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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…
Over the past few weeks, speculation has been rife on the future of Qantas in Australia. This speculation has not only been played out in the media, but many Qantas workers are hearing rumours around their workplace about their future job security. …
Qantas announces profit downgrade – we will fight to save jobs
05 December 2013
In the lead up to Christmas, Qantas management has decided to announce a profit downgrade to the stock market signalling too that over the next 12 months 1000 positions will go from the Qantas group. As is always the case with media releases, there is no detail about the jobs/positions…
Fair Work Commission approves Qantas EBA 10
30 October 2013
Today the Fair Work Commission approved ASU/Qantas EBA 10. Two employee bargaining reps from Brisbane Airport appeared at the Fair Work Commission representing their own interests to oppose the approval of the agreement. These two employees argued that certain part time conditions in the EBA indirectly discriminated against them. Both…
ASU members give Qantas EBA 10 thumbs up
06 September 2013
Qantas staff have voted overwhelmingly to endorse the ASU EBA 10 deal negotiated and recommended by the ASU's Qantas National Negotiating Team. The external company conducting the ballot, Elections Australia Pty Ltd today declared that ASU EBA 10 has been approved by the majority of staff who voted. 97.41% of…
Vote YES for ASU Qantas EBA 10 NOW!!!
04 September 2013
While there is a lot of voting going on later this week across Australia there is also an important vote to cast for the proposed ASU Qantas EBA 10. Voting has opened for the ASU Qantas EBA 10 and all ASU members are urged to vote YES for this EBA…
ASU members endorse Qantas EBA 10 deal
22 August 2013
After participating in workplace meetings across Australia, ASU members at Qantas have overwhelmingly voted to endorse the ASU EBA 10 deal negotiated and recommended by the ASU's Qantas National Negotiating Team. The ASU has advised Qantas management of these results and so we expect that the company will shortly send…
ASU Qantas Delegates recommend settlement
29 July 2013
Almost 70 ASU delegates from across Australia met in Melbourne on Friday 26th July 2013 to consider the recommendation of the ASU National Negotiating Team on the settlement of EBA 10. After detailed consideration, discussion and debate your ASU delegates unanimously voted in favour of the following resolution: Having heard…
Our 8th meeting with Qantas management was held in Sydney on 17th July 2013. The ASU's National Negotiating Team have determined that it is time to report back to our ASU Qantas national delegates' group about where we are at with negotiations. As a result we have scheduled an ASU…
Some progress but still a way to go at Qantas
02 July 2013
The ASU National Negotiating Team met with Qantas on two occasions since our last bulletin, on 22nd May and then on 18 – 19th June 2013. We have made progress on some of our claims but the Qantas response on our key job security claims and the wage and superannuation…