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Q Catering Sale Update 4
15 June 2018
ASU delegates met with Qantas Management in Sydney on 13 June 2018 to discuss the sale of Qantas Catering to DNATA. See below for some answers to questions from our members. Superannuation A representative from the Qantas remuneration and benefits team attended to answer specific questions about superannuation. How will…
Update – Sale of Qantas Catering to DNATA
06 June 2018
ASU Delegates will meet with Qantas management to discuss the superannuation issues. The ASU has written to Qantas with questions ahead of the meeting. We are looking for clear answers about: How the new fund will be chosen; How ASU members will be consulted about choice of fund; How current…
Qantas Catering Sale Update
10 May 2018
ASU Delegates and Staff met with Qantas management to discuss the proposed sale of QCatering and to ask further questions. We have told Qantas that they need to show some respect for staff and start answering questions about the future of Qantas Catering. Staff need detail so they can make…
Update on Qantas Catering Sale
17 April 2018
Last week, Qantas announced the sale of its catering business to DNATA. ASU delegates, members and officials met with Qantas in Sydney on Friday 13th April to find out more about the changes. What do we know? DNATA is a ground-handling and catering contractor owned by Emirates. DNATA will buy…
Qantas mega-profits trickle up... not down
14 February 2018
The Australian Services Union today called-out Qantas for their position on corporate tax cuts, saying the company had always pocketed its profits in preference to increasing wages. ASU Assistant National Secretary Linda White said during one of the most profitable periods in Qantas’ history it even frozen wages for the…
Your ASU reps had another meeting with Qantas management on Friday 3rd November 2017 about the proposed centralisation of Airports workforce planning. We remain none the wiser about how this is all going to happen and we remain extremely concerned that the project is ill conceived and is going to…
Qantas resources restructure is going to be a disaster
11 September 2017
ASU delegates met with Qantas management on 7th September 2017 for our third consultation meeting about the proposed centralisation of the Airports rostering work to Sydney. The company proposes that Ramp, Customer Service and Fleet Presentation rostering and planning all be centralised to Sydney (N.B Fleet Presentation is already centralised).…
Another bonus, then payrise on the way at Qantas Group
28 August 2017
Qantas announced another bumper profit on Friday 25 August 2017 and as a result decided to provide a bonus of $2500 for full time employee s and $2000 for part time employees who agreed to the airlines 18 months wage freeze. Qantas Airways ASU members covered by EBA 11 agreed…
Qantas resources restructure debacle
24 August 2017
We had another meeting with Qantas on 23 August 2017 in Sydney. We got more detail on how the restructure is going to work and it is not pretty, in fact we have significant concerns that it will not work. Hidden in the small print is the fact that Qantas…
Qantas Resources Restructure Update
16 August 2017
Unfortunately Qantas came to our scheduled meeting on 15th August 2017 with ASU delegates and officials completely unprepared to even explain why they want to centralise Airports Workforce planning. They provided us with a broad brush presentation that effectively answered nothing. We have therefore rescheduled a meeting to get all…
History repeats, repeats, repeats at Qantas!!!!
04 August 2017
Today Qantas has made the extraordinary announcement that they intend to centralise ALL of the resource planning for each airport to Mascot. They have announced that all Resource Coordinators will be made redundant unless they want to apply for a new position that would be located in Sydney. Short sighted…
Qantas abandons Australian call centre jobs – again!
02 February 2017
At a time when Australians are crying out for more investment in jobs and skills, Australia’s national carrier Qantas has decided to change provider for their frequent flyer loyalty program. This decision, made with the stroke of a pen by some highly paid Executive with a Sydney harbour view, means…
Today the FWC approved ASU/Qantas EBA 11
23 November 2016
We are pleased to advise that today the Fair Work Commission approved the ASU/ Qantas EBA 11. This is a day to celebrate again the achievements of ASU members in negotiating some ground breaking new conditions at Qantas. We believe that EBA 11 delivers some important improvements to ASU members:…
It's a BIG YES to ASU Qantas EBA 11
12 October 2016
Qantas staff have voted overwhelmingly to endorse the ASU EBA 11 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 11 has been approved by the majority of staff who voted. 93.6% of…