United Voice News
Almost 200 Treasury Casino members rallied outside the casino in Queens Park, Brisbane on Tuesday 14 April protesting against their employer’s proposed sub-standard, non-union agreement.
The agreement offers only a 3% wage increase and is proposed to expire on 31 December 2009.
In what can only be described as extraordinary good luck, the wireless speaker system used at the rally outside also transmitted through the sound system inside the casino.
So members’ opinions of management’s sub-standard proposed agreement and what action they would take against it, resonated throughout the casino as well as in the park outside.
Casino employees put forward two motions that were unanimously endorsed by attendees at the rally.
The first requested all members vote ‘no’ to the proposed agreement this weekend and the second was to initiate a formal process to conducting protected industrial action at the casino.
The Treasury Casino negotiating team have organised another rally for this Thursday to reinforce the message to members to vote ‘no’ this weekend.
All employees are invited to attend voting information sessions on Thursday 23 April in Queens Park between 6am - 8am, 11am - 1pm and 5pm - 7pm.
The ballot for managements proposed agreement will be conducted at the Treasury Casino from Thursday 23 April through to Sunday 26 April in the the Human Resorces office.
