Ambulance Employees Australia - Victoria

19/12/2025

Ambulance Victoria Support staff have WON!

Today union members reached an in-principle agreement with Ambulance Victoria, and their win is MASSIVE!

By staying strong and united, AV Support Staff have secured:

✅ A fair pay rise of 20% over 4 years to keep up with the cost of living
✅ An end to the 2-tier pay system at Ambulance Victoria
✅ Big improvements to leave including 3 day Well-being Leave, Reproductive Health Leave, Gender Affirmation Leave, improved access to Long Service Leave and more!
✅ A new salary structure with progression
✅ Enshrining workplace adjustments into the Agreement
✅ Introduction of trained Contact Officers to deal with workplace bullying, harassment, and discrimination.
AND MORE!

Congratulations to every union member who stood their ground and took protected action in the pursuit of equity at AV.

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Ambulance Victoria Support workers have WON!

These members do life-saving work to keep Ambulance Victoria running, and all they wanted was a fair deal.

After taking decisive action, members have today reached an in-principle agreement with Ambulance Victoria.

This is a massive win. By staying strong and united, workers won all their key claims.

The new deal includes:
✅ A fair pay rise of 20% over 4 years to keep up with the cost of living
✅ An end to the 2-tier pay system at Ambulance Victoria
✅ Big improvements to leave including Gender Affirmation Leave, Reproductive Health Leave, Wellbeing Leave, improved access to Long Service Leave and more
✅ A new salary structure to allow progression
✅ Enshrining workplace adjustments into the Agreement
✅ Introduction of trained Contact Officers to deal with workplace bullying, harassment, and discrimination.

This didn’t happen by accident.

It happened because workers stayed strong, organised, and united.

👏 Drop a comment to congratulate these members and celebrate a win powered by collective action!

16/12/2025

Last Friday Ambulance Victoria Metro Fleet union members walked off the job for fair pay.

These essential workers keep ambulances on the road 24/7 so paramedics can save lives.

Without essential support staff like Fleet, Victorians have no emergency ambulance service.

It takes a team to save a life and it's time for Ambulance Victoria and Mary-Anne Thomas MP to value the people behind the scenes and pay them fairly.

12/12/2025

Victorians expect their ambulance to arrive safe, stocked, and ready in an emergency. 🚑 ❤️

Today, the workers who make that possible, Ambulance Victoria FMC, stopped work for fair pay and respect.

This action did not jeopodise patient safety.

FMC are skilled professionals who maintain over 500 emergency vehicles. They keep ambulances on the road, repaired quickly, and fully stocked with lifesaving equipment. 😷💉🩺

As UWU member Frank explains:
"If an ambulance breaks down with a patient inside, we fix it and get them to hospital."

🚨 Ambulance Victoria and Mary-Anne Thomas MP, it’s time to end the two-tier pay system and pay these essential workers what they’re worth.🚨

Every Victorian deserves to know that when they call Triple Zero, an ambulance will arrive safe, stocked, and ready.

But today, the workers who keep our ambulance fleet roadworthy are being forced to strike for fair pay and respect.

Ambulance Victoria Fleet Management Officers, the workers responsible for maintaining over 500 emergency vehicles, have walked off the job for 24 hours.

They’re standing up to end the unfair two-tier pay structure inside Ambulance Victoria and to win an offer that reflects the skill, responsibility and essential nature of their work.

These workers are the reason every ambulance:
🚑 is roadworthy
🚑 is repaired quickly
🚑 is restocked with lifesaving equipment
🚑 gets paramedics and patients where they need to go safely

As UWU member Frank puts it:
“When an ambulance breaks down with a patient in the back, we are the ones who fix it and get that patient safely to hospital. Without us, another ambulance comes off the road.”

Victorians rely on these workers every single day.

Today, they need Victoria to stand with them.

03/12/2025

Behind every paramedic on the road providing Victoria’s lifesaving care is an Ambulance Victoria support staff member making sure this vital public service runs smoothly.

This industrial action is the first time the women and men who work behind the scenes of AV have taken industrial action.

AV support staff provide vital support to frontline staff, keeping ambulances serviced and on the roads, processing payments and providing admin support to keep the service running.

Without fair pay and real career progression, these critical roles risk becoming further understaffed and undervalued, creating pressures that flow directly through to frontline care.

It's time Mary-Anne Thomas MP and Jaclyn Symes address the two-tiered workforce that has been created inside Ambulance Victoria and put forward a pay offer with real career progression.