US EditionABC Issue New Pay Offer After Historic Walkout
The deal includes a 10.5% pay rise over three years with back pay, improvements to pay progression and leave, but AI job protection clauses remain unresolved.
- On Tuesday, the ABC and unions reached a tentative agreement for a 10.5 per cent pay rise over three years, potentially ending industrial action. The proposal follows a Fair Work Commission-mediated session on Monday.
- Thousands of ABC staff walked off the job last week in the broadcaster's first major strike in 20 years, protesting pay and contract concerns. The 24-hour stoppage forced the network to broadcast re-runs and BBC content.
- The updated offer includes a 4 per cent pay increase in the first year and 3.25 per cent in each subsequent year, with back pay to October 1, 2025. It also delivers clearer progression pathways between pay bands.
- ABC Managing Director Hugh Marks and union delegates announced the offer on Tuesday, with Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance president Michael Slezak and Community and Public Sector Union secretary Jocelyn Gammie indicating delegates will recommend members accept.
- Union members will decide whether to endorse the agreement during a vote scheduled for Thursday. If accepted, the deal aims to resolve structural issues including job security and career progression concerns.
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ABC offers a fresh deal to staff to end stalemate
After a meeting between ABC management, staff, unions and the Fair Work Commission on Monday, a new pay offer has been made in the hopes of ending the lengthy pay dispute. The revised deal offers employees a 10.5 per cent pay rise over three years, up from the previous offer of 10 per cent over the same period. Under the new proposal, staff would receive a 4 per cent pay rise in the first year (revised up from 3.5 per cent, and backpaid to Octob…
Deal Brokered to End ABC Staff’s Pay Stand-Off
ABC management and staff representatives have reached a tentative agreement after a stand-off that resulted in the first major strike at the national broadcaster in decades. A pay increase of 4 percent in the first year, followed by a pair of 3.25 percent rises, had been agreed, ABC management said in a staff email seen by AAP. It is a slight increase on the ABC’s previous offer of 3.5 per cent in the first year. But a previously proposed $1,000…
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illawarramercury.com.auABC and unions inch closer towards final pay deal
Better pay and more opportunities to climb the ladder could seal an agreement between the ABC and staff...
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