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Jetstar
Our ASU Jetstar EBA 5 provides for regular consultation at a national level between Jetstar management and ASU delegates and officials. This forum is held quarterly and provides an opportunity to discuss issues that have not been able to be resolved locally or which have a "national" character. ASU delegates…
The Australian Services Union Victoria, Private Sector Branch has welcomed an agreement that has been reached between the State Government, Jetstar and Avalon Airport that ensures the airline will continue to operate services from the airport for the next 10 years. The new 10 year agreement will see the number…
Fair Work Commission approves Jetstar EBA 5
22 April 2015
We are pleased to advise that the Fair Work Commission approved ASU / Jetstar EBA 5 on 21st April 2015. EBA 5 delivers some important improvements to ASU members: 30 month EBA expiring on 30th September 2017. 3 % p.a. from first pay period on or after 1 April 2015,…
ASU Jetstar EBA 5 voted up
27 March 2015
Jetstar staff have voted overwhelmingly to endorse the ASU EBA 5 deal negotiated and recommended by the ASU's Jetstar National Negotiating Team. The external company conducting the ballot, Elections Australia Pty Ltd, today declared that ASU EBA 5 has been approved by the majority of staff. 84.87% of staff who…
ASU members endorse Jetstar EBA 5
13 March 2015
It's been an endurance event, but after lengthy negotiations we finally have an agreement which ASU members have endorsed in meetings across Australia. The proposed EBA provides a number of significant improvements in some important terms and conditions of our work. As ASU members now endorse the EBA we encourage…
Finally some good news on Jetstar EBA5
24 February 2015
After a marathon 18 months of negotiations for a new Jetstar ASU EBA5 your ASU National Negotiating Team (NNT) is pleased to advise that we finally have an offer for settlement of our EBA which we can recommend to our ASU members for their approval. As members know our Jetstar…
Light at the end of the tunnel - Jetstar EBA
16 January 2015
Your Jetstar National Negotiating Team (NNT) met with the company on 14th January 2015 and we are pleased to report we have made real progress and feel we are getting closer to an offer to settle the EBA which members can consider. We know the devil is always in the…
Negotiations grind on at Jetstar
17 December 2014
Your Jetstar National Negotiating Team (NNT) met with the company again on 10th December 2014 and we had a long in-depth discussion on their current offer to settle the EBA. There are still a lot of issues that are outstanding that need Jetstar to change their position on or clarify.…
Time to put your best deal on the table Jetstar
31 October 2014
Your Jetstar National Negotiating Team met with the company on 15th September 2014 and 21st October 2014 to see if we can get any closer to finalizing an agreement. The company continues to say that they want an 18 month pay freeze so that no pay rise would be payable…
Enough is enough – it’s time to go Alan Joyce
28 August 2014
After months and months of seeing long serving loyal colleagues leave the Qantas Group because of the mismanagement of the CEO and the Qantas Board, today's news of a record statutory $2.8 billion loss at Qantas is still a shock. Many ASU members have expressed their dismay at what has…
It’s all happening at Jetstar
21 August 2014
Over the past few weeks the ASU Jetstar National Negotiating Team (NNT) has met with Company representatives four times about a range of issues including the payroll review phase 2, the work being done on a new rostering system (Groundstar) and the Company's position on recommencing our EBA 5 negotiations.…
Workers ask pollies to stand by Qantas
26 March 2014
Converging on Canberra from all parts of the country, Qantas workers and union officials last week lobbied pollies at Parliament House on behalf of everyone working at the Flying Kangaroo. The ASU's delegation was joined by the ACTU, NUW, TWU, AMWU and AWU. Our courageous members shone as they told…
The Australian Services Union will lobby Federal Parliament today, meeting with politicians and warning of the damage changes to the Qantas Sale Act will have on Qantas workers and their communities. The Union will be accompanied by Qantas workers and ASU delegates. ASU Assistant National Secretary Linda White said that…
The ASU, Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) and other Qantas unions held another crisis meeting with Qantas CEO Alan Joyce On Wednesday 5 March 2014 so that he could give us an honest answer on job and wage cuts and take up our offer of working together to ensure…