Enterprise Bargaining between FSU and ANZ starts in June. 

Job security will be a focus of FSU’s bargaining claim.  When jobs are made redundant, the dignity of employees affected should be the paramount consideration.  The claim will be based on FSU’s Invest in Australia policy available at: http://www.fsunion.org.au/Campaigns/Invest-in-Australia.aspx and will include:

Retention of jobs

FSU will bargain for assurances from ANZ that there will be no reduction in jobs without a corresponding reduction in workload.

Better redeployment practices and increased retrenchment payments 

FSU will bargain for our Invest in Australia campaign policy to be adopted in the new Enterprise Agreement.  FSU will bargain for employees on redeployment, who want to stay with ANZ, to be given preference for vacant roles. 

FSU will bargain for initiatives already negotiated between us and the bank to be included in the Enterprise Agreement, to ensure they are legally enforceable.  These initiatives include offshoring protocols that provide staff with maximum forewarning that their jobs will be affected by offshoring; a retraining fund that retrenched employees can access to enhance re-employment opportunities; and a hardship fund so that employees who have been retrenched can access funds from ANZ. 

FSU will bargain to have all employees – including those on TEC-packages - covered by the new ANZ Enterprise Agreement.

What can you do to be part of the Enterprise Bargaining campaign?

• Become an FSU member if you aren’t already.
• Provide your feedback on the EB claim to FSU.
• Talk to your colleagues about job security.
• If job security is important to you, be prepared to actively support FSU’s campaign.