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Virgin Australia
Virgin Australia staff have just won Best Airline Staff in Australia/Pacific in the Skytrax World Airline Awards. This is a testament to the hard work that staff put in day in, day out, to ensure exceptional services for guests. But at the same time, Virgin Australia is trying to cut…
ASU members say NO to Virgin’s proposed pay cuts
09 June 2017
Your ASU delegates met with Virgin on 9 June 2017 and responded to Virgin’s log of claims. We told management that ASU members do not deserve a pay cut, so we reject their claims to: Increase the spread of hours from 0700 – 1800 to 0600 – 1800 (cutting millions…
Virgin wants to cut your take home pay!
01 June 2017
Bargaining update Your ASU representatives have finally received a list of changes that Virgin wants to make to the enterprise agreement. It’s not pretty. Virgin wants to cut employees’ take home pay by making the following changes: Increase the spread of hours from 0700 – 1800 to 0600 – 1800…
Why are we waiting at Virgin?
19 May 2017
Your ASU representatives met with management on Wednesday 17 May 2017 to progress negotiations for the new Virgin enterprise agreement. Management had committed to giving us the list of changes they want in the new agreement at this meeting. But yet again, when we arrived, they had no log of…
Some progress made at Virgin–but a long way to go?
21 April 2017
Your ASU delegates met with Virgin management on Thursday 20 April 2017 to progress negotiations for your new enterprise agreement. We finally heard from management a bit about the changes they want in the new agreement, including: More variable shift lengths (maybe 10 hours one day, 6 hours the next,…
No list of claims from Virgin management yet
27 March 2017
Your ASU delegates met with Virgin Australia management in Brisbane on 20 March 2017. We provided a lot more detail about the changes ASU members want to see in this new agreement. Our discussions focussed on: Fairer use of chronologies – making sure employees know when entries are made and…
Bargaining Kicks off at Virgin Australia
21 February 2017
On 20 February 2017 your ASU delegates met with management and gave them a list of the changes that ASU members want to see in their new agreement. Our claims Some of the main changes we raised are: Fair pay rises to make sure your wages reflect the level of…
Bargaining for your new agreement kicks off at Virgin
31 January 2017
Your ASU representatives met with Virgin management on 30 January to kick off negotiations for the new Virgin Australia Ground Crew Agreement. We received a briefing from management on the state of the business and changes that are taking place as part of the Better Business program. Your delegates asked…
ASU Virgin Australia EBA Bulletin #1
08 December 2016
Team members at Virgin now have the opportunity to negotiate a new enterprise agreement as the current agreement expires on 30 June 2017. The new agreement will deal with your wages and all conditions like rostering, sick leave and annual leave. Take the survey! We want to know what is…
Virgin to change system for when you're injured at work
06 April 2016
Workers Compensation is there to provide payment for workers, injured, killed or becoming ill due to a work related incident. Virgin wants to change what happens when you are injured at work. If you are injured at work, you and your doctor make a decision to make a claim under…
Update on national implementation meeting
18 December 2015
On 14th December ASU delegates and officials met with Virgin Airports GCC and industrial relations management for one of the regular Ground Crew Agreement Implementation Committee meetings. There was lots on the agenda and this bulletin provides a short summary of what was discussed. Follow up on rostering standards Our…
In an incredible show of disregard for consultation processes, Virgin management have gone directly to airport employees and said - you have not worked enough hours for the money we have paid you, so now you can choose a new "5 on – 2 off" roster, or we can work…
Sign the petition: Don’t take our annual leave at Virgin
05 November 2014
Virgin staff across the country have been telling us that Virgin's decision to take back incorrectly credited annual leave isn't fair. We've heard you loud and clear, but Virgin still isn't listening. We think we should insist on keeping the leave, not the least because team members have been relying…
Recognition Days - Virgin Australia EBA
29 September 2014
Under the EBA existing full-time and part-time Virgin staff members are entitled to 3 Recognition Days for each year of the Agreement. Recognition Days will be credited in December 2013, December 2014, and December 2015. It is important to remember that Recognition Days must be used within 12 months of…