The Man's Message
Established 2003 | "Tetritus fortis sine gym"
Friday, January 23, 2026
Crew of the Weeks
Callum/Callan Gould and Dylan Lucchesi take home COTW this fortnight with a short-but-stellar survey backed up by a ripper google review.
Arrived on Time?: "Dylan phoned seven minutes before the appointed time, and they arrived on the dot"
Uniform?: "Clean, branded T-shirts"
Worked Efficiently?: "Very efficient, and also good humoured and easygoing"
Overall Satisfaction: "Outstanding service from Callum / Callan and Dylan: punctual, skillful and good-humoured. Great to have on your side on what could otherwise be a very stressful day. Callum / Callan and Dylan are both great ambassadors for your company. Highly recommended."
Nice one you two, catch Jack Tandy around the depot for your reward.
EBA comes into effect
MWAV Pty Ltd Melbourne Vic-TWU Enterprise Agreement 2025 -2028 - Fair Work Commission Application Approved.
As you are aware, an Application was made to the Fair Work Commission (Commission) for approval of the MWAV Pty Ltd Melbourne Vic-TWU Enterprise Agreement 2025 -2028 (Agreement).
I am extremely pleased to advise that the Agreement was approved on Monday, 12 January 2026 by the Commission, a copy of which, in the form as issued, is available >>here<<.
The Agreement came into operation on 19 January, 2026 until June 2028.
As always, if you have any questions about the Agreement or require further information, you can contact Paul Deakin, Alex Morris, or myself.
I would like to take this opportunity to once again thank everyone for their input into this process.
Well done everyone.
Matt Windsor
Councillors assemble
Proposed creation of a Movers’ Council MWAV would like expressions of interest from anyone interested in helping create an internal staff body to provide a voice and guidance to management on topics including:
- Policy proposals or changes
- EBA stuff
- Training of new staff
- General improvements to MWAV life and depot
- Improvements to our systems and processes
- Guidance on culture, vibe and social events e.g “should the weekly bbq be held out the front of the depot, or on the balcony where the actual bbq is?“, or “what are we doing for the Lifties this year?”
- Anything else
This body would be a key part of creating a more collaborative and consultative process around decisions that affect your daily work life. It would involve key staff members, TWU delegates, workplace health and safety representatives, management representatives and anyone else interested.
Expressions of interest can include submissions, attending some initial meetings or providing your ideas via your staff representatives. Any meeting attendance would be on paid time.
This will be discussed further at toolbox meetings coming up at both Cranbourne and Abbotsford. If you’d like any more info, please contact Matt Windsor: 69@mwav.org or staff rep Alex Morris: alexandermorris111@gmail.com.
Change to shift confirmations
As part of EBA negotiations, there will be a change to the way shift confirmations and cancellations happen.
There will be a new notification which will happen 2 days ahead of time, letting you know your shift for that day has been confirmed or if you have been cancelled.
The text will also let you know you will need to call the office if you wish to remain available so that you can be assigned if we get more work.
Start times for each days shift will still continue to be sent the day prior. Any questions, please call the office!
See ya Oscar
Moves: 944 @ 4.92
Tenure: 2yrs 8 months - 3,259 hours
From day one, Oscar set himself as a can-do go-getter. He served as a productive member of the OHS committee and all-round solutions focussed helpful hand.
The real difference and lasting legacy Oscar has made was taking a leadership position as the head honcho of the Makin Mattresses crew for Sandringham. A position strewn with defeated corpses of those who had tried and failed. Oscar not only succeeded but carved out a special relationship with Froncine but made it his own.
Oscar, you have left some almighty clown-sized shoes to fill and it has been an absolute pleasure to have you as a member of the team.
We all wish you well in your new career opportunity working for the Census. Make it count! lol
See ya Driz
Moves: 935 @ 4.81
Tenure: 4yrs 10 months - 5,860 hours
Drizzy Evergreen has also called time on their impactful career in the depot to run workshops promoting inclusion and equality in schools.
Driz has been instrumental in making positive change within the OHS & D&I committees to make MWAV a safer and more inclusive workplace. They also co-authored the Privacy Move Policy as well as wrote and presented the Privacy Move workshops to better educate our staff to make domestic violence and other privacy related moves as safe as possible for both customers and staff alike.
It takes a special kind of person to lead organisational change and Driz was up to the task always being approachable and conducting themselves with professionalism.
Driz, as a former Gold Headset winner, you bow out with many achievements and The Man thanks you for all that you have done knowing that you will go on to do much more.
Safety Tip
Don't attempt to turn whilst on the ramp. You are more likely to fall off.
We have experienced two incidences within the last fortnight of staff missing their footing as they turned heading backwards up the ramp. Misjudging the ramp edge is very easy to do so please line up straight before attempting to ascend or descend the ramp.
The coolest thing you can do this summer is stay safe.
Damage Photo Etiquette
A polite reminder to please provide multiple photos of an item when submitting a damage report. An up-close photo of the damage is always important but we need a photo of the actual item that's been damaged as well.
Without additional photos we're missing a lot of very important information. How big is it? Is it Ikea? Does it need multiple people to move it? Does it come apart? Is there any other pre-existing damage? Is the whole thing this colour? etc.
A picture says a thousand words so please remember: "One photo up close, one from further away, one of the item as a whole".
The Vibe
2026 continues to deliver almost exclusively good vibes with a stunner turnout on the surveys, way to go team!
Only a single - surprisingly kindly worded - negative review dampens the new year cheer with MWAV customers otherwise stoked with your great banter, timely arrivals and speedy moving skills. Let's keep the good times rolling!
Tommy's Tales
With the holidays over and the weather finally clearing up, repairs on last year's truck vs roof incident were completed this week thanks to an extra helping hand from Jake "Choice" Joyce. This surprisingly involved repair was repeatedly stalled by rain and multiple (non roof related) injuries before finally putting a bow on things earlier this week.
Please keep an eye out for this kind of roofing when reversing down those narrow townhouse driveways, make sure your offsider is spotting you and take things nice and slow to avoid clipping any weird bits of timber or guttering!
Suggestion Box
Suggestion: Why are there no blankets in any of the trucks?
Response: They most often get left behind with customers. If you are short of blankets, please head to the blanket stacks next to the gym area and refill your truck so your crew and tomorrow's crew have all they need to do their job well. If there are no blankets, please ask a manager.
Make your own suggestion with complete anonymity @ tny.mwav.org/report
Gig Guide
Lucy Tsipouras invites you to join the upcoming invasion day dawn service this coming Monday, 5am @ Camp Sovereignty, Domain Gardens. More information on the event as well as information on other local invasion day events & protests can be found >>here<<