As the call to action goes, Strong Unions Need Women. Now more than ever it is true that your contribution will mean strong communities can be supported by strong unions. The ASU wishes all its women members and friends a happy International Women's Day for 8 March! The legacy of…

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…

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…

Working Life is a news source for all workers, bringing you a range of stories. Read it, print it, share it! The latest edition includes the following: Where are the jobs, Prime Minister?; How fair is unfair dismissal; New laws to help workers take a stand against bullying; Welcome to…

After numerous catastrophic financial collapses and controversies, the previous Federal Government passed new laws to regulate the financial advice industry, known as the Future of Financial Advice (or FoFA) laws. However, the current Abbott Government wants to dramatically water down those reforms with new regulations, even as they have received…

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…

The USU Branch of the ASU Commissioned Professor Brian Dollery to produce a comprehensive and independent response to the NSW Independent Panel's Report Revitalising Local Government. Professor Dollery's report can be downloaded on the USU webpage along with the USU's Summary, Review and USU Response of 'Revitalising Local Government' Final…

As privatisation looms as the Abbott Government's preferred method of reducing debt, the ASU and others are using submissions to inquiries and reviews to highlight the failures of this approach. Our submission to the Federal Government which is preparing an Energy White Paper continues this focus. The ASU has campaigned…

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…