Delegates and Together staff met with Professor Carolyn Evans and Chief People Officer Kirsty Dwyer this afternoon.

Wages

On Friday 1 May we received a reassurance from Minister Grace and then Deputy Premier and Treasurer Trad that back-pay and arrangements overdue from 2019 would be implemented. Your delegates and union office met with Minister Bailey on the 5th of May to emphasise the importance of your back-pay to be paid in this financial year. Minister Bailey committed to taking these concerns to Government and understood the importance of this request.

We hope this email finds you well. Thank you for continuing to do the important work of DCDSS and AS&RS during these challenging times – your services to the community are invaluable.

Your Department of Education EB

On Monday 25^th of May we have a hearing before the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission as we have made an application to certify the Department of Education Agreement 2019.

Thank you to everyone who attended the Qantas BNE members' meeting this week. If you missed the meeting, you've missed a lot of updates. Here is a summary of what was discussed:

Yesterday at the EBA meeting, Mater management stated that they want to move to a ballot on their proposed EBA.

Your EB 

On Monday, 25 May, we have a hearing before the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission as we have made an application to certify the Department of Education Agreement 2019.

Union members across the nation have been working to secure JobKeeper payments for workers at Dnata following the Federal Government’s outrageous decision to exclude you from the payments.

There have been some serious concerns highlighted in management’s Q&A concerning COVID-19 related issues specially with regards to: