New Agreement at Melbourne Pathology
After standing firm for months with industrial action and fighting for a fair deal, Scientists and Technicians at Melbourne Pathology last week voted up a new offer from the company. The new deal that has been struck – the first in over a decade – has a range of major new improvements for our members, including: Total pay rise of 13.8% over 4 years Additional uplifts for various allowances Access to portions of Long Service Leave...
Solidarity for Members at Melbourne Pathology
Keep sending your messages of solidarity. It doesn’t matter if you’ve sent a message of solidarity already, keep sending them! It truly makes a difference. If you haven’t already signed our petition, please make sure you sign it and share it on social media. If you have signed our petition already, please keep sharing it so more people have a chance of supporting the vital scientific workforce at Melbourne Pathology. You’ll find our...
Lifeblood: Another Public Health Service Offering Dud Deals
Unfortunately, management at Lifeblood seemed to be following in the footsteps of Melbourne Pathology and refusing to acknowledge the unique workforce they have. However, Lifeblood’s management have decided they want to alienate their entire workforce with dud deals. Members at Lifeblood are working stave off a proposed amalgamation of over five Enterprise Agreements, which would result in many entitlements we have worked hard to...
Melbourne Pathology Scientists and Lab Techs taking Industrial Action for over a month
For more than a decade, Melbourne Pathology has sat on an expired Enterprise Agreement with its Medical Scientists and Technicians. Despite boasting about record profits during recent years, made largely off the back of their scientific workforce, every request to make fair improvements in conditions and wages has been refused. The scientific workforce at Melbourne Pathology has been taking industrial action for over a month, a very...