, 112 Trenerry Cres
Mon June 2 5.00pm Warrnambool Warrnambool PS, Staff Rm, Jamieson St
Tues June 3 4.30pm Ballarat Ballarat Trades Hall, Camp St
Tues June 3 4.30pm Frankston Frankston Arts Centre, Young St
Wed June 4 4.30pm Deer Park Sunshine Golf Club, 475 Mount Derrimut Rd
Wed June 4 4.30pm Mulgrave Wellington SC, 91 Police Rd, Mulgrave
Wed June 4 5.00pm Leongatha Leongatha SC, Staff Centre, Nerrena Rd
Thurs June 5 4.45pm Bendigo Bendigo Trades Hall, 40 View St
Thurs June 5 5.00pm Bairnsdale Bairnsdale SC Jnr Campus, Boucher Hall
Thurs June 5 5.00pm Moe Lowanna SC, 72-96 Newark Ave, Newborough
Tues June 10 4.00pm Maryborough Maryborough Ed Centre, Balaclava Rd
Tues June 10 4.30pm Mildura Chaffey SC – Rm D1, 261-289 Deakin Ave
Tues June 10 4.30pm Geelong Geelong T&LC, 127 Myers St
Wed June 11 5.00pm Benalla Benalla College, Dunlop Campus, Faithfull St
Wed June 11 5.00pm Wodonga Wodonga PS, 41 Brockley St
Wed June 11 4.30pm Swan Hill Swan Hill PS – Staff Rm, 123 Gray St
Thurs June 12 5.00pm Shepparton McGuire College, Presentation Area Science &
Technology Centre, Wilmot Rd
Thurs June 12 4.30pm Eltham Eltham HS, Withers Way
Thurs June 12 5.30pm Horsham Horsham College, High Street
It is important that the outcome of the Ratification meetings reflect the membership view on the
totality of the Agreement.
Proxy voting
Under the AEU rules a delegate can carry one (1) proxy vote (but only one (1)).
Please be advised that should Proxies be appointed to attend ratification meetings they will need to
present evidence of their appointment in writing from the sub-branch member they are proxying for
and have with them the relevant voting card.
Voting cards need to be completed when attending ratification meetings including name and
signature. Voting cards will be required for the formal vote at the meeting and will be stamped as √
COMPLETED.
Registration
Delegates must register prior to the meeting and have their voting card(s) stamped prior to voting.
So please get to the meeting as early as you can.
Observers
Any observer must be an AEU member and must also register prior to the meeting. Under AEU
Rules, observers can participate in the meeting only with the leave of the meeting.
Any queries related to the above should be addressed to John Cassidy.
Yours sincerely
MARY BLUETT
Branch President
Dear Sub-branch Representative
You should now have received in the mail your delegate entitlement for the series of Ratification
meetings across the State for the proposed Agreement (Certified Agreement plus Memorandum of
Understanding). If you have not received this mail by COB today, please contact John Cassidy at
the AEU on 1800 013 379.
The updated list of meetings and venues are:
Mon June 2 4.30pm Abbotsford AEU office, 112 Trenerry Cres
Mon June 2 5.00pm Warrnambool Warrnambool PS, Staff Rm, Jamieson St
Tues June 3 4.30pm Ballarat Ballarat Trades Hall, Camp St
Tues June 3 4.30pm Frankston Frankston Arts Centre, Young St
Wed June 4 4.30pm Deer Park Sunshine Golf Club, 475 Mount Derrimut Rd
Wed June 4 4.30pm Mulgrave Wellington SC, 91 Police Rd, Mulgrave
Wed June 4 5.00pm Leongatha Leongatha SC, Staff Centre, Nerrena Rd
Thurs June 5 4.45pm Bendigo Bendigo Trades Hall, 40 View St
Thurs June 5 5.00pm Bairnsdale Bairnsdale SC Jnr Campus, Boucher Hall
Thurs June 5 5.00pm Moe Lowanna SC, 72-96 Newark Ave, Newborough
Tues June 10 4.00pm Maryborough Maryborough Ed Centre, Balaclava Rd
Tues June 10 4.30pm Mildura Chaffey SC – Rm D1, 261-289 Deakin Ave
Tues June 10 4.30pm Geelong Geelong T&LC, 127 Myers St
Wed June 11 5.00pm Benalla Benalla College, Dunlop Campus, Faithfull St
Wed June 11 5.00pm Wodonga Wodonga PS, 41 Brockley St
Wed June 11 4.30pm Swan Hill Swan Hill PS – Staff Rm, 123 Gray St
Thurs June 12 5.00pm Shepparton McGuire College, Presentation Area Science &
Technology Centre, Wilmot Rd
Thurs June 12 4.30pm Eltham Eltham HS, Withers Way
Thurs June 12 5.30pm Horsham Horsham College, High Street
It is important that the outcome of the Ratification meetings reflect the membership view on the
totality of the Agreement.
