Public Pay Talks - see mod warning post 4293

I'm not saying it's not. I believe it will pass with 85% +. But not by more than that. 😁

I don’t believe we will get a better deal if this is voted down. I voted yes.

Have we ever closed down the country over a pay agreement in the history of the state?

I think the unions could have been a lot more forthcoming with information as the negotiations progressed. And since an agreement was reached, they've often been misleading (9.25 v 10.25, etc).

Makes me somewhat dubious of their 'strong' recommendation.

I understand your point. But I've had 16 years of this and I've had enough. I'm still doing unpaid austerity hours and still paying the austerity bank bail out pension levy. Enough is enough. We have thousands of our own citizens leaving this country to work elsewhere in hospitals, schools and other public sector jobs and we have people at the top in the public service (politicians/senior civil servants) who couldn't give a f**k to such an extent that they can now boast of giving public servants less in 2024 than those on the dole.

Voted no because of the misrepresenting of the 9.25 as 10.25

There was a similar sectoral bargaining % in a previous deal; it went as 1% on pay to nearly if not everyone.

There are certain grades that are wildly underpaid compared to others but unlikely to get the support within their unions to have increased at everyone elses expense.

My union rep from Forsa explained local bargaining to me as, each individual sector can bargain with 1% of their pay bill. COs might try use their 1% to reduce the number of points on their scale to allow them to max out faster. Where HEOs might try and bargain around overtime. Try and be paid for the first hour of overtime or not have it capped at the 6th point of the scale.

If that is the case there will be a lot of negotiating for each sector.