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Marrickville Council recognises that the waste industry is going through significant change. Council is working hard to meet these challenges which include:
- Government pressure on Councils to send less waste to land-fill
- Land-fill sites filling up and becoming more expensive
- Likelihood of Council having to transport waste further at greater cost
- The introduction of 360 litre bins for new multi-level residential units
- The potential separate collection of food waste (most likely mixed with green waste)
- The introduction of alternative waste technologies
- The introduction of regional waste strategies as part of the looming Local Government reforms
Council has signalled the need for greater productivity and cost-effectiveness in the delivery of waste services in an effort to reduce costs for ratepayers and to respond to these challenges.
Council's preference is to continue to employ a productive and flexible day labour workforce to deliver these services. Council's priorities are to provide an excellent service to our residents, meet the challenges outlined above, and provide job security for Council workers.
Council has met with United Services Union (USU) representatives in the past week to propose a mediated negotiation in an effort to move beyond historic disagreement around the delivery of these services. The USU has indicated support for this approach. Council is hopeful that a new EBA (Enterprise Bargaining Agreement) can be reached with its workers, and is working hard to achieve this outcome. The success of these negotiations depends on good faith bargaining and non-industrial action.
- A message to Resource Recovery staff members from the General Manager (PDF file)
- Proposed establishment of a new EBA discussion group (PDF file)
- Memo from the General Manager to Resource Recovery staff, 1 April 2012 (PDF file)
Update, 30 April 2012: Council and the Union (USU) have agreed to enter talks with an independent mediator in an effort to develop a new industrial agreement. Agreement has been reached on the appointment of former Industrial Relations Commission Commissioner John Grayson as the independent mediator. Cr Grayson will Chair the next meeting of the parties to be held on 10 May 2012.
