SDA News 2015 Autumn by SDA NSW

SDANEWS OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF THE SHOP, DISTRIBUTIVE AND ALLIED EMPLOYEES’ ASSOCIATION, NEW SOUTH WALES BRANCH I AUTUMN 2015 I RRP $8.00

GREAT NEWS AT COLES SEE PAGES 16-17

SHOP, DISTRIBUTIVE AND ALLIED EMPLOYEES’ ASSOCIATION, NSW BRANCH

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Bernie Smith, Level 3, 8 Quay Street, Sydney NSW 2000 Please address all correspondence to “The Secretary”. UNION OFFICERS: SECRETARY: Bernie Smith ASSISTANT SECRETARY: Robert Tonkli PRESIDENT: Cheryl Cassell ORGANISERS METROPOLITAN: Lena Adam, Anthony Maiatico, Anthony Attard, Jakub Werstak, Alex Velickovic, Sarah Moody, Caroline Israel, Chris Stefanovski, Angela Ghanime, Mina Papadopoulos, Tina Callaghan, Joel Tynan, Adriana Moore, Karl San Pedro, Hugh McLaurin, Stephen Noone, Anthony Day, Joanne Jammal, Chris Khalil, Whitney Rizk, Alex del Rosario, Jessica Chidiac, Rayanne Li, Alison Varga, Susannah Hoffman, Nikolai Martinovic. REGIONAL: Lower South Coast, Southern Highlands & Canberra: Athol Williams and Julie Myers  phone 6273 2300 Riverina (Wagga/Albury): Struan Timms  phone 6921 8820 Western NSW (Orange/Dubbo): Louise Buesnell and Loretta Turner (part-time Organiser)  phone 6362 1965 Far North Coast (Ballina/Tweed): Trevor McCosker  phone 6686 4192 Wollongong & Illawarra: Vera Cavanagh and Di Dixon (part-time Organiser)  phone 4228 3611 Port Macquarie and Tamworth Region: Paul Mitchell  phone 6583 8837 Coffs Harbour and Armidale Region: Mariusz Werstak and Bridget Sheridan (casual Organiser)  phone 6650 9950 WAREHOUSING AND MANUFACTURING: Joseph Bourke, John Paul Sialafau SPECIALISTS INDUSTRIAL OFFICERS: Phil Walker, Bernard Govind, Mitchell Worsley, Aliscia Di Mauro, Rose Ghabache WORKERS’ COMPENSATION AND OHS OFFICERS: Michael Babic, Jane Lui SENIOR OPERATIONS OFFICER: Felicity Smithson OPERATIONS OFFICER: Paul Hangan COMMUNICATIONS OFFICERS: Michael Walker, Tim Leong INFORMATION OFFICERS: Corrine Boyle, Elizabeth Cody, David Uzzell, Georgina Psillis, Renee Jaajaa, Monica Rose EDUCATION OFFICER: Philippe LeCompte

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A Challenging Environment 2015 will be a year of great challenges as we work together to secure better wages and conditions, help members with issues in the workplace, and aim for safer workplaces. The start of the year has been busy already with some successes and some challenges. Negotiating for You As we go to print, members in Coles will be considering a new EBA that delivers strong, real wage rises that are significantly above inflation while maintaining all employees’ existing conditions. This is the difference SDA membership makes. Coles members will be getting 3% a year pay rises while the State Government offers 2.25%, and Tony Abbott’s Liberal Government offers even less, with pay rises as low as 0.8% per year. The SDA will work harder to deliver real wage rises for all members as we bargain with many big retailers this year. Know Where they Stand A State election in March, and a possible Federal election in coming months too, provides all members with a chance to ask all candidates what their position is on important issues like retail trading hours and family time; or penalty rates that compensate you if you work at unsociable times. In January, Tony Abbott was complaining that his bottle shop is closed over Easter because of penalty rates. He is wrong! They are closed due to trading laws so that retail workers enjoy family time too – like Tony no doubt will over his bottle of wine at Easter. Retail workers’ families matter too! This negative comment by Mr Abbott shows his negative views on penalty rates. The Take the Time campaign website lets you ask your candidates from all parties if they will support retail, fast food and warehouse workers’ rights to family and community time, by keeping trading restrictions in place and the shops shut on our last few remaining non-trading days. You can also ask them if they support your right to penalty rates (see page 7).

Award Review and the Productivity Commission Review of your rights at work. Retail, fast food and warehouse workers will be heard in these processes through your Union, the SDA. Cases to defend award conditions in the Modern Award Review and detailed submissions on your rights at work to the Productivity Commission are being prepared by the SDA. Great New Website A new website for the SDA has been launched. I hope you find it very useful from finding information on your work rights to ordering discount movie tickets on your phone. It is just one more way that we can communicate together to get a good deal. 2015 will be a very busy year. I know your workplaces get busier every year too, with too few staff for the work at hand. But whilst we will all be busy, as the new Coles EBA shows, together we can achieve great outcomes. I look forward to working with all members and Delegates throughout 2015.

Bernie Smith, Branch Secretary

industrial update... One of the SDA’s main tasks is to improve our members’ wages and working conditions through enterprise bargaining, meaning that if you’re covered by an EBA, you get regular pay increases. Currently, we’re negotiating with the following companies to improve employees’ conditions:  IGA Guildford Supabarn  Nambucca River Co-op Woolworths Petrol  Wollongong UniCentre Dan Murphy’s  IGA Wetherill Park GSF  R & R Super IGA Woolworths Supermarkets  St Vincent de Paul

I encourage all members to email your candidates from the Take the Time website.

