Fair Work fails ASU airlines members
In a disappointing decision for ASU Airlines members, Fair Work Australia (FWA) handed down a decision on 26 February refusing to make modifications to the Airline Operations Ground Staff Award 2010 (the modern Airlines Award).
01 March 2010 [full story]
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Transport and Logistics Industry Skills Council – February eNewsletter
The current edition contains stories on: Training Package Updates; Research In T&L; Workforce Development; Other Projects; News And Events; Engage With The Skills Council.
28 February 2010 [full story]
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ASU identifies real security risks at Australian airports
In late 2009 in response to heightened media concern about organised crime in the maritime and aviation sectors the Australian Crime Commission Joint Parliamentary Committee initiated an inquiry to investigate the efficacy of Aviation Security Identification Card and security at Australian airports.
22 February 2010 [full story]
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ASU says: Back to the bargaining table at Toll Dnata Ramp & Cargo
The vote for the Toll Dnata Airport Service Pty Ltd Employee Ramp and Cargo Enterprise Agreement 2009–2011 was a clear NO. Toll Dnata employees across the country voted to say the agreement is not yet good enough and there are issues that must be resolved for the agreement to be accepted.
08 January 2010 [full story]
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Aviation White Paper delivers policy wins but still more work to be done
The Rudd Government's Aviation White Paper released on Wednesday 18th December marked the end of a 2 year process of policy development within which the ASU made extensive submissions and contributions through many rounds of consultation as well as lobbying of and discussions with Government ministers.
04 January 2010 [full story]
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Better security measures needed to combat serious and organised crime in aviation: ASU lodges submission to federal inquiry
The ASU has lodged a submission with the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Crime Commissions’ inquiry into the adequacy of aviation and maritime security measures to combat serious and organised crime.
18 November 2009 [full story]
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Urgent Alert: Federal Government acts on ASU Airline Award Modernisation concerns
Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard has written today to the Australian Industrial Relations Commission (AIRC) to ask them to reconsider the terms of both the modern “Airline Operations – Ground Staff – Award 2010” and “Aircraft Cabin Crew Award 2010”.
12 November 2009 [full story]
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Negotiations begin for first Toll Dnata Passenger Services EBA
On Friday 25th September 2009 the first negotiation meeting was held in Sydney for the inaugural Toll Dnata Passenger Services Enterprise Agreement. After a survey of staff and endorsement of our claims, the ASU team was keen to get going and discuss our issues.
28 September 2009 [full story]
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It’s time to fix our modern Airlines Awards
Members and officials from the Australian Services Union (ASU) and Flight Attendants’ Association of Australia, Domestic / Regional Division (FAAA) hit the ground running in Parliament House in Canberra last week to talk to politicians about the consequences for our members of the modernisation of the Airline Operations Ground Staff Award and the Aircraft Cabin Crew Award.
23 September 2009 [full story]
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Modern Airlines Award cannot be allowed to stand
On 4th September 2009 the Australian Industrial Relations Commission (AIRC) handed down a decision which significantly cut rates and conditions in existing airlines Awards. Remarkably the AIRC changed not one word of its draft Award which was first issued back in May 2009.
08 September 2009 [full story]
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It’s finally happening - one step closer to consistent rates!
Last week ASU Assistant National Secretary Linda White met with Gary Taylor, General Manager of Toll Dnata to begin discussions about a new agreement to cover all staff. The company has agreed that it is time to start discussions and they have indicated they are keen to start the process with ASU representatives. After months of talks amongst staff and union members it is now time to put our talk into action with an agreement.
20 July 2009 [full story]
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Airlines Modern Award Crash Lands
On 12th June 2009 the ASU filed a submission in the “modern Award” proceedings for the Airlines Operation Ground Staff Award which condemns the cutting of rates and conditions that have been proposed by the Australian Industrial Relations Commission (AIRC) in its first draft Award.
16 June 2009 [full story]
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Airline Awards are being industrially skyjacked
Last week the Australian Industry Group (AIG) representing most of the overseas airlines flying to Australia and ground handlers like Menzies Aviation urged the Australian Industrial Relations Commission to slash Airline Award wages by between $3,963 - $17,241 per year.
25 March 2009 [full story]
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ASU consults members over safety after Sydney airport tragedy
As the media has reported, gang violence erupted in Sydney Airport's domestic Qantas terminal 3 yesterday when a group of bikies bashed a rival gang member to death in front of terrified passengers and Qantas staff. ASU members work as customer service agents at check–in for Qantas at terminal 3 and at airports around the country.
23 March 2009 [full story]
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ASU calls on Government to act on air rage
The ASU has once again lodged a submission for the Federal Aviation Policy Review as a follow up to our original submission in July 2008. As the largest union in the Aviation industry in Australia we have raised key issues of Aviation Safety, Security and Foreign ownership in our submission.
