Members decide what we claim for, i.e. our Log of Claims (LoC) – through two processes:

• The NTEU's National Council, which consists of elected delegates from all branches, determines the overall bargaining strategy by identifying the common issues that widely affect members nationally.

• Members at each NTEU branch decide on the local claims to be pursued with their employers, alongside the claims which form part of the national strategy.

Most nationally shared claims are qualitative rather than quantitative, so members shape what the national claims look like in practice locally. NTEU members develop Branch LoCs over a period of time and it is then taken to an all members' meeting for review. Once members are satisfied, the LoC is put up for endorsement and it is that Log of Claims that is presented to management as an initial document of the intention of the members.