UPCOMING WAGE INCREASES

This year there will be attacks on minimum wages, penalty rates, bargaining rights and more through both the Modern

Employer

The following companies have wages rise coming up: Date of Pay Rise (2015) Kmart 1 May Coles Liquor (Level 2) 1 June *for permanent employees

Weekly Increase* $12.00 $11.38

Hourly Casual Rate Rate* $20.31 $24.37 $20.26 $24.31

Your Easter Entitlements Easter is fast approaching. To help you understand your entitlements for Easter and Anzac Day, here is a general explanation by Robert Tonkli Assistant Secretary of public holidays and trading hours for shop assistants working in New South Wales in general shops.

CHECK YOUR AGREEMENT It is most important to note that the specific entitlements with respect to public holidays are governed by the Agreement or Award applicable to your employment. Depending on which company you work for, there may be some differences in the rights and entitlements outlined on these pages. You should refer to your Agreement or Award, or call the SDA on 131 SDA (131 732) to ensure your workplace entitlements are observed.

GOOD FRIDAY In New South Wales, the Retail Trading Act provides that only shops with a valid trading exemption can open for trade on Good Friday. The Retail Trading Act provides that all work performed on this day is strictly voluntary. This includes take away shops and service stations. If your shop is permitted to open, the Act does not permit your employer to roster you to work on Good Friday unless you volunteer to do so.

EASTER SATURDAY Easter Saturday is a public holiday in New South Wales. Agreements generally provide that it is voluntary to work on the day, and any work performed on the day will be paid at the public holiday rate of pay.

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The National Employment Standards provides Award-covered employees with a reasonable right to refuse to work on Easter Saturday.

EASTER SUNDAY Due to the hard work of your Union – the SDA – Easter Sunday is a public holiday in New South Wales. In New South Wales, the Retail Trading Act provides that only shops with a valid trading exemption can open for trade on Easter Sunday. The Retail Trading Act provides that all work performed on this day is strictly voluntary. This includes take away shops and service stations. If your shop is permitted to open, the Act does not permit your employer to roster you to work on Easter Sunday unless you volunteer to do so.

EASTER MONDAY Easter Monday is a public holiday in New South Wales. Agreements generally provide that it is voluntary to work on the day, and any work performed on the day will be paid at the public holiday rate of pay. The National Employment Standards provides Award-covered employees with a reasonable right to refuse to work on Easter Monday.

ANZAC DAY Anzac Day is a public holiday in NSW. In New South Wales, the Retail Trading Act provides that only shops with a valid trading exemption can open for trade prior to 1.00pm on Anzac Day. The Retail Trading Act provides that all work performed prior to 1.00pm on this day is strictly voluntary. This includes take away shops and service stations. If your shop is permitted to open, the Act does not permit your employer to roster you to work prior to 1.00pm on Anzac Day unless you volunteer to do so.

Agreements generally provide that it is voluntary to work on the day (including after 1.00pm) and any work performed on the day will be paid at the public holiday rate of pay. The National Employment Standards provides Award-covered employees with a reasonable right to refuse to work after 1.00pm on Anzac Day.

TRADING HOURS NSW legislation operates to place certain restrictions on shop trading hours over the Easter holidays. Restrictions apply to general shops on:  Good Friday, 3 April;  Easter Sunday, 5 April; and  Prior to 1.00pm on Anzac Day, 25 April. Unless granted a restricted trading exemption by the Director General of the NSW Department of Services, Technology and Administration, general shops must remain closed. If a general shop is granted an exemption to trade on Good Friday, Easter Sunday or prior to 1.00pm on Anzac Day, it is a condition of the exemption that the shop must be staffed by persons that have freely elected to work on that day. This requirement also applies to special shops such as take-away food shops, chemists and newsagencies. There must be no coercion, harassment, threat or intimidation by or on behalf of the occupier of the shop. There are no restrictions on shop trading hours on the following days:  Easter Saturday, 4 April;  Easter Monday, 6 April; and  After 1.00pm on Anzac Day, 25 April.

DO I HAVE TO WORK ON A PUBLIC HOLIDAY? Most Agreements negotiated by the SDA provide that all work on a public holiday is voluntary for all employees, including casuals.

Full-time and part-time employees who are rostered on and who refuse to work, receive the benefit of the public holiday at the ordinary time rate of pay. For employees covered by the General Retail Industry Award, public holiday entitlements are covered by the National Employment Standards (“the NES”). The NES provides that an employee is entitled to be absent on a public holiday, however, an employer may request an employee to work on a public holiday if the request is reasonable. An employee may refuse an employer’s request to work on a public holiday, if the employer’s request is unreasonable.

In determining if a request or a refusal of a request to work on a public holiday is reasonable, the following matters must be taken into account:  the nature of the work;  the employee’s personal circumstances, including family responsibilities;  whether the employee is entitled to receive penalty rates or other compensation for work on the public holiday;  the amount of notice given by the employer;  the amount of notice given by the employee when refusing the request;  any other relevant matter.

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NSW EASTER PUBLIC HOLIDAYS AND TRADING HOURS Event/Day

Public Holiday

Is Work Voluntary?

Trading Arrangements

Good Friday, Friday 3 April

Yes

Restricted Trading Day. General shops must close unless they have a restricted trading exemption or are in a tourist area. Small shops and scheduled shops may open for trade.

Easter Saturday, Saturday 4 April

Yes

Yes*

Normal trading day. All shops can trade on this day.