03 March 2009 [full story]
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Union heroes save passengers on US Airways flight
The quick thinking, bravery, experience and extensive training of US Airways Flight 1549 pilot, Capt. Chesley Sullenberger, co-pilot Jeffrey Skiles, the crew of flight attendants, the air traffic controllers guiding the flight low over Manhattan and the rescuers were the key factors in yesterday’s “Miracle on the Hudson,” where 155 people survived an emergency landing in the river.
16 January 2009 [full story]
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Report finds Toll Dnata airport staff 'significantly disadvantaged' by job contracts
An investigation by the Victorian Workplace Rights Advocate has found that the AWAs and ITEAs offered to Toll Dnata staff at Melbourne’s airport 'significantly and unfairly disadvantaged' the employees, when compared to the Award.
23 December 2008 [full story]
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ITF provides world outlook
The four ASU representatives who attended the recent International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) “Aviation and Climate Change” Conference in London have all come back with a broad outlook on what other countries are doing in our industry in response to the climate change debate.
08 December 2008 [full story]
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Qantas says downgrade all Airline Awards
In June 2008 the Australian Industrial Relations Commission (AIRC) was asked by the Federal Government to review and “modernise” all Federal and State Awards over the next 18 months to form the basis of a new industrial relations system to commence on 1 January 2010. This process is known as Award Modernisation.
05 December 2008 [full story]
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Bargaining brings results in Airlines
Airline employers who have been trying to use WorkChoices for as long as they can have been dealt a blow as a majority of recent airline agreements have been secured as varied and extended agreements avoiding the harsh realities of WorkChoices.
07 November 2008 [full story]
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Toll Dnata check-in job contracts don’t pass Workplace Authority test
After months of waiting staff working for Toll Dnata at Melbourne’s International Airport were notified this week that their employment contracts have failed the Workplace Authority’s No Disadvantage Test.
18 September 2008 [full story]
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ASU calls for creation of a sustainable aviation fund in government submission
This week the ASU lodged its submission to the Rudd Government’s green paper on the introduction of a Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, calling for the creation of a Sustainable Aviation Fund to investigate alternative fuel technologies and best industry practice.
12 September 2008 [full story]
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The Green Paper & Aviation
In 2010 the Government intends to introduce a ‘Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme’ to get businesses and consumers to reduce their pollution. They have recently released a green paper outlining an emissions trading scheme which will include the aviation industry as well as impact our daily lives as consumers.
29 August 2008 [full story]
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Petition launched to support Toll Dnata airport workers
The ASU has launched a petition to support Toll Dnata workers at Australian airports and protect the industry from a drop in standards.
27 August 2008 [full story]
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Climate change and aviation
The debate on climate change has a lot of jargon and issues that can be hard to understand. As the aviation industry is always discussed in climate change debates, the ASU’s National Airlines Division Council has made education of ASU members on this issue a priority.
21 August 2008 [full story]
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Media Release: Toll Dnata uses Labor’s ITEAs to cut pay and conditions of Airport workers by $5,000 a year
Toll Dnata, an airlines company owned by Emirates and Toll Holdings, is seeking to exploit Labor’s transitional IR laws to cut the pay and allowances of customer service and check-in staff at Melbourne’s international airport by at least $5,000 a year.
20 August 2008 [full story]
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ASU members make key contribution to aviation policy development
The ASU’s submission to the Federal Government’s aviation policy development draws on the survey responses to the ASU Aviation Issues Survey 2008 received from almost 800 frontline aviation workers across Australia.
02 July 2008 [full story]
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Aviation Survey deadline extended
We have decided to extend the deadline for responses to the ASU’s Aviation Survey until Monday 23 June 2008. The responses will form part of our submission in response to the Federal Government’s aviation issues paper.
19 June 2008 [full story]
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We need your views on the future of aviation in Australia
In April 2008 the Federal Minister for Transport Anthony Albanese announced the Government’s intention to develop a comprehensive National Aviation Policy Statement.
27 May 2008 [full story]
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ASU fact sheet for Toll Dnata
This week Toll Dnata is meeting with some employees to offer them direct employment on individual contracts. These employment contracts are called Interim Transitional Employment Agreements (ITEAs). In this fact sheet the ASU has prepared some basic information about ITEAs and your rights when you are offered one.
26 May 2008 [full story]
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Aviation training package due for validation
The Transport and Logistics Industry Skills Council has a number of established Industry Sector Committees and Registered Training Organisations Reference Panels that provide valuable input into the design and implementation of industry training packages. In 2007 the Skills Council and the relevant Reference Panels have commenced a program of review and improvement of the industry training packages.
15 August 2007 [full story]
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Airlines peak body meets in Sydney
The ASU’s National Airlines Division Council (NADC) met in Sydney on 14th & 15th June 2006 to consider a range of industrial relations and general issues affecting the ASU’s membership in the aviation industry.
18 July 2006 [full story]
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Qantas recognises families in all their shapes and sizes … almost!
