Why we are a Certified Agreement behind
AWOTE - A measure of the Average Weekly Earnings minus any overtime earnings.
This is the ABS method of comparing wage growth across industries across genders, states and the nation; it accounts for standard shift penalties and extra payments excluding overtime earnings. As published by the ABS, AWOTE has grown since 2000 to 2007 by 39.28%. It is predicted by the ABS to rise by 5% to 08 and then again 5% by 09. If that happens AWOTE will have moved by 53.56%, since 2000.
If our wages had risen at AWOTE since 2000 our current Level 13 wage would now be $148,821 and by next January it would be $156,263; some $21,285 higher than our wage.
Over the life (3 years) of the agreement to catch the community benchmark we need relative growth of 34%. Please note that we have excluded the $1163 LOLI payment from our calculations as this was an entitlement that has been fully expended, by most.
This difference in AWOTE represents a approximately a 10% sign on then 6 increases of 4%. Less than this will see us further behind community standards when compared with 2000.
Will ATC Management convince those with the purse strings to open the bag, just a little? If you get 4% and annual rises of 4% you will be $23000 behind AWOTE your wages will have grown by 39.67% since 2000 in 12 years; which is slightly better than AWOTE growth after 9 years.
They couldn’t possibly claim “industry crisis” or “lack of productivity”, to deny you an obvious pay rise, could they?
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