Dear Member,

Last year, your employer’s representatives ACCPA approached HSU members to renegotiate your enterprise agreement, which sets out your wages and conditions. This was to be part of a process with other employers from across the state.

However, St Agnes Care and Lifestyle management have now approached HSU members to step away from the process and negotiate a separate enterprise agreement.

This is a positive outcome because it means discussions can focus on the specific conditions members want at St Agnes Care and Lifestyle.

To start planning for these negotiations, HSU members met to discuss the top priorities.

HSU members tabled a log of claims to ACCPA earlier in this process, which is a list of improvement for wages and conditions in a new EA. It has been some time , so it’s important that members have their say once again to ensure the log of claims reflects your top priorities.

Click here to have your say on top priorities for the new agreement!

At our annual conference last year, HSU delegates from across NSW, ACT and QLD set key priorities for the Aged Care sector. These priorities focus on:

1. Fair Pay at Work
2. A More Democratic Workplace
3. A Safer Workplace
4. Supporting Career Development

View the full sector priorities here.

These priorities, along with your priorities from the survey, will form our HSU log of claims.

All HSU members will be updated as the negotiations progress. If your colleagues are not yet HSU members, encourage them to join today at www.hsu.asn.au/join and have their say.