Proxy voting
Under the AEU rules a delegate can carry one (1) proxy vote (but only one (1)).
Please be advised that should Proxies be appointed to attend ratification meetings they will need to
present evidence of their appointment in writing from the sub-branch member they are proxying for
and have with them the relevant voting card.
Voting cards need to be completed when attending ratification meetings including name and
signature. Voting cards will be required for the formal vote at the meeting and will be stamped as √
COMPLETED.
Registration
Delegates must register prior to the meeting and have their voting card(s) stamped prior to voting.
So please get to the meeting as early as you can.
Observers
Any observer must be an AEU member and must also register prior to the meeting. Under AEU
Rules, observers can participate in the meeting only with the leave of the meeting.
Any queries related to the above should be addressed to John Cassidy.
Yours sincerely
MARY BLUETT
Branch President
Monday, May 26, 2008
Schools agreement — Members to decide (AEU)
AEU e-Newsletter - Issue 26
In this issue:
Schools agreement — Members to decide
Next Monday will see the start of ratification meetings around the state as AEU delegates vote on the new Certified Agreement prior to any final union acceptance.
http://aeu-vic.labor.net.au/newsletters/26/sch_agree.html
The risks of voting ‘no’
If members vote No at the ratification meetings, the result will be simple - there will be no agreement. Those proposing a No vote should say what they will do if they are successful.
http://aeu-vic.labor.net.au/newsletters/26/risk.html
Extra agreement meeting set for Mulgrave
An additional agreement ratification meeting will be held at Wellington Secondary College on Wednesday June 4 at 4.30pm following requests from sub-branches in the area.
http://aeu-vic.labor.net.au/newsletters/26/mulgrave.html
Schools agreement: A long list of benefits
It’s not just about the money. On top of $10,000 pay rises for teachers at the top of the scale and the most competitive starting salary in Australia, the proposed agreement contains other benefits.
http://aeu-vic.labor.net.au/newsletters/26/benefits.html
TAFE campaign takes resolution to Minister Allan
The AEU Victorian Branch TAP Council is calling on the Brumby Government and the Minister for Skills, Jacinta Allan, to provide funding to ensure a salary outcome that will attract and retain qualified TAFE teachers across the state.
http://aeu-vic.labor.net.au/newsletters/26/tafe.html
TAFE and AMES online survey — tell us about your working life
The AEU's online TAFE survey of TAFE teachers will be closing at close of business on Thursday.
http://aeu-vic.labor.net.au/newsletters/26/survey.html
MECA 2008 negotiations begin for early childhood
The AEU has met Kindergarten Parents Victoria (KPV) to begin negotiations for a new multi-employer certified agreement (MECA).
http://aeu-vic.labor.net.au/newsletters/26/meca.html
Teachers call on government to fund professional pay
The AEU welcomes a Business Council of Australia proposal calling for
$4 billion to double the top rate of pay for teachers, but warns that increased funding for public schools is also needed.
http://aeu-vic.labor.net.au/newsletters/26/prof_pay.html
Coming up: APHEDA fundraising dinner
This year’s Union Aid Abroad–APHEDA dinner will be held at the St Kilda Town Hall on Friday 18 July.
http://aeu-vic.labor.net.au/newsletters/26/apheda.html
Women’s Power Forum 2008
“Women in the Arts” is the first event being held as part of this year’s Women’s Power Forum, which begins this Friday.
http://aeu-vic.labor.net.au/newsletters/26/women.html
Giveaway: Little Books of Big Ideas
Thanks to ABC Books we have two books in the Little Book of Big Ideas
series: Politics by Anne Perkins (leader writer for The Guardian
newspaper) and Business by Dr John Lipczynski (London School of Economics).
http://aeu-vic.labor.net.au/newsletters/26/giveaway.html
AEU e-Newsletter: http://aeu-vic.labor.net.au/newsletters/
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In this issue:
Schools agreement — Members to decide
Next Monday will see the start of ratification meetings around the state as AEU delegates vote on the new Certified Agreement prior to any final union acceptance.
http://aeu-vic.labor.net.au/newsletters/26/sch_agree.html
The risks of voting ‘no’
If members vote No at the ratification meetings, the result will be simple - there will be no agreement. Those proposing a No vote should say what they will do if they are successful.