Easter Sunday, Sunday 5 April

Yes

Restricted Trading Day. General shops must close unless they have a restricted trading exemption or are in a tourist area. Small shops and scheduled shops may open for trade.

Easter Monday, Monday 6 April

Yes

Yes*

Normal trading day. All shops can trade on this day.

Anzac Day, Saturday 25 April

Yes

Yes*

Restricted Trading Day to 1.00pm. General shops must close prior to 1.00pm unless they have a restricted trading exemption or are in a tourist area. Small shops and scheduled shops may open for trade.

*Award-covered employees have a reasonable right to refuse to work on Easter Saturday, Easter Monday and after 1.00pm on Anzac Day. See above for more information.

ACT EASTER PUBLIC HOLIDAYS AND TRADING HOURS Event/Day

Public Holiday Is Work Voluntary?

Good Friday, Friday 3 April

Yes

Yes*

Easter Saturday, Saturday 4 April

Yes

Yes*

Easter Sunday, Sunday 5 April

Easter Monday, Monday 6 April

Yes

Yes*

Anzac Day, Saturday 25 April

Yes

Yes*

ACT MEMBERS SDA members who work in the ACT should be aware that, unlike NSW, trading restrictions do not apply. However, by convention, most shops choose to close on Good Friday and prior to 1.00pm on Anzac Day. The NES applies to all public holidays and members should check their Agreement to see what additional entitlements apply.

*Award covered employees have a reasonable right to refuse to work on a public holiday.

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ON S T E TICK

W O N SALE

Take the Time to Find Out by Bernie Smith, Branch Secretary

What do your local candidates say about trading on Christmas Day, Boxing Day, Good Friday, Easter Sunday and Anzac Day?

We’ve made it easy for you to ask them and find out! This is a serious issue for members across NSW. Last year, some retailers sought to trade on Christmas Day, and very recently we have heard of a shopping centre seeking to open on Good Friday. The NSW Election is just days away now. A red hot issue for many SDA members is whether the next Government will bring in laws to allow all shop to trade on days such as Easter Sunday and Boxing Day, or whether they will leave the laws alone and allow retail and warehouse workers to have a break on these days too. You can easily find out what your local candidate’s position is on our specially set-up website.

No mistaking the Government’s intention The Baird Liberal Government tried in 2012 to allow trading on our last 4½ days off but the legislation was blocked in the Upper House. Premier Baird has again said he will take away retail workers’ family time. As part of our Take The Time campaign, SDA members and supporters have twice petitioned the Government to keep the restrictions on trading at Easter, on Anzac Day, and over the Christmas period. These were some of the largest petitions brought before the Parliament, with a total of 37,000 signatures collected, showing the strong depth of feeling in the community on this issue. Both times it came on for debate, the Government declared it will not back down and will reintroduce the law if it gets the chance. We need assurances from members of parliament on all sides that they will support family time for retail and warehouse workers.

Just go to takethetime.org.au/candidates and type in your postcode.

These days should be days for making memories – not just another shopping day.

If your candidate’s position is unknown or unsupportive, you can send a message to let him or her know what you think!

So jump on the site, see where your candidates stand, and make your vote count!

TAKE ACTION!  Go to

takethetime.org.au/ candidates  Insert your postcode to identify your election candidates  If they are undecided, ask them to support our campaign

member survey results are in... in January and February this year, the SDA surveryed a sample of our members regarding their views about public holidays.  Favourite way to spend a public holiday: – With family: 69% – With friends: 35%  70% of respondents have felt under pressure to work on a public holiday at least some of the time.  96% would not want to work public holidays without penalty rates.

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Delegates Meetings Sydney, March 2015

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Best of Luck, Sheila In October last year, long-standing Delegate Sheila Hutchison retired from Target Liverpool. Sheila has been a member of the SDA for 31 years and store Delegate for 26 years. She is pictured here being presented with a Roll of Honour from SDA Branch Secretary Bernie Smith at a farewell get-together in Westfield Liverpool.

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100% PAY HEATIN The next 12 months in the campaign for

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full adult wages for 18- and 19-year-olds are going

to be critical.

After a surge of support from members and the

general public, the SDA secured full adult rates

for 20-year-olds working under the General Retail Award in March of 2014. It was a historic victory and is already making a big difference to the lives of 20-year-old retail workers across the country, with workers getting an extra $68 in their pockets each week.

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released its decision in March last year, the retail

lobby groups went into overdrive, launching legal

challenges and suggesting that the decision

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SDA National Secretary Gerard Dwyer says that this is the reason the campaign needs to continue â&#x20AC;&#x153;We won all the legal battles but, unfortunately, we know that the retail lobby wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t give up. These powerful groups will continue to try to put a halt to moves to pay our 18- to 20-year-old workers the pay they deserve, even despite it being clear beyond doubt that their arguments are seriously flawed,â&#x20AC;? Mr Dwyer said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had a huge win thanks to the hard work and commitment of our 100% Pay at 18+ supporters, but we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t afford to rest here. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still a lot of work to do to ensure the full adult rate for 20-year-olds stays in place, and also

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to ensure that 19- and 18-year-olds get the adult wages they deserve.

