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Article: Sticking together delivers union agreement at IRT: members tell boss they want a Union Collective Agreement; IRT agrees and drops non-union plan.(AGED CARE)(Illawarra Retirement Trust )
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- The Lamp
- Article date:
- December 1, 2008
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In April 2008, Illawarra Retirement Trust (IRT) approached staff announcing it would offer an Employee Collective Agreement that excluded union involvement.
After concerned members contacted the NSWNA, Assistant General Secretary Judith Kiejda met with IRT management and persuaded them to conduct a survey of staff, genuinely asking whether they wanted a Union Collective Agreement (UCA) or the Employee Collective Agreement (ECA) being offered by IRT.
NSWNA Officers also conducted work place visits and ran a series of information sessions to ensure that members had a clear understanding of the differences between a Union Collective Agreement (UCA) and the ...