QANTAS has agreed to recognise the title of ‘marriage’ for at least one QANTAS employee and his same sex partner. They were legally married in Canada and the employee produced to Qantas the marriage certificate as proof.
07 June 2006 [full story]
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A global look at aviation
On 9th & 10th May 2006 ASU Assistant National Secretary Linda White attended the 2006 International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) “Alliance Strategy Conference” hosted at the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers’ (IAM) Headquarters in Washington DC.
17 May 2006 [full story]
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Avian flu and transport: Background briefing from the ITF
The International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) is distributing information on avian flu to its affiliated trade unions like the ASU and encouraging transport workers to begin a dialogue with their employers on how the disease may affect transport modes and workers should it appear in further areas.
23 January 2006 [full story]
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Thousands of messages flood Gate Gourmet
In a new high for the Labourstart website thousands of messages from around the world have been sent to the bosses at Gate Gourmet at Heathrow expressing outrage at their tactics.
24 August 2005 [full story]
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Gate Gourmet workers at Heathrow need your help
International union solidarity group Labourstart have launched an international appeal for solidarity to assist the Gate Gourmet workers at Heathrow Airport who were sacked last week, in an extraordinary display of corporate bullying. Gate Gourmet which provides British Airways and Qantas with its in-flight meals at Heathrow Airport sacked some 800 workers - using a megaphone.
17 August 2005 [full story]
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Understanding the ASU position on airport security
ASU members in the Airline Industry will no doubt have heard that the Federal Government last week announced increased security measures for all Australian airports. There is very little detailed information currently available about the Federal Government’s plans but from various media reports it is clear that staff at all airports will be subject to increased security checks including criminal checks.
15 June 2005 [full story]
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Jetstar – Low cost but at what cost?
The results of the ASU’s Zero Air Rage survey of Jetstar employed airport customer service agents (CSAs) is now available and reveals that the experience of the type and frequency of rage exhibited by Jetstar passengers to CSAs is worse than for other CSAs working at Australian airports.
21 February 2005 [full story]
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Tax Time Tips for Airline Employees
The new financial year is now here and it is time for airline employees to start thinking about getting your tax return for the 2003/2004 year completed and lodged.
23 August 2004 [full story]
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ASU & ACTU make submission to drug and alcohol testing review
The ASU has written to support the ACTU’s submission to the Department of Transport and Regional Services and CASA review into drug and alcohol testing in the aviation industry.
01 July 2004 [full story]
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Qantas to act on rage at airports
On Monday 10 May 2004, ASU delegates from Hobart, Melbourne, Canberra, SIT, Sydney Domestic, Coolangatta, Brisbane and Cairns met with Qantas Airport Managers and Head of Airports Grant Fenn to discuss ASU members ongoing issues with the incidence of air rage at airports around Australia.
13 May 2004 [full story]
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A culture of abuse at our airports
Today the ASU will present the preliminary findings from our airport air rage survey to the Review of Aviation Security being conducted by the Federal Parliament.
21 October 2003 [full story]
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ASU to Give Evidence at Aviation Inquiry
The ASU has been invited to give evidence at the public hearing of the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit – Review of Aviation Security in Australia in Melbourne on Tuesday 21 October 2003.
20 October 2003 [full story]
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Making airports safer – Zero Air Rage Campaign Begins
With the focus firmly on security at airports worldwide, Australia’s largest customer service union, The Australian Services Union is conducting a nationwide survey of customer service staff at airports. This survey has been designed by customer service staff and the results will be an important resource in our campaign to make airports safe places to work.
23 September 2003 [full story]
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World First Aviation Training Package Launched
Transport and Distribution Training Australian (TDT) launched its Aviation Training Package in Melbourne yesterday (Tuesday 15 July 2003) in what is a world first for the aviation industry.
16 July 2003 [full story]
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Tax Time Tips for Airline Employees
The new financial year is now here and it is time for airline employees to start thinking about getting your tax return for the 2002/2003 year completed and lodged.
01 July 2003 [full story]
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Information for Airline Members on SARS
The emergence of Sudden Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) is a serious health concern for aircraft passengers, crews, and aviation ground staff. The disease is reported to have been transmitted on board an aircraft, but advice about appropriate safeguards is still emerging.
03 April 2003 [full story]
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ASU Official to attend ILO Aviation Summit
Assistant National Secretary Linda White has been nominated as one of 20 aviation worker delegates worldwide for the upcoming International Labour Office’s Tripartite Meeting considering the consequences of the September 11, 2001 incidents on the aviation industry. This meeting which also involves 20 representatives each from aviation companies and governments will be held in Geneva from 21-25 January 2002.
11 January 2002 [full story]
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Important Information for Traveland Members
All Traveland members need to sign a Proxy Form allowing the ASU's nominated representatives to represent members at the Creditors meeting which is to be held as follows:
29 November 2001 [full story]
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Welcome to ASU General Airlines News
Within the next couple of months we hope to include news items of interest to ASU airlines members.
18 October 2001 [full story]
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