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“Negotiations to get 19-year-olds paid the

“This is an important campaign that is all

full adult rate are already underway in some

about making sure that workers get the

stores, and will continue to be a key claim in

pay they deserve. In the retail industry in

many Enterprise Agreements as they come

particular, we know that by the time a worker

up for negotiation.

turns 18, they’ve often had many years’

“We are continuing to negotiate directly with

experience in their job, and many are even in management positions.

companies, but what we really need to do “It makes no sense at all that someone who to achieve full adult rates at 18 is to continue to show there is overwhelming

HOW CAN YOU GET INVOLVED?

is considered an adult in every other single

5 Sign up to the campaign at

aspect of their life would be seen as anything

www.100percentpay.com.au f ‘Like’ the Facebook page at www.facebook. com/100percentpay

public support for 100% Pay at 18+.

other than an adult in the workplace.

“There will be a number of actions and

“If you’re giving 100% at work, you should get

events run this year as part of the

100% pay. The SDA will be fighting very hard

campaign, so it’s critical as many people as

this year to ensure that happens for workers

possible get involved where they can.

across the country.”

a Stay tuned to the website, Facebook page and your emails for information on actions you can take part in throughout the year.

Organiser Alison Varga at Sydney Uni O-week

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Higher GST on the AbboƩ Agenda?

by Gerard Dwyer, National Secretary

A Goods and Services Tax (GST) also known as a consumption tax, was introduced by the Howard Government on 1 July 2000.

The GST is an indirect tax paid by Australian consumers at a rate of 10 per cent on top of the price of most goods and services. There are some items currently exempted from the GST which include*: Most basic food;  Some education courses and related materials;  Some medical, health and care services; appliances and medicines;  Some childcare services;  Some religious and charitable activities;  Water, sewerage and drainage;  International flights and related matters;  Precious metals;  Sales through duty-free shops;  Farmland;  International mail;  Exports;  Sales of businesses as going concerns;  Some telecommunications supplies; Almost everything else that you spend your wages on is taxed an additional 10 per cent.

While Treasury officials are developing this tax reform paper, there has already been discussion in the media and comments made by government officials about the need to broaden or increase the GST. The Government is already preparing the public for what is to come. Despite Prime Minister Tony Abbott saying on the public record that his Government is committed to lowering taxes, to not introducing any new taxes and to not increasing the overall tax burden on anyone, broadening the tax base via the GST has not been ruled out.

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Possible GST Increases Under the AbboƩ Government GST on More Items The Abbott Government has committed to delivering a White Paper# on the reform of our tax system before the end of 2015 and to take any proposed changes to the next election.

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Broadening the GST base means you would pay the 10 per cent GST on a wider range of items or services that you purchase with the wages you earn. Items that are currently exempted from the GST, as listed above, like supermarket items, medicines and childcare, may in future attract an additional 10 per cent tax. The GST is a regressive tax, because it hits those on lower incomes hardest. People on lower incomes spend a larger proportion of their pay on a given basket of goods and services than a person on a higher income buying the same basket of items. This means that, as a percentage of income, a low-income earner contributes a greater proportion of their wages towards GST than a high-income earner. With a broader GST base, low-income earners who continue to buy the same goods and services each week will page ever more tax. This means that if the GST is payable on more of the items they purchase, it will reduce the amount of income they may have left over.

A Higher GST Any proposed increase to the GST rate from 10 per cent to 15-18 per cent, as is the case in other countries like New Zealand and Israel, would also have a detrimental impact on workers. Any increase to the GST rate would have the same net affect as broadening the GST base, increasing the amount of tax paid by those on lower incomes compared with higher-income earners. Both? Broadening the GST base and increasing the GST rate would simply and unfairly increase the overall tax burden on low income earners.

The SDA’s Policy on GST – It’s Not Fair to Workerss The SDA has always opposed the GST on the grounds that it increases the tax ax burden on our members. At the same time, the tax share paidd by high-income earners is reduced. This is not a fair system and the SDA DA opposes broadening of the GST base se or an increase to the GST rate. Over the last 30 years, the SDA hass been consistent in voicing its opposition to the GST, including: 

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In 1985, the SDA opposed the 12.5 per cent Consumption Tax proposed by Labor. In 1993, the SDA opposed the 15 per cent GST proposed by thee Liberal opposition. In 1998, the SDA opposed the 10 per cent GST proposed – and ultimately introduced – by the Howard Liberal Government.

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Two wins...

In 2015, the SDA continues to voice our rejection of any proposal to broaden or increase the GST that would have an adverse affect on the workers we represent.

pay their fair share of tax, rather than increasing the burden on workers through broadening or increasing the GST.

Your Union Supports a Fair Tax System for All

Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s next?

Australia must have a fair tax system where the level of taxation is borne in accordance with your capacity to pay. Ordinary workers have tax deducted from their pay so they have little opportunity for tax avoidance. You pay your fair share of tax. Unfortunately, many high-income Australians and multi-national corporations do not pay their fair share of tax. Corporate tax avoidance is a huge issue for Australia, and a fair tax system should continue to focus on getting big business and highincome earners to

The SDA awaits the release of the Abbott Government white paper on tax reform due later this year. The Union will continue to voice our strong opposition to a broadening of the GST base or an increase to the GST rate and, with the support of members like you, speak up for a fairer tax system for all Australians.

Two years in a row

*Source: Australian Government, Australian Taxation Office: www.ato.gov.au #

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Helping a Good Cause – $7,500 Donated to Children’s Hospital Members who attended last year’s Sydney SDA Union Picnic Day event helped raise $7,500 to benefit the Children’s Hospital at Westmead. This came from raffles, sweeps and donations. The Union matched this amount by adding a further $3,000. The Union would like to thank the many sponsors who generously donated raffle prizes, including Sussan, Revlon, REST, Hoyts, Woolworths and Specialty Fashion Group. Assistant Secretary Robert Tonkli is pictured here presenting the cheque to Phoebe Cunningham from the Hospital.

