Bargaining 2019: Claims, Discussions, and Ratification Process

1. Bargaining2019 Members meetings

2. Agenda Background / main projects for 2018 Claims and Discussion Votes – Ratification, Claims, Team Timeline / Communication / What to do

3. 2017 bargaining was difficult – GSR – minor changes to the broken system, small increase Border – increases but different rates and penal rates Compliance – stepped pay system but lack of consistency Too complicated and took too long

4. 2018 Projects - 1. Focused on areas of GSR (Labs, Target Evaluators, Support Officers) to demonstrate we can replace GSR v.1 2. Pushed back on Auckland / BCS management over rosters and how they didn’t involved members e.g. Dog Handlers

5. 2018 Projects (cont’d) – 3. Worked on Equal Pay for Support Officers 4. We built a relationship quickly with the new DG.

6. Outcomes – DG intervened in Auckland to turn it into a more reasonable process – outcome still unknow MPI has offered a stepped GSR pay system (v.2), early days MPI has offered a faster process to sort out the Support Officers

7. Claims - • Pay • Work/life • Technical • Member initiated

8. Pay GSR • Steps introduced • Move rates to the Government average • Transition process • Labs / Target Evaluators extra work if needed COPS • Increases for Border and Compliance Support Officers • Revaluing their roles (not Hays)

9. Work/life Flexible Working Arrangements / Special circumstances We need these to be default – i.e. given to you unless there is a very good reason not to Remove OT cap Extra work should be paid for. This would introduce a consistent standard for Responses Consistent penal rates for BCS and Compliance Consistency across MPI

10. Technical and Member initiated Tidy up claims but also including – Bargaining Fee claim That non-union staff pay a fee for having union-negotiated terms and conditions Member initiated – These will be discussed and prioritised by the National Delegates Committee

11. Discussion

12. Votes The proposed Collective Agreement will be ratified when 60% of members voting, vote in favour of accepting – yes / no The claims as presented are endorsed – yes / no The bargaining team will be the National Delegates Committee with a sub-committee of advocates – yes / no

13. Voting will be via email, using SurveyMonkey You will receive an email in the middle / late February

14. Timetable Bargaining rounds– • 2 to 5 Apr • 15 to 17 Apr At the end of each bargaining round the National Delegates Committee will meet to review the progress made

15. Communication The main communication will be through the PSA website https://psa.org.nz/mpi At the end of each bargaining round there will be a communication to members to advise the National Delegates’ view of the progress made. We should have clear indication of how the bargaining is going by the end of round 2

16. What you can do Talk with your co-workers and colleagues about the bargaining – what is important for them? Encourage non-union staff to join – if they are not a member they can’t have a say in the outcome

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