http://aeu-vic.labor.net.au/newsletters/26/risk.html
Extra agreement meeting set for Mulgrave
An additional agreement ratification meeting will be held at Wellington Secondary College on Wednesday June 4 at 4.30pm following requests from sub-branches in the area.
http://aeu-vic.labor.net.au/newsletters/26/mulgrave.html
Schools agreement: A long list of benefits
It’s not just about the money. On top of $10,000 pay rises for teachers at the top of the scale and the most competitive starting salary in Australia, the proposed agreement contains other benefits.
http://aeu-vic.labor.net.au/newsletters/26/benefits.html
TAFE campaign takes resolution to Minister Allan
The AEU Victorian Branch TAP Council is calling on the Brumby Government and the Minister for Skills, Jacinta Allan, to provide funding to ensure a salary outcome that will attract and retain qualified TAFE teachers across the state.
http://aeu-vic.labor.net.au/newsletters/26/tafe.html
TAFE and AMES online survey — tell us about your working life
The AEU's online TAFE survey of TAFE teachers will be closing at close of business on Thursday.
http://aeu-vic.labor.net.au/newsletters/26/survey.html
MECA 2008 negotiations begin for early childhood
The AEU has met Kindergarten Parents Victoria (KPV) to begin negotiations for a new multi-employer certified agreement (MECA).
http://aeu-vic.labor.net.au/newsletters/26/meca.html
Teachers call on government to fund professional pay
The AEU welcomes a Business Council of Australia proposal calling for
$4 billion to double the top rate of pay for teachers, but warns that increased funding for public schools is also needed.
http://aeu-vic.labor.net.au/newsletters/26/prof_pay.html
Coming up: APHEDA fundraising dinner
This year’s Union Aid Abroad–APHEDA dinner will be held at the St Kilda Town Hall on Friday 18 July.
http://aeu-vic.labor.net.au/newsletters/26/apheda.html
Women’s Power Forum 2008
“Women in the Arts” is the first event being held as part of this year’s Women’s Power Forum, which begins this Friday.
http://aeu-vic.labor.net.au/newsletters/26/women.html
Giveaway: Little Books of Big Ideas
Thanks to ABC Books we have two books in the Little Book of Big Ideas
series: Politics by Anne Perkins (leader writer for The Guardian
newspaper) and Business by Dr John Lipczynski (London School of Economics).
http://aeu-vic.labor.net.au/newsletters/26/giveaway.html
AEU e-Newsletter: http://aeu-vic.labor.net.au/newsletters/
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Agreement and Ratification Meeting Information (AEU)
Subject: Agreement and Ratification Meeting Information
Dear sub-branch rep,
We are writing to highlight the importance of the ratification process for the new agreement. We urge you to meet as a sub branch, support the proposed Agreement, which in the view of the negotiators is the best achievable outcome and attend the ratification meeting to register your sub branch’s vote.
There are 3 ratification meetings in your area (you can attend any of these):
Monday June 2nd Abbotsford 4:30pm (AEU office 112 Trenerry Cres, Abbotsford)
Tuesday June 3rd Frankston 4:30pm (Frankston Arts Centre, Young St, Frankston)
Wednesday June 4th Wellington 4:30pm (Wellington SC, 91 Police Rd, Mulgrave)
The sub branch delegate entitlement for voting will be 1 delegate for every 20 financial members (or part thereof) in the sub branch. Delegates are to be appointed by each sub branch. Each delegate will be entitled to vote once at one ratification meeting only. If you have any queries or would like to discuss anything to do with the ratification process or agreement, please contact your organiser or myself in the MSU.
Make sure you’re there to have your voice heard.
Dear sub-branch rep,
We are writing to highlight the importance of the ratification process for the new agreement. We urge you to meet as a sub branch, support the proposed Agreement, which in the view of the negotiators is the best achievable outcome and attend the ratification meeting to register your sub branch’s vote.
There are 3 ratification meetings in your area (you can attend any of these):
Monday June 2nd Abbotsford 4:30pm (AEU office 112 Trenerry Cres, Abbotsford)
Tuesday June 3rd Frankston 4:30pm (Frankston Arts Centre, Young St, Frankston)
Wednesday June 4th Wellington 4:30pm (Wellington SC, 91 Police Rd, Mulgrave)
The sub branch delegate entitlement for voting will be 1 delegate for every 20 financial members (or part thereof) in the sub branch. Delegates are to be appointed by each sub branch. Each delegate will be entitled to vote once at one ratification meeting only. If you have any queries or would like to discuss anything to do with the ratification process or agreement, please contact your organiser or myself in the MSU.
Make sure you’re there to have your voice heard.
Sunday, May 25, 2008
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