The ASU has been made aware of the fact that CEO David Hall sent an email to Melbourne airport staff advising that car park arrangements for the transition to terminal 4 had been considered and that there are a few options available for you to choose from.
Jetstar claims your views have been considered.
In David’s email to you he categorically states “We’ve been conducting workshops and focus groups with our teams to ensure this transition is a smooth one for our people”
The ASU has not found anyone in the customer services area that has been spoken to as part of a focus group or involved in any meaningful way in a workshop.
Failure to Consult.
To be clear, at no time has the ASU or your delegates been consulted with about this matter.
This is totally unacceptable, Jetstar has an obligation to consult with its employees and the union when any major change is undertaken. Either way you would have thought that common sense would prevail and discussions with the ability for genuine input would have been entered into.
The options aren’t really options at all.
As far as the ASU is concerned the options put forward to you in the email have potential significant ramifications for our members including but not limited to, potentially serious OH&S issues and dramatically increased travel time to and from work.
There has been no detail added to the options such as bus timings and schedules or any other relevant information for you to be able to make an informed decision.
We further believe that there are other potential options available and the fact of the matter is that Jetstar is just trying to take the easy options without any real regard for you.
What have we done?
We have written directly to David Hall requesting a meeting about these issues as a matter of urgency. You can find a copy of the letter here.
We will keep you updated about any progress and will hold members meetings to deal with these issues once we receive a response.
If the response is not satisfactory we will escalate this matter via our dispute resolutions procedure in the EBA and hold Jetstar to account.