Stop the Drop in the Quality of Local Jobs and Services At Moreton Bay Regional Council

'The Moreton Bay Region is one of the fastest growing urban areas in Australia with residential land sales outpacing the rest of South-East Queensland.' Allan Sutherland, Mayor, Dynamic Growth in Moreton Bay Region.

Moreton Bay Regional Council staff have been stuck with unfair wages and conditions as a legacy of now defunct legislation for nearly four years.

Council removed previously agreed entitlements without compensation and forced down the wages of the lowest-paid female staff.

In that time, all Executive Managers, Councillors and the Mayor have watched their salaries grow.

This is not fair!

ATTACK ON EQUAL PAY FOR WORK OF EQUAL VALUE

Using the Newman Government's Industrial Relations Act at the very end of 2014, Moreton Bay Regional Council was able to cut pay rates for new starters in the lower levels of the Administrative, Technical and Community Salary scale and destroy the equal pay rates within Council.

The Services Union members affected have been campaigning hard to oppose this attack on equal pay, but so far Council is refusing to budge from their position.

- Overall there are roughly 350 new staff (current) that have started at MBRC since December 15th 2014; and
- 162 of these are Levels 1-3 (classification 1-10 in the two-tier system); and
- 106 of these 162 are female workers, with an average of 65.4% of those affected by two-tiering.
This arrangement disproportionately impacts women employees at Council.

The Services Union calls on you to support our campaign for wage justice and to join with us in ensuring a fair outcome for workers at Moreton Bay Regional Council. Please sign the petition to support the hard-working Council staff who support your community each and every day.