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Ready to roll for Qantas EBA 10
13 February 2013
Around 80 ASU delegates from Qantas Group Companies from across Australia met in Melbourne on 6 and 7th February to commence preparations for bargaining in the Qantas Group in 2013. Delegates from Qantas Airways, QFCL, QFIT, Jetstar and QantasLink attended. Qantas EBA 10 Almost 1300 responses for our EBA 10…
Agreement discussions continue at Virgin Australia
07 January 2013
ASU National Negotiating Team (NNT) had our second meeting with Virgin management in Brisbane on 4th January 2013 to discuss what guest services and contact centre staff want to see in our new agreement. At this meeting we gave the company the following detailed clauses for our claims: • Claim…
Virgin agreement negotiations kick off
21 December 2012
The ASU National Negotiating Team met with Virgin management for the first time in Brisbane on 19th December 2012 to discuss what guest services and contact centre staff want to see in our new agreement. We discussed the ASU claim that has been endorsed by members after our extensive surveying…
Update on Qantas Freight Structure
21 December 2012
Your AaE delegates held a teleconference with Qantas Freight management on Thursday 13 December 2013 to try and get answers to the many questions you have about the new Qantas Freight structure arising from AaE becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of Qantas. As best we can determine Qantas will be…
A message from the ASU Virgin Australia National Negotiating Team
13 December 2012
We are extremely proud to introduce our ASU Virgin Australia National Negotiating team who will be representing ASU members at the negotiations for the new Virgin Australia Ground Crew Agreement. Each Team member may come from a different background, location or experience but all are committed to working closely with…
Time to Vote “NO’’ to Aero-Care agreement 2012
07 December 2012
Aero-Care has circulated a proposed agreement asking employees to vote in favour of it. The ASU advises our members to vote ''NO''. The ASU believes that the wages in the agreement are too low, that the hours required to work are unfair and that the agreement favours Aero-Care at the…
ASU claim endorsed – we are ready to go at Virgin
07 December 2012
Thanks to all Guest Services and Contact Centre staff who filled out our recent agreement survey. We got a fantastic response! Below you can see a word cloud which represents the key things you told us in the survey. There are many common issues that are important to staff across…
Bonus payment turns into payroll debacle at Jetstar
03 December 2012
The bonus that should have been a great reward for loyal hardworking Jetstar customer service staff has turned into yet another Jetstar payroll disaster, the fourth major payroll system failure this year. Hot on the heels of the failure to pay the 3% pay rise due in October 2012 comes…
Aero-Care EBA 2012 is a long way short
03 December 2012
The ASU has been bargaining with Aero-Care since February 2012 after Fair Work Australia refused to approve the original agreement lodged by Aero-Care. The ASU's sole intent has been to bargain to get the best Agreement for our members. The minimum conditions the Aero-Care Agreement should include is the terms…
ASU members endorse Eastern Australia Airlines EBA
20 November 2012
Over the last month ASU members at Eastern Australia Airlines have considered the new offer from management for our EBA and they have overwhelmingly endorsed the proposed agreement. As a result of this endorsement the negotiated deal has now gone out to staff for consideration. Formal voting on whether to…