An extract from the Together Union Website:
September 14 2012
September 14 2012
It’s been another very tough week, with budget announcements, and
job cuts figures and specifics still coming through. Today in
Parliament the Premier even tried to claim that no one had been ‘sacked’
that everyone who had left had left voluntarily. We all know that this
is just lies, lies, lies.
Now the Premier is trying to ride roughshod over the truth again – but you have a chance to stop it.
Today in the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission, government representatives decided that they wanted to have a vote of all staff on a collective agreement offer instead of having to argue these points in front of the independent umpire, despite refusing to offer job security - This is a desperate tactic by government however it is one we need to take very seriously. This government cannot be trusted.
Campbell Newman wants to be able to say that public servants are voting to give away job security, so a yes vote for this deal put by the government will be a vote in favour of the way that Campbell Newman is treating the public service. A yes vote will condone what Campbell Newman is doing.
This is our opportunity to have a referendum on this government’s record over the last few months and whether you think they are telling the truth about their job cuts agenda.
While it’s great that you will all get the opportunity to have a say on what you think of this government’s record, but they are trying to be tricky about how your voice is heard. It is possible that they will try to run this very serious ballot via SMS or email only. Not only that, but to conduct it using an ‘independent’ source, other than the Electoral Commission, possibly in the same way that the Peter Costello audit was ‘independent’.
I have grave concerns about how the government holds this ballot. These issues are too serious to be treated like a ridiculous political poll. These are our livelihoods and future jobs on the line.
Today in the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission, government representatives decided that they wanted to have a vote of all staff on a collective agreement offer instead of having to argue these points in front of the independent umpire, despite refusing to offer job security - This is a desperate tactic by government however it is one we need to take very seriously. This government cannot be trusted.
Campbell Newman wants to be able to say that public servants are voting to give away job security, so a yes vote for this deal put by the government will be a vote in favour of the way that Campbell Newman is treating the public service. A yes vote will condone what Campbell Newman is doing.
This is our opportunity to have a referendum on this government’s record over the last few months and whether you think they are telling the truth about their job cuts agenda.
While it’s great that you will all get the opportunity to have a say on what you think of this government’s record, but they are trying to be tricky about how your voice is heard. It is possible that they will try to run this very serious ballot via SMS or email only. Not only that, but to conduct it using an ‘independent’ source, other than the Electoral Commission, possibly in the same way that the Peter Costello audit was ‘independent’.
I have grave concerns about how the government holds this ballot. These issues are too serious to be treated like a ridiculous political poll. These are our livelihoods and future jobs on the line.
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