At the meeting this week we had further discussions around meal breaks and the issue of compensation when on WorkCover.

Last year Together members scored a major win in reaching in-principle settlement of the "core" public service agreement. In December, you received your first 2.5% increase as part of this agreement.

Welcome back to Term 1 of 2016. We hope that you had a great break over summer and that the start of term hasn’t been too hectic!

As you know recently schools had Day 8 - the day when school enrolment numbers are analysed and school resources are evaluated and allocated. Day 8 is the day that schools are once again under-resourced by an out-dated "Allocative Model".

It’s been a little while since you’ve heard from us. Today, we have a report-back from our meeting with the Director-General and – importantly – we want to hear from you.

As you may be aware the Hunter Review recommended the majority of the Office of the Chief Health Information Officer (OCHIO) combine with the Health Services Information Agency (HSIA) to form eHealth Queensland.

Following on from Jason Hunt’s email last week on the Collective Agreement negotiations here is this week’s report back.

Great news, Together members have won the first stage in securing fairer employment practices and more secure jobs at QSS. Your action to shine a light on temporary, higher duties and casual roles within QSS has resulted in the acting Director General Jamie Merrick agreeing to an extensive review of the employment of QSS staff. 

This morning Australia found out about Malcolm Turnbull’s radical plan to destroy the TAFE system as we know it. The plan, leaked to news outlets, would see fees sky rocket as low-grade private training providers engage in a race to the bottom. Turnbull’s plan is Campbell Newman’s radical agenda for TAFE but on steroids.

I’m a delegate from Woodford and am part of the team negotiating for a new Collective Agreement to replace our current one which expires on 31 March this year.