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Time for Jetstar bosses to come out of hiding
06 March 2014
Your National Negotiating Team (NNT) met with some of the Jetstar management negotiating team on 4th March 2013 to try and get some clarity about where our bargaining is up to and also how the recent Qantas Group announcements will impact upon us. It was extremely disappointing that NO senior…
Saving jobs is the name of our game at Qantas
06 March 2014
Yesterday ASU officials and delegates met with Qantas management about the impact of the 5000 job cuts in ASU areas. It was a long frustrating day with lots of hot air and very few details provided by management about how many people are likely to lose their jobs. In most…
Tony Abbott has given the green light to send tens of thousands of Australian jobs overseas with his decision to amend critical sections of the Qantas Sales Act. ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver said Qantas workers and their families would be waking up this morning devastated by the news that Prime…
Following the decision last week by Qantas CEO Alan Joyce to sack 5000 workers, the Australian Council of Trade Unions and your Union called a crisis meeting with Mr Joyce and his management team to find out why they are pursuing a strategy of savage job cuts that will hurt…
Abbott has a choice: save or sack Qantas workers
03 March 2014
Tony Abbott has a clear choice to make when Cabinet meets to discuss the future of Qantas tomorrow - save Qantas workers, or open the gates to sack even more of them. ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver said Qantas workers are already unsure if their jobs are safe following Alan Joyce's…
Black day for Qantas workers - ASU media release
27 February 2014
The Australian Services Union has labelled the Qantas decision to shed 5000 full time workers across the Qantas Group as short sighted and has vowed to fight for every job. ASU Assistant National Secretary Linda White said that the Qantas announcement is devastating for the hard working staff of Qantas…
A Dark Day for the Qantas Group
27 February 2014
Today's announcement by the Qantas Group of the cutting of 5000 jobs and the massive restructuring across the Group is a dark day in the proud history of your airline and it cannot go unchallenged by any of us who have worked hard to make the company an Australian icon…
Jetstar negotiations stalled as we await Qantas Group Review
13 February 2014
Since the last meeting on 11 December 2013 (see bulletin 7) your National Negotiating Team (NNT) have scheduled 3 meetings with Jetstar management to try and get the company's response to our EBA 5 issues – each time the company reps have postponed the meeting saying they could not get…
Time for Jetstar to put their cards on the table
13 December 2013
The ASU Jetstar National Negotiating team (NNT) met with management representatives for our 6th EBA negotiation meeting on 11th December and we have given the company a clear message that it is time to get serious about our negotiations and put an effort into trying to resolve the differences between…
Jetstar needs to get their act together
05 December 2013
Your ASU National Negotiating Team (NNT) has now had five meetings with Jetstar about our new Agreement and unfortunately we feel like we are marking time and getting nowhere. At our last meeting on 28th November, 2013, we told Jetstar it was time to take our claims seriously and we…
All our claims tabled for the Jetstar EBA 5
14 October 2013
At our 2nd meeting with Jetstar management on 8th October 2013 we tabled all our remaining detailed claims as follows: Claim 2 – Include all EBA conditions that are currently in side letters in EBA 5 Claim 4 – Provide for conversion for part time workers to full time Claim…
Jetstar EBA 5 negotiations commence
25 September 2013
Your ASU National Negotiating Team (NNT) met with Jetstar management in Melbourne on 18th September 2013 to start negotiations for the ASU Jetstar EBA 5. Your NNT provided our endorsed ASU claim to management and then gave an overview of what we are seeking in these negotiations. We also provided…
ASU Jetstar claim endorsed – EBA 5 negotiations about to kick off
11 September 2013
ASU members at ports throughout the country overwhelmingly endorsed our claim for Jetstar EBA 5. The claim was developed after extensive consultation with our members and other staff at Jetstar through surveys and feedback from delegates. Today our claim will be served on Jetstar management and our Respect us Respect…
Time to consider our claim for Jetstar EBA 5
13 August 2013
Our Jetstar EBA survey results are now in after almost 150 staff from across Jetstar took the time to respond to our EBA 5 survey. Your Jetstar ASU National Negotiating Team (NNT) have reviewed the results and have formulated a draft claim to be considered by ASU members. Meetings being…