Your claims are on the table

Last week, your delegates sat across the table from management and shared your unions claims for the first time. 

Your Steering Committee tabled the full Log of Claims — all 27 of them.

Safe workloads and staffing ratios. Six weeks annual leave. Pay parity across Youth Justice and Child Safety. Cultural leave and cultural safety protections. Remote and regional attraction and retention. Wages above inflation. And a guarantee that nothing you already have gets traded away.

It was a comprehensive presentation covering every area of the department. Delegates didn't just read out claims, they backed them with real stories from the ground, evidence from the Commission of Inquiry, and the voices of members who have been telling us for months what needs to change.

Management listened. They didn't need to ask for clarification. The message landed.

The meeting was held on the same day as the closing hearing of the Commission of Inquiry. That timing wasn't lost on anyone in the room. The claims sitting in front of management are exactly what reform looks like in practice, safer workloads, proper staffing, real conditions that match what the work actually demands. Your delegates felt it. The inquiry was making the same arguments at the same time.

What comes next

Management now have your claims. The next step is more in-depth meetings where the real work of bargaining begins. They will respond. There will be more sessions. There will be pressure. That's normal. What matters is that your union went into that room strong and unified, and that's exactly what we did.

If you have a case study or workplace story that could strengthen our case at the table, we want to hear it. Complete the form below and help us keep fighting with evidence management can't ignore.