The results are in – 91% of respondents voted ‘Yes’ on the government’s latest offer to support staff!
Congratulations to the hundreds of support staff who participated in the ballot and supported collective action to get us a here. Your action has secured improved conditions for your colleagues, students, and our public education system.
Here’s a quick recap of what members have voted for:
- Pay increases averaging 11% over the life of the PSUWA, with lump sum increases to base salaries
- 6-7 extra days of paid work, cutting down unpaid stand down
- New career pathways & specialisation for TAs
- Toileting Allowance – if you’re required to do it, you’ll get it!
- New Aquatic Allowance, Personal Impact Days, Reproductive Leave & Pregnancy Loss Leave
- Easier to access Recreation Leave, PLUS ability to access personal leave for medical appointments
- Carers leave doubled
- Less burden of evidence for Bereavement Leave
- Qualify for parental leave after 40 weeks
- 25 days Family & Domestic Violence Leave
- If you’re an AEU Rep for your support staff colleagues, you can now get paid time to attend training and events even if they fall outside your normal working hours!
This is just a snapshot. You can find everything contained in the offer by clicking here.
What’s next?
You’ll want to know when new and improved conditions, allowances, and pay increases will come into effect! We’re hard at work preparing the new agreement for registration. We want to see this happen as soon as possible, but it’s important to get the details right.
All new union agreements need to be registered and approved by the Tasmanian Industrial Commission. DECYP have indicated they’ve pencilled in a hearing for May 1st, followed by finalising increases to pay and allowances (as well as back pay), from the start of June.
We’ll keep you in the loop each step of the way! As always, if you have any questions, get in touch.
Let’s celebrate!
In union, we’ve achieved some outstanding wins for educators. We’ve faced a hostile government determined to resurrect a wage freeze and job cuts. We stopped them in their tracks while focusing on our issues: unsafe workloads, school violence, and improved conditions and career pathways to attract new educators and reward experience.
All of this has happened because you and your coworkers took action together. The past 12 months have seen our first 24-hour strikes in a generation, as well as unprecedented work bans.
While acceptance of this Agreement won’t solve the state’s education crisis, it will go some way towards alleviating the current pressures on members.
All work bans lifted
Note: All work bans have been lifted by your AEU Executive.
If you have any questions, please get in touch with your AEU support team at support@aeutas.org.au or on (03) 6234 9500.
