Watch the webinar recording and have your say on the Log of Claims before 5pm Friday (1st of May 2026).
This week, members from across Child Safety and Youth Justice came together online to walk through the Draft Log of Claims, hear directly from steering committee delegates, Assistant Secretary Dee Spink, and ask questions about what comes next.
If you couldn't make it, the full recording is above. Below is a recap of what union members discussed and what you need to do right now.
Voting closes at 5pm Friday. Even if you've already had your say in earlier survey rounds, this is the final step before your union delegates take the Log to your employers at the EB Table.
Where is the process at?
Your current Collective Agreement expires on 31 July 2026.
You are currently at Step 2 of the bargaining process, members endorsing the list of improvements.
The Log of Claims hasn't been pulled out of thin air. It has been built by union members over months: the Commission of Inquiry survey, the Youth Justice priorities survey, hundreds of one-on-one conversations across the state, and the March bargaining conference where delegates pulled scaffolding around the big systemic issues.
It's your work. It needs your endorsement before it goes to the table.
The Log covers safe workloads and a sufficient staffing baseline, leave, ATL and hours of work, workplace culture and physical resources, pay parity and classifications, and protection of every existing term and condition you already have.
Every claim has come from members.
📋 Read the full Draft Log of Claims
Take five minutes to read what your union is putting on the table. It's the document we'll be taking into negotiations on your behalf — and the document you're being asked to endorse.
For the first time in this bargaining round, both Child Safety and Youth Justice have told us they will table their own Log of Claims.
Employers don't do this unless they want to change things. And in our experience, those changes are not usually to your benefit.
Last year, our colleagues in Queensland Health saw their employer come out of the gate with a strong agenda of cuts, stripping consultation rights, cutting allowances, reducing entitlements. Members fought it back, but it took organised action across the state to do it.
We expect to see the employer's Log next week, and will be in a postion to share more soon.
This is exactly why every member should endorse your Log of Claims. The stronger Union members are at the start, the harder it is for the employer to come for our conditions.
While your steering committee delegates argue the case in the room, what happens outside the room is what wins it. Employers respond to organised members. They respond to action. And you are the masters of your own destiny when it comes to this campaign.
Every bargaining update is going up at together.org.au/csyj : written summaries, audio versions for those who'd rather listen than read, and short video updates from your steering committee delegates straight after each negotiation. You'll get them by email too, but the page is there for anything you miss.
Labour Day rallies are running across the state this weekend, Saturday, Sunday and Monday, depending on where you are. It's a great chance for Child Safety and Youth Justice members to be visible, march together, and put the government on notice that we're in it to win it. Find your local event here Labour Day Queensland | Find your local event for 2026