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Workers Endorse "User Pays"
A major test case looms after the Electrical Trades union announced this week it would act on member demands to enforce bargaining fees on non-union members within the electricity industry.
The ETU has inserted bargaining fees in more than 25 agreements, authorising the union to charge a fee to non-members who benefit from union-negotiated agreements.
ETU NSW secretary Bernie Riordan says there is overwhelming support for bargaining fees amongst his union's membership.
"Our members can not see the justice in non-members benefiting from the union's hard work and so they have taken matters into their own hands and endorsed the 'fee for service' clauses," Riordan says.
"The union is now enforcing the clauses and have levied bargaining fees against a number of non-members who have been happy to accept their union-negotiated pay rise.
"This is a market solution to the problem of some workers not being prepared to pay their way when it comes to negotiating wages and conditions.
"Our members have endorsed the user pay principle - where a majority of workers vote that bargaining fees should apply, the union is authorised to charge non-members a fee for their pay rise.
Riordan says the ETU is now planning to run a test case to allow for the enforcement of the fees across the entire power industry.
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