Union representation in Australia

A lot of the ROV personell in Western Australia initially joined the MUA and were looked after very well and all promises kept by their representatives. Unfortunatley they did not have a constitution that would cover the ROV industry so all fees were refunded.
We then joined the AMOU (constitution to cover) and through all ROV personell encourgaing and cajoling people were starting to gain members and at last count had 40+. No work done by the fremantle rep here.
Unfortunatley for the members that had all parted with good dollars very little has been done (other than spam mail) by the AMOU to warant paying any further fees.
It seems the AMOU rep wants to sit back and ride on all the hard work done by the unions representing the Divers (after their Work Place Agreement has been put into place) As a paid member at the time I would of expected to have regular progress reports and drafts of the WPA mailed to me, not sent electronically to be lost in cyber space.
All members of the ROV industry i have spoken too will not be renewing their memberships with the AMOU.
Recently the CFMEU had started poaching memebrs from all different building industries which puts the question since the government changed the laws, " does this now mean a strong real uni0n such as the MUA now have the capabilities to represent us with gusto and vigor.

There are currently moves afoot to try and change the Uni0n represntation in Australia from the AMOU to the MUA. The first step in this process is to petition the AMOU to release us (ROV personel) from their representation. A few people have already done this and all Oz workers are encouraged to do so. Only through action can we effect change. A number of people have also have resigned from the AMOU, to hopefully send them the message that we are not happy with their inaction.

So from this am I to beleive The uni0n is not trying to do up our new EBA based on the one the divers have just got through earlier this year.

I am currently working overseas and have just renewed my membership but only email Paula has answered was the one with my credit card details.

Let me know what is hapening would like to see us get across to mua as they are very keen to deal with both divers and rov.

Greg 😈

This was sent to the 100 of us that replied to the MUA request for interest in joining. They tell me .. ( and I believe them ! ) they will be in touch soonest in the New Year … with info about joining up.

Please pass on to anyone working abroad –
Hope you all get onboard … Start by giving Will your details.

The Will guy has been employed for ROV.

here is the latest letter ,

MUA ROV Newsletter
Number 1 – December 2007
MUA and AMOU agree to work together…

Following on from last week’s “Open Letter from the MUA to all ROV Workers” the MUA is happy to report on the positive progress resulting from this weeks meeting between Ian Bray from the MUA and senior national officials from the AMOU. That meeting occurred on Tuesday December 11th in Singapore and resulted in an outcome that will benefit all ROV workers in the industry.

The MUA and AMOU have agreed to work constructively together to advance the wages and conditions of all ROV workers in Australian waters and part of that agreement includes the MUA having the ability to recruit and represent ROV workers. The 2 Unions have decided that only by working together can we achieve the best outcome for ROV workers in the offshore industry.
ROV workers can now join MUA…

The most significant outcome from this historic agreement between the 2 Unions is that ROV workers can now join the MUA and both Unions will work together to advance the industrial interests of ROV workers. The MUA looks forward to working hard to organise this industry and achieve success just as we did with the diver’s campaign. The MUA also congratulates the AMOU on it’s progressive stance in working with the MUA to achieve the best possible outcome for all ROV workers.
Get on board…

If you have not already done so make sure you contact Will Tracey on the email address below to add your contact details to the MUA contact list that already has in excess of 100 ROV workers on it. We need to work together to campaign hard and smart on wages and conditions that properly recognise and reward the contribution that ROV workers make to the huge amount of wealth that is being generated in the offshore oil and gas industry.

MUA Contacts:
Will Tracey wtracey@mua.org.au

Ian Bray ianbray@mua.org.au

Campaigning to ensure ROV workers are recognised and rewarded for the contribution they make to the oil and gas industry!!!

Guys the first meeting was held in Nth Freo last week with around 15 guys turning up from SS7/I-Tech Oz and Technip.

The meeting was well presented by Will Tracey and Ian Bray, both appearing keen to represent us and well organized, the revised copy of "the log of claims" has been sent out and it looks good. The ball is rolling.
8)

The MUA is on to it and have just released the 8th news letter. They have been told they have to work with every individual company so they have taken on Subsea 7 first as they have lions share of work. They are now in negotiations.
They have asked every Subsea 7 contractor to elect them as there appointed representative in talks with Subsea 7.