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A Big Welcome to Coles Trolley Collectors employees, it means that they miss out

trolley collectors will be employed under

‘Insourcing’: a win for workers

the Coles Enterprise Agreement.

It is also a welcome reversal of the story

employer.

This is fantastic, given the widespread

we hear all too often about ‘outsourcing’ –

This cuts away at the employment

abuses of wages and conditions for trolley

in all industries, not just those where SDA

standards that Australia has built up over

collectors engaged as sub-contractors

members work.

many decades and which underpins our

across the entire industry.

Outsourcing is where companies move

way of life.

Coles’ decision to directly employ trolley

jobs from their own company to outside

That is why it is great to see a company

collectors to ensure they are paid properly

companies instead of their own as a way

like Coles, that had outsourced its trolley

is a great result. Members in Coles

of saving money.

work has brought it back in house.

can look forward to welcoming trolley

This includes sending some jobs offshore.

Let’s hope we see more companies

collectors alongside them in lunchrooms.

It’s been happening for decades and is

deciding that outsourcing is not worth the

Make sure you mention to them that

much more widespread in other industries

trouble and the associated liability risks,

the superior pay and conditions enjoyed

– mainly mining and construction.

and decide to keep employment in-house,

under the Coles Enterprise Agreement

It is a real problem for workers because,

as Coles has done.

are a direct result of membership of

generally speaking, when people are

If so, that’s great news for Australian

the SDA.

engaged as contractors rather than

workers who want stable employment.

Members in Coles will soon notice that

on the superior conditions of the original

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Excellent News for Members at Cole The SDA is pleased to have finalised a new Enterprise Agreement with Coles. The Agreement will operate from seven by Bernie Smith, days after its approval Branch Secretary by the Fair Work Commission and will nominally expire on 31 May 2017. The highlights of the new Agreement are outlined below. 

Wage Increases: There will be a 9.28% increase to wages over the three-year term of the Agreement (including the interim increase negotiated by the SDA payable from 7 July 2014). This is equal to a 3% per year increase or $71.80 per week increase for full-time, adult Store Team Members (Service Assistants).

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Allowances: Allowances will increase in proportion with the wages increase. Increase to junior rates: 18-year-olds’ rates of pay will increase to 75% (from 67.5%) and 19-year-olds’ will increase to 90% (from 80%) from 1 July 2016. Customer Service Agents (CSAs): CSAs now have their own classification and a new rate of pay, which will increase by $52.30 in one step on the date of a positive vote. The new rate of pay will be 105% of the Store Team Member rate.

Classification changes: 

Point of Sale Co-ordinators will be moved to the Store Team Member classification but will keep their higher rate of pay and receive full wage increases.

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Team members in the role of the Second In-Charge (trades or non-trades classifications) will continue to have their role saved until the end of the Agreement and receive full pay increases. The Permanent In-Charge (PIC) position has been removed. Existing PICs will be saved and re-classified as Store Team Members. The difference between a PIC’s rate of pay and that of a Store Team Member will be preserved and reduce each time there is a wage increase, by absorbing half the amount of the wage rise. A team member appointed to regularly be in charge of night fill team members will be paid the Department Manager/Team Leader (Non-Trades)/Duty Manager’s rate of pay.

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Team members in charge of night fill team members on an ad hoc basis will receive the In-Charge allowance. The Bi-Lo Administration Assistant classification has been removed, with all team members in this role moved to the higher Office-in-Charge role and receiving the higher rate of pay.

Other Items 

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Meat Units throughout Australia are now covered under this proposed Agreement (after the nominal expiry date of their current State based Meat Agreement). Key provisions will be saved for existing meat team members. The Agreement has been redrafted to make it easier to read and use, as well as bringing it into line with the Fair Work Act and the National Employment Standards.

WAGE RATES FOR FULL-TIME ADULT STORE TEAM MEMBERS Percentage Increase

Weekly Increase

1.4% 1.6% 1.5% 1.5% 1.5% 1.5%

$10.80 $12.40 $12.00 $12.00 $12.30 $12.30

Pre Agreement 7 July 2014 Date of positive vote 1 July 2015 1 December 2015 1 July 2016 1 December 2016 Final Wage Cumulative Increase

Weekly Wage $773.80 $784.60 $797.00 $809.00 $821.00 $833.30 $845.60 $845.60 $71.80

Hourly Rate $20.36 $20.65 $20.97 $21.29 $21.61 $21.93 $22.25

HOURLY RATES CASUAL STORE TEAM MEMBERS Age

Old rate

Under 16 years $11.00 16 years $12.22 17 years $13.44 18 years $16.49 19 years $19.55 20 years and older $24.44

7 July 2014

Date of positive vote $11.15 $11.33 $12.39 $12.58 $13.63 $13.84 $16.72 $16.99 $19.82 $20.13

1 Dec 2015

1 July 2016

1 Dec 2016

$11.50 $11.67 $12.77 $12.96 $14.05 $14.26 $17.24 $17.50 $20.44 $20.74

$11.84 $13.16 $14.47 $19.74 $23.68

$12.02 $13.35 $14.69 $20.03 $24.03

$24.78

$25.55 $25.93

$26.31

$26.70

$25.17

1 July 2015

Organiser Anthony Day (second from left) with members at Coles Winston Hills.

