r/AusUnions

I agree that red unions are a joke but this legislation is more about making sure unions can’t emerge to challenge the labor party lackies when members are dissatisfied. Like what will this mean for RAFFU?

Work in large org, that has multiple EBAs with different unions, however maybe only 30-40% of workforce is covered by it.

My full time perm contract is silent on the EBA, I was told on many occasions that our team isn’t covered by any EBA.

If I join one of the unions what are my chances to ask them to be covered by one of the EBA?

Has anyone actually done that?

Political organising has a long history in the labour movement. There are those who point to Labor as one of the main issues with the union movement and those who cling to it as the only way to achieve outcomes.

The organiser at my union does everything with a cobbled together spider web of WhatsApp groups, Microsoft OneDrive links and Microsoft Teams bs.

It works, I guess, technically, in a way. But, for the amount of money sloshing around at my union, it's a pretty crappy, low-functioning setup.

It's also annoying knowing that all of these have higher-functioning, free, open source alternatives. These could all be networked and connected to a unified front-end (i.e. an app, or a web-app). However, from what I've been able to glean, my union has gutted out any IT staff with the expertise to set any of this up.

Hi everyone,

Currently I am a casual employee under the Amusement, Events and Recreation Award 2020 and I’m confused about how breaks work under the award. I have two main questions, but I'll list the relevant clauses first.

Clause 15.2 states that:

   Paid rest breaks—casual employees

(a)         Casual employees engaged for a minimum of 5 hours must be allowed a rest break of 20 minutes without loss of pay.

(b)        Casual employees required to continue working for a further 5 hours must be allowed a further rest break of 20 minutes without loss of pay.

Clause 15.1 states that:
An employee, other than a casual employee, must be allowed a meal break of between 30 and 60 minutes, not later than 5 hours after starting work.

1. If I work for longer than 5 hours, for instance 8 hours, shouldn't I receive a 20 minute paid rest break, and be paid accordingly for the full 8 hours instead of having a 30-minute unpaid break deducted as according to my payslip and thus only being paid for 7 and a half hours?
2. If I were to work for EXACTLY 5 hours, am I entitled to a full 20 minute paid rest break? Currently I do not get a break when my shift is exactly 5 hours at all.

Thanks.

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