2013 Dinner andinduction of new members

1988: Australia’s Bicentenary

2013: Centenary of the Navy(major event next month)

Retirement

1988:

3% Super introduced for retail employees

Retirement

2013:

9.25 % employer contributions

1988:

Robert Palmer’s “Simply Irresistible”

2013:Robin Thicke’s

“Blurred Lines”

Trading Hours 1988:

SDA forces back-down on Sunday

trading

2013:

SDA again leading

defence of Boxing Day

Trading Hours

1988:

• Sydney Monorail built 2013:

• Sydney Monorail dismantled

1988:Family Tax

Benefit introduced after SDA campaign

2013:

Dad and partner pay introduced after Union campaign

$2 note and paper banknotes were phased out in 1988

Inflation1988 2013

$1 = $2.08

1988

Award pay rate

$290/week

2013

$683/week;

$770/week

on a typical SDA

Agreement

IT PAYS TO BARGAIN

Since 1988:

•Award wages up 13% in real terms

•Union Agreement wages up 27%

IT PAYS TO BELONG