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When the NSW Coalition Government cut workers’ compensation entitlements in 2012, they left injured workers and their families with less compensation than they would have received back in 1926. These injured workers are often very vulnerable. Injured workers and their families

are feeling the effects of the cuts, especially the growing number of people whose weekly payments have been cut off starting in January last year. Unions NSW conducted a survey of 1,700 workers to ask about their experience with workplace injury. Here are some of their stories:

Story 1: Jordan Jordan was knocked off his bike by a car on his way to work in July 2012, and sustained injuries that left him with a permanent impairment of 20%. He received no workers’ compensation and is currently chasing a third party insurance claim. Jordan used sick leave and annual leave to cover his time off work and received no assistance in the return-to-work process. As a result, he has had to: significantly reduce his work hours,  increase his personal debt, and  rely financially on other family members. He has also experienced secondary injuries that are both physical and psychological, including major surgery. Jordan’s injuries are huge and will take many weeks and months to heal, a process that has been hindered by the lack of support he has been able to receive through workers’ compensation. 

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n Real People The State Coalition Government cut all workers’ compensation cover for employees on the way to and from work. This leaves workers like Jordan exposed. Today, if you are a retail, fast food or warehouse worker, you are only covered for journey claims if you are an SDA member. Over the last two years, up to 4,400 days of lost wages have been recovered for injured SDA members through our journey insurance. The Government must reinstate this cover for everyone.

Story 2: Diane Diane was told that there were only suitable duties provided for 12 hours a week, when she’d previously worked full time. Another employee was hired to balance out her full-time hours. After six months of this arrangement, Diane was fired. She believes this is because her employer wanted her to return to full-time hours even though she was not yet capable of this. Stories like Diane’s should remind us that injured workers are vulnerable.

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If they are injured in their employment, their employer should provide fair compensation. A Government’s role is to provide fair laws, especially to protect the vulnerable. The 2012 changes were an atrocious attack on injured workers, with employers now paying just 5% of the true cost of workplace injury. The SDA joins other unions in the State in calling on all parties to commit to restoring fairness to the system.

Unions NSW has produced a short video, profiling other real workers’ plight under the NSW workers’ compensation system. Go to http://youtu.be/eRaMx0XyOK8 or google “workers compensation anniversary video”.

Free Accident Insurance for SDA Members Every SDA member gets free accident insurance (including journey insurance*) as part of their Union membership. And it’s absolutely free for every financial member of the Union. If you had to insure yourself with a similar policy, it would cost you about $450 each year. This insurance is intended to cover you at all times when you are not covered by workers’ compensation. And you’re covered by the policy world-wide, irrespective of where the accident occurs. *in NSW only (ACT members are covered for journey claims under workers’ compensation laws).

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The SDA – Leading the The SDA kicked

Action campaign

by Bernie Smith, Branch Secretary

Here are the results!

During Safety Demands Action week, Union Delegates, Organisers and Health and Safety Reps (HSRs) conducted safety audits in over 1,000 workplaces nationally across Australia and had conversations with close to 7,000 workers about safety and the work

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Over 77% of workers said they had participated in training on health and safety since their induction.

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Here’s what we found out from talking about safety with workers just like you, all over the county:

Safety Chats The Safety Chats were with both members and non-members to find out what safety matters were important to them, focused in 3 companies, Coles (34%), Woolworths (44%) and Bunnings (12%). 

53% of workers said they were concerned about health and safety in their workplace.

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The top three issues workers said were affecting their workplace are:

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1. Workload/rostering issues (52%) 2. Heat and cold (41%) 3. Manual handling (37%)

Work Health Rights Work Health Rights was a key focus of our Safety Chat, particularly the rights of workers when they are ill or injured at work. The SDA wants to make sure you are well informed about your right to choose your own doctor and your right to attend a medical consultation without being accompanied by a manager. Workers who participated in a Safety Chat were provided with an injured workers card which provided useful information about their Work Health Rights.

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Safety Audits Using the SDA Safety Scorecard, Organisers, Delegates and HSRs conducted 1,086 workplace safety audits across Australia during Safety Demands Action week. Of these, 265 were conducted in NSW. The majority of Safety Scorecard audits were undertaken in Coles, Woolworths and Bunnings stores.

These audits provided the SDA with a snap shot of how you have a say in the health and safety issues affecting you at your workplace.

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Importantly the data from our Safety Scorecard audits has also helped us identify the key issues impacting on the health and safety of workers like you.

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he way in Workplace Safety Key findings from the Safety Scorecard audits included: Consultation:  Over 85% of workplaces audited indicated that health and safety was taken seriously, with around 82% of workplaces indicating that their employer consulted with workers about health and safety. Committees:  Over 98% of workplaces audited had health and safety committees, of which over 95% met on a regular basis (at least every three months). 

Health and safety committees were called ‘Safety teams’ in nearly 30% of workplaces.

Representation:  Nationally, just over 90% of workplaces identified their committee as being made up of at least 50% workers but the majority of committees were chaired by a manager rather than an employee. 

Unfortunately, only 43% of workplaces audited indicated they had an employee elected Health and Safety Representative (HSR).

Reporting issues:  In almost 90% of stores audited, minutes from each health and safety committee meeting were available to staff in the store. 

An overwhelming majority of Delegates, Organisers and HSRs said that they had raised a health and safety issue in their workplace.

Top health and safety issues experienced frequently in workplaces:  Nationally, the top issues experienced frequently in audited workplaces were: 1. Workload/rostering (26.36%) 2. Manual handling (16.85%) 3. Heat and Cold (15.94%) 4. Slips, trips and falls (12.55%) 5. Cuts and abrasions (10.61%)

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Around 20% of Safety Scorecards indicated that the issues or issue raised in their workplaces were not resolved satisfactorily.

