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EBA CAMPAIGN > HEATING UP
MEMBERS REJECT NECA’S RADICAL LOG OF CLAIMS
The ETU’s Follow the Leaders campaign is hotting up, with hundreds of workplace meetings taking place across Victoria. At the meetings, Organisers are reporting to our 10,000 members in the Electrical Contracting Industry on the state of negotiations that have stalled after 6 months of fruitless talks. The
stakes have been further raised by the appearance of NECA’s Tony Abbott-style log of claims.
In meetings held so far, members have unanimously and vocally voted to reject NECA’s log of claims, a proposal that attacks our living standards and
undermines 113 years of hard-fought gains. Check out our Facebook page for photos of members rejecting NECA’s radical wish-list. The NECA log of claims seeks to:
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MEMBERS UNANIMOUSLY REJECT NECA!
NECA Boss – Kevin McCosh
NECA Log of Claims:
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Abolish the industry RDO Calendar Abolish double time
Abolish lockdown weekends Freeze apprentice wages
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Abolish redundancy and severance payments Freeze income protection cover
Freeze allowances
Allow cash-out of RDOs
Split the EBA into 2 – isolating service and maintenance workers
Introduce compulsory annual leave
Introduce random drug and alcohol testing
Abolish accident make-up pay
Notice period to be worked
Abolish payments for inclement weather
Abolish no-disadvantage clause
Restrict living away from home entitlements
Adopt the Federal Building Code that abolishes 76 clauses in the current Agreement
REJECT THESE CLAIMS - DON’T SIGN A NON-ETU EBA!