A contingent of the Community and Public Sector Union will encourage members to vote down a service-wide pay offer of 11.2 per cent over three years, claiming the union has been "weak" in negotiations with the Public Service Commission.
The emerging group of about 60, known as democracy4cpsu, has criticised the main public sector union for lacking aggression in the six-month-long process to negotiate a common pay rise for federal public servants. The union has not taken a stance on offers of 10.5 and 11.2 per cent, instead using majority votes to inform their bargaining position.