What’s next with Safety Demands Action? The health and safety of workers in the retail industry is part of the work the SDA does every day, not just during Safety Demands Action week. Safety Demands Action week was a great opportunity to highlight health and

safety with nearly 7,000 workers, but the Union’s work does not end there. Please stay for tuned for Safety Demands Action 2015! The work health rights of ill and injured workers also remain a huge issue which the SDA is continuing to focus on. The SDA response to Safety Demands Action week includes our work over 2015 and beyond to address the issues that members have raised. Stay tuned here for further updates on SDA Safety Demands Action week in 2015!

Help the SDA Demand Action on Health and Safety in your Workplace. There are some simple ways you can get more involved and work together with the SDA to improve health and safety in your workplace;  Talk to your in-store Union Delegate, HSR or Organiser about what is happening with health and safety at your workplace.  Consider becoming a HSR for employees in your store. Ask your Organiser for more information about becoming a HSR.  Report health and safety issues to your workplace health and safety committee and/or HSR.  Know your work health rights if you become ill and injured at work. Contact the SDA on 131 SDA (131 732) for your copy of the ‘Injured Workers Card’ or for assistance and advice on becoming a HSR.

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ND STAFFING Work load and staffing is a significant issue across retail. In light of this, the SDA welcomes some recent comments from CE Os on increasing service levels. Woolworth s CEO Grant O’Brien rec ently announced an investment of $500 millio n into price levels and sta ffing levels, saying “We should have market leading prices, market lea ding stores and market leading service, and these investments will make su re that’s the case. This is smart retailing an d other retailers should tak e note.

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2014 Funds Donated

Each year the SDA supports the Pink Ribbon cause with fundraising efforts Australia-wide. Last year, fundraising efforts in our Branch raised a total of $16,000 for the National Breast Cancer Foundation. SDA Delegate Cheryl Lucas from Big W Wagga (second from right) is pictured presenting the funds raised at her storeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event to a representative of the NBCF. Delegate Michelle Wiles, also from Big W Wagga, is shown on the far left.

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FAST TRACKING THE HEALTH BENEFITS OF CANCER RESEARCH INTO THE COMMUNITY Registration takes just three minutes and 12 months after opening the participation can involve anything from Register to all answering an online questionnaire to taking cancer research, part in an exercise program – the choice is Register4 now always yours. has over 45,000 Whether you have had a cancer diagnosis or by Corrine Boyle, members and has not, you can make a real difference to those Women’s Officer recruited for over affected by cancer. 20 projects, putting And now with projects looking for healthy both time and money back into research. control groups or focusing on baseline In February 2014, the National Breast health and lifestyle information, giving Cancer Foundation’s (NBCF) Register4 an hour of your time could help provide broadened the focus of its online community the answers that allow the next big of research participants to help recruit for breakthrough in cancer. research projects across all cancers. Traditional research recruitment can Since then, Register4 has successfully take years, often delaying results and recruited for projects in prostate, colorectal, cervical, melanoma, ovarian and breast exhausting the limited resources available to cancer, along with studies focused across researchers. Register4 has shown that it can all cancers. cut the recruitment process down from two With the understanding of how cancer years to two days, so real research can start evolves at the molecular level improving earlier. The Register has also been able to over recent years, we have seen a shift offer a wider variety of research participants towards research that spans across at no cost to researchers. different cancers rather than focusing on One in two Australian men, and one in specific parts of the body or tumour types. three Australian women will be diagnosed Register4 provides a very simple way for with cancer by the age of 85. This is your all Australians to participate in cancer opportunity to take an active role in cancer research. In the last 12 months, more than research and help fast track the health 10,000 new members have registered to benefits of cancer help fast track research. “I joined Register4 with the hope of being research into the With upcoming projects able to help with research by being in trials community in prostate, colorectal, that I may be suitable for. The more people To sign up for endometrial and ‘the available for trials or research, the quicker Register4, or for forgotten’ cancers, we may find better ways of treatment or more information, Register4 is now calling even a cure.” just visit for more men and people – Christine from Queensland register4.org.au. with cancer to sign up.

ABOUT REGISTER4: Register4, established with seed funding by the National Breast Cancer Foundation, is a national registry for women and men interested in opportunities to participate in cancer research. Register4 helps researchers spend less time and money recruiting volunteers, so they can spend more time conducting their research. Register4 is free to join, strictly confidential and anyone aged 18 years and over can take part. For more information, visit register4.org.au

ABOUT THE NATIONAL BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION: The National Breast Cancer Foundation is the leading community-funded organisation in Australia raising money for research into the prevention and cure of breast cancer. Since NBCF was established in 1994, more than $105m has been awarded to fund over 370 Australian-based research projects to improve the health and wellbeing of those affected by breast cancer. For more information, visit nbcf.org.au

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Enjoy the movies, Christine! Christine Anthony from Woolworths St Ives was the winner of our Hoyts Black Card competition, which means she can go to the movies with a friend every day for 12 months! Christine is shown here (centre) being congratulated by Organiser Jessica Chidiac and Operations Officer Paul Hangan.

