Independent Transport Safety Regulator (ITSR) members ballot

Independent Transport Safety Regulator (ITSR) members ballot – December 2016 (PDF version)

The PSA (CPSU) can now advise members of the outcome of the recent balloting to determine support for the particular industrial instrument ITSR will use to transition to ONRSR.

There has been overwhelming support – 26 for one against – for the ONRSR Enterprise Agreement 2015-17 (and enforceable undertakings) as the industrial instrument for transition.

You can click on the link to the correspondence sent to ONRSR HERE.

What does this mean?

PSA (CPSU) will support the application made by ONRSR for the adoption of the agreement and copied State Award (Crown Employees ITSR Award 2016) not to apply to transferring ITSR staff.

Each staff member transitioning will receive a letter of offer from ONRSR with the particular enforceable undertakings set down.

What about my union membership?

The PSA has transitional coverage of ITSR members. However, PSA members are also part of the CPSU. This means that as part of the transition, there is nothing that union members will need to do in terms of their union membership. The CPSU negotiated the previous Enterprise Agreement for ONRSR.

What happens next?

The ONRSR Enterprise Agreement has a nominal expiry date of 1 December 2017. Negotiating regarding a new agreement must commence no longer than three months before its expiry. ONRSR will not be bound by the NSW Government cap on salaries of 2.5 percent.

The PSA (CPSU) would like to give a big thank you for the efforts of the hard working delegates – Cathy Dowe, Don Casey and Natalie Clark – in representing the members’ best interests throughout this lengthy process.