Given that the Company has notified staff about significant reductions in flight capacity of the airline – including a suspension of all international flying from 30 March and a 50% drop in domestic capacity until 14 June 2020 – there will be a lot to work through for you. Download or print bulletin here The…
Now is not the time for the government to sit on its hands. Assistance and support to the industry must focus on protecting the jobs of workers not simply propping up companies. We urgently call on the government to meet with us and act to save the airlines industry. Read the joint letter here Joint…
As the airline industry braces for its most significant challenge in over a decade the Australian Services Union has called on employers to invest in their workforce through the tough times. Download Media Release here. Secretary of the ASU’s Victorian Private Sector Branch Matt Norrey said with the increased restrictions on air travel it’s important…
ASU members have contacted us about advice from the Company sent this morning, to all Group employees. The ASU has not received any notification from the Company about stand-downs. Stand-downs are not available under your Enterprise Agreement (‘the EBA’). In general, the ASU does not endorse unpaid stand-downs as a measure to address reduced flight…
There is a lot of information out there about coronavirus and it can be confusing to know where you stand as an employee. The below information is to clear up any uncertainty and to make sure you know your rights at work on this issue, and what to do if you have contracted the illness,…
You will be able to vote on a proposed agreement from the 20 to 26 February 2020. On Friday, 7 February 2020 Emirates confirmed that the draft agreement that we have seen will made available to for staff to review from 13 to 19 February 2020. Once the Access Period is complete, you should receive…
Thank you to everyone who filled in a survey over the last month and a half. An unprecedented number of team members from all ports responded to the survey telling us what improvements you want in your next EBA. So far, employees are telling us that some of the main issues they want addressed are:…
Over the past 2 weeks ASU members from all Serco’s have had off-site meetings together to discuss possible improvements at Serco. To find out what issues and actions were discussed, see the minutes here.
It has now been confirmed that a passenger travelling on Tiger Australia flight TT566 from Melbourne to the Gold Coast has tested positive for Coronavirus. The flight on 27 January landed at the Gold Coast at 8.00 p.m. Overnight, the World Health Organization declared a global health emergency with the viral novel coronavirus, named 2019-nCoV. Your union…
On the 31st of December SERCO finally issued the bargaining notices, meaning we will now be bargaining for a new EBA. This is the result of ASU members sticking together, signing up their fellow co-workers, and putting pressure on Serco to come to the bargaining table via the majority support petition. The next step is…
For a period of 30 days over the Christmas and New Year period, members of the Australian Federation of Airline Pilots (AFAP) and the Transport Workers Union (TWU) will be taking various forms of protected industrial action at Jetstar. The industrial action may be in various forms, including: stopping work for periods of 15 minutes…
Submission to the Standing Committee on Environment and Energy Inquiry into Nuclear Energy in Australia, September 2019 The ASU Victorian Private Sector Branch is a proud signatory to the Civil Society Statement on Domestic Nuclear Power Our nation faces urgent energy challenges. Against a backdrop of increasing climate impacts and scientific evidence the need for…