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EBA Fair Work Meeting Monday 21st February, 2022

The AEAWA negotiation team met with St John WA this morning in compliance with Directions issued by Deputy President Beaumont of the FWC, to conduct a rapid series of negotiation meetings and to either work towards an agreement or to reach final positions. The purpose of these meetings is to…
Lee Waller
21 February 2022
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Ambulance Officer & Paramedic EBA Update

Today AEAWA delegates participated in a teleconference established by the Fair Work Commission in relation to matter B2022/58 under the direction of Deputy President Beaumont. The Deputy President heard introductory statements from all three parties to the negotiation, and noted a disparity in the number of outstanding claims reported. St…
Lee Waller
21 February 2022
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Covid Leave Update

The AEAWA have received correspondence from the CEO in relation to our repeated attempt to secure 20 days COVID leave, in line with other front line workers. St John essentially advised that they are requesting the Government fund COVID leave. MDL is useful only for work related exposures, and it…
Lee Waller
21 February 2022
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Ambulance Officer Crews Update

Following legal advice, the AEAWA tabled an urgent addendum to our initial submission to the the Fair Work Commission, thus bringing the matter of ‘Ambulance Crews’ before the Deputy President Beaumont. The AEAWA highlighted the lack of genuine consultation for what is clearly a major change, the EA Clauses which…
Lee Waller
18 February 2022
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AEAWA General Updates

Covid Leave There has been discussion on a number of forums as to whether operational staff can access the 20 days of COVID leave, which is available to nurses, teachers and other public sector employees. It’s good to see that our colleagues at UWU are also campaigning for COVID leave.…
Lee Waller
15 February 2022
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Ambulance Officer Crews

The AEAWA would like to express profound disappointment that ‘consultation’ regarding the introduction of Ambulance Officer crews, indisputably a major change, has been sought after the communication of a detailed plan is announced to the wider workforce. It is clear the decision has already been made to implement this plan,…
Lee Waller
15 February 2022
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AEAWA General Updates

Managers on Road The AEAWA have been contacted by several members who have arrived at work to discover their proposed work partner for the day is an Area Manager or ORM, who is performing overtime as part of a casual contract. Several emails have also highlighted that some AM or…
Lee Waller
2 February 2022
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Working Short Shifts

Recently there has been some messaging from St John, requesting officers to relay their preferences for short shift length etc. While we appreciate many of our members do like shorter shifts for the purposes of overtime, there has been no attempt to discuss this with your bargaining representatives, despite us…
Lee Waller
19 January 2022
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FILLING OF ALLOCATED POSITIONS

The AEAWA are continuing to support their members in our pursuit of filling vacant allocated positions current and projected. As we have previously mentioned an Allocated Position is a condition we will always fight for and is at the very foundation of our Enterprise Agreement entitlements. “STABILITY and CERTAINTY” are…
Lee Waller
6 November 2021
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UWU Communication

Recently you would have received an from United Workers Union. In all honesty, we would rather be spending our time today continuing to work on behalf of our members than in clarifying UWU communications, however, in this instance, given the scale of their communication, it is important we let OUR…
Lee Waller
2 November 2021
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Mandatory COVID Vaccines

Mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations Dear members, No doubt you will all be aware that St John WA have issued communications advising that the WA State Government have issued a new ‘Residential Aged Care Facility Worker Access Direction’, utilising powers under the Public Health Act 2016 (WA) Sections 157(1)(e), 157(1)(k), 180 and…
Lee Waller
12 August 2021
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Paramedic EBA Update

PARAMEDIC EBA BREAKING NEWS: We are pleased to announce that St John have just agreed to one of our major claims in relation to TWO ADDITONAL PAID PERSONAL LEAVE DAYS/LEISURE DAYS! TWO additional days Personal Leave is a major win for our members, and we can confirm NO documentation will…
Lee Waller
22 July 2021