This year, union members across Queensland Health are negotiating new collective agreements for wages and conditions. This will have a direct effect on your conditions of work and the standards of care you provide. 

Last Tuesday, Branch Secretary Alex Scott attended the budget 'lock up' with several other union leaders and government stakeholders.

Here are some highlights of the budget in regards to CSYW and YJ:

Under your collective agreement, Health management are required to consult with union members over changes to your conditions such as your roster, or organisation and reporting structure. I have been provided with documents outlining proposed changes and as part of the consultation process, I am sharing these documents with you.

James Cook University has recently made contact regarding organisational change that they are intending to make in your workplace.

Please see AHPRA’s consultation outcome for the delivering a national compliance operating model that was received in our office this week.

Last week the Queensland state government released the state budget. You can read the update we sent to our public servant members about the budget here.

We know that to get the best outcomes for your working life it is really important to have a strong union in your workplace. Key components of this are having active members and delegates, involved in union activities, supporting one another and working collectively.

We hope everyone is staying well!

Yesterday we had our fourth negotiation meeting where your Delegates and industrial representatives continued to discuss matters in our list of issues, in particular we discussed the following claims;

The ballot results for your new agreement shows it has been overwhelmingly endorsed across Armaguard Metro with 91 out of 101 workers voting yes!