MEDIA RELEASE
WITT Allied Staff vote unanimously to ratify collective agreement settlement
4 December 2018
Bargaining for the renewal of the Allied Staff Collective Agreement was extremely positive and took just over four hours
to conclude.
TIASA members at WITT Taranaki have voted unanimously to ratify the settlement which delivers them a 2% increase to
salary rates (paid and printed) and, provides the Living Wage ($20.55) as the minimum hourly rate.
“In a sector that is currently facing many challenges it is great to have the senior management of WITT Taranaki
recognise and value their greatest resource – staff. WITT have not just talked about valuing staff, they have put their
money where their values are,” said TIASA Chief Executive, Peter Joseph.
The collective agreement takes effect from 1st October 2018 and while WITT “may” pass-on the settlement to non-union
allied staff members, the pass-on provision in the TIASA/WITT collective agreement means that a period of four months
must have elapsed from the commencement of the collective agreement before it can be offered to those allied staff on
individual agreements.
ENDS