CSL has been forced to withdraw its Enterprise Agreement vote after being caught misleading employees about its pay offer.
The company claimed in an official all-staff communication that the offer in the proposed CSL Behring Agreement was more beneficial than the CSL Seqirus Agreement, which was finalised earlier this year.
Not only are the proposed pay rates lower than those in the Seqirus Agreement, but the current offer of 10.5% over 3 years is 3.5% lower than the pay rise achieved in the Seqirus Agreement. CSL pulled the vote only after union delegates exposed these false claims.
The CPSU, AMWU and UWU are calling on CSL to take this opportunity to listen to their staff and improve their offer on pay, rights and conditions - not recycle the same rejected proposal.
Quotes attributable to Melissa Payne, CPSU Assistant National Secretary:
“CSL didn’t pull the vote because they had a change of heart - they pulled it because they got caught misleading their own staff about their pay offer.
“Unions exposed these false claims and are holding CSL management to account.
“CSL is a business that that pockets billions of dollars in profit each year. The CEO’s remuneration for the 2024-25 financial year was $13 million and upper management are rewarded with significant bonuses. And yet, here they are trying to sidestep fair pay outcomes for the rest of their staff.
“They should take this opportunity to reset and improve the offer that is on the table.”
Quotes attributable to Godfrey Moase, Executive Director Allied Industries, United Workers Union:
“CSL’s offer is basic. The workers at one of Australia’s most profitable companies deserve an offer that improves their lives.”
19 September 2025
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