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Penalty Rates on the Agenda through 2015 The Union has been fighting to preserve penalty rates from repeated attacks by employer by Robert Tonkli, groups in recent Assistant Secretary years. We wish this was not necessary and that these groups would just leave the current arrangements alone, but because they have made the challenge we have to meet it. The SDA remains strongly committed to penalty rates. Many members work some hours that attract a penalty loading. Even those members who work under an Enterprise Agreement with a broad span

of hours rely on the penalty rate provisions of the Award to create a higher base rate of pay to be negotiated, so that the Agreement passes the ‘better off overall’ test. We remember what happened under John Howard’s WorkChoices laws when retail employees felt the brunt of laws that allowed penalty rates to be traded away for virtually nothing. Amber Oswald, then aged 16, ended up $40 a week worse off on an Agreement with no penalty rates. Annette Harris was offered 2 cents an hour in exchange for hers. The SDA will be fighting this attack on three fronts throughout 2015:

1. We will be arguing for the retention of penalty rates in the Fair Work Commission, as part of the Modern Award Review; 2. We will be arguing the benefits of penalty rates before the Productivity Commission; and 3. We will be mounting a public campaign in support of penalty rates to counter the employer groups who are extremely vocal in telling their side of the story in the media. Moves to reduce or remove penalty rates without compensation simply shifts the profits of work from workers to business owners. Reducing workers’ take-home pay reduces what they will spend back in our shops. It is not only not fair it is also bad economics. Penalty rates are fair compensation for work at unsociable times.

Same work, $40 less: take it or leave it Kelly Burke ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

AMBER OSWALD is a forthright and enthusiastic 16-year-old who was thrilled when she scored her first part-time job early last month, at a juice bar in Warriewood. But on March 29, two days after the Federal Government’s new workplace laws came into effect, Amber learned that she had been made redundant and then ‘‘rehired’’. She was now party to an Australian workplace agreement. The contract remains unsigned, despite taking effect from March 27 – day one of the new laws. Amber saw her new contract for the first time only yesterday, which confirmed that her hourly pay rate had dropped from $9.52 to $8.57 and her penalty rates had been abolished altogether, reduc-

‘‘If they don’t want to sign, they can leave. It’s not about what’s fair, it’s [about] what’s right – right for the company.’’ ANDRE, Pow Juice

ing her pay by $5.70 an hour on Sundays and by as much as $11.25 an hour on public holidays. ‘‘I’m pretty upset they can do that,’’ Amber said yesterday after finishing a seven-hour shift that would have earned her $99.89 before tax two weeks ago but now pays just $59.99. ‘‘I’m doing exactly the same job as before but I’m still young, so they think they can pretty much get away with it.’’ Amber’s boss, who would only identify himself as Andre, said that between 15 and 20 staff at the three NSW Pulp Juice franchise shops had been given workplace agreements. ‘‘If they don’t want to sign, they can leave,’’ he said. ‘‘It’s not about

Rehired ... Amber Oswald is unhappy with the new contract she has been offered by her employer, Pow Juice. All penalty rates have been abolished under the contract. Photo: Grant Turner

same day by Pow Juice, which won a licensing agreement to run

for employers . . . to treat people in whatever way they choose,

ual cases. But anyone aged under 18 would require a parent or

tionist, Rhonda Walke, received a similar assurance from the Lib-

employee for refusing to negotiate an AWA’’.

points she needed to clarify before signing. At lunchtime she was

This article from the Sydney Morning Herald on 10 April 2006 gives an indication of how long the batlle to protect penalty rates has been going on!

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The Sydney Tower Eye

Madame Tussauds

SDA members and their families are entitled to a 15% discount on single adult and child entry tickets upon presentation of their current SDA membership card.

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WILD LIFE Sydney

Australian National Maritime Museum

Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary, Gold Coast

Featherdale Wildlife Park, Doonside

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SDA members and their families are entitled to a 25% discount upon presentation of their current SDA membership card.

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Sydney Aquarium, Darling Harbour

Manly SEA LIFE Sanctuary

Gold Coast Attractions

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Discount New Cars is a unique online car buying service, offering discounted prices on a range of the most popular makes and models of new cars through a select group of authorised new car dealers throughout Australia. With over 600 new car franchise dealerships supporting their pre-negotiated offers, together with the friendly customer service team, Discount New Cars aims to provide exceptional advice, service and pricing for SDA members. = Discount New Cars allows you to price and build your next new car from over 36 different manufacturers. = View technical specifications, features, options, trade-in-prices, finance, insurance, as well as up-front drive away pricing. = Exclusive savings and specials for SDA Union Members updated monthly – beyond what is on offer to the general public. = FREE, No obligation enquiry. With Discount New Cars also providing additional support for SDA members FREE of charge, visit www.discountnewcars.com.au/sda or speak with one of the Union Affiliation Representatives by calling toll free on 1800 146 666 to find out how much you can save today!

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Coffs Harbour Driving School Get five one-hour lessons for just $275 – that’s a saving of $5 per lesson. Phone (02) 6652 1096 and speak to Julian or Kaye for more information.

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CHECK OUT THE NEW SDA WEBSITE! Members can now visit the new SDA website which was launched this month. You’ll find the new site very easy to use:  Mobile-friendly page view.  Access information specific to your company by logging in.  Order cinema e-tickets that you can either:  • receive on your home computer, print out and take with you to the cinema; or  • receive on your phone via email and scan the bar code directly from your screen at the cinema. And if that’s not enough, the Frequent ValuesTM program has some exciting improvements too:  5% off Woolworths Wish cards can also be printed at home; no need to wait for them to arrive in the mail.  You can now redeem your ‘20% off the bill’ offer at establishments that accept the EntertainmentTM Cards discount right on your phone. Just log in to sdansw.frequent-values.com.au/m and save your details.