TEU members at PEETO, the multicultural learning college and Asia Pacific language centre, are voting on a new collective agreement that will translate their current earnings into salaries with a four-step salary scale with automatic increments.

The two-year agreement also offers union members a 36 hour a week cap on working hours, a special responsibility allowance for undertaking other special responsibilities and a $500 lump sum payment immediately after ratification.

The benefits of the collective agreement that TEU members negotiated will not be passed on to non-union members until six months after members ratify the agreement.

TEU advocate Phil Dodds says the agreement is a significant improvement on the current agreement and the negotiating team is recommending members vote for it.

“This is good settlement for the members at PEETO and shows the benefits for those working in PTEs of belonging to a union and working together for fair pay and recognition,” said Mr Dodds.