Bargaining update – 3 September 2024
Thank you to everyone who attended your union meetings at the Distinction Hotel on 6th August.
At these meetings, members were presented with Community Living’s latest offer.
This is a summary of what your employer offered:
Their Offer
- 3% increase to wage rates, backdated to July 2024.
- Any future Pay Equity Settlement to be applied within 3 months of CLL receiving the funding
- New clause, setting out the requirement for the parties to act in good faith
- Admin change to correct Careerforce to NZQA to reflect the other providers of relevant qualifications
- Coverage Tidy Up: Administration roles covered under the Collective specified as Receptionist and Administrator and paid no less than the minimum wage plus $1.00 per hour
- Working groups/parties to be formed to address the current approach to vehicle reimbursements, reallocation, mileage related roster changes, and propose improvements that meet business and staff needs.
Claims the employer did not agree with
The employer did not agree with many of the claims which you put forward, including those members identified as important to them, including:
- A new clause acknowledging Te Tirirti
- Increases to allowances
- Inclusion of a phone allowance
- Improvement of sleepover facilities
- Gift vouchers for members only
- Ability to take extended bereavement leave with or without pay depending on circumstances.
Next Steps
At these meetings 99% of you indicated you would not accept the employers offer.
99% of you were indicated you wanted to take industrial action, such as work-to-rule and picketing. Many of you wanted to strike.
On Wednesday 28th August 2024, your bargaining team went to meet with Community Living to report the outcome from your meetings.
Only Ruth Ross was there to represent the company.
Your team told CLL that the offer did not meet with members’ approval and that members had a strong appetite for taking industrial action.
Ruth said she would take your response back to the management team for review and will come back to us with any change in Community Living’s position as soon as possible.
Once we have an update from CLL we will arrange Team’s meetings to update you on any change in the employer’s offer.
It is vital that all members take part at these meetings when they are held.
