The Australian Services Union has today called on Transurban to stand by Australian workers as its call centre supplier, Salmat announced it will axe around 50 jobs from its call centre in Melbourne and offshoring jobs to Manila. ASU Victorian Private Sector Branch Secretary, Ingrid Stitt, said that the move by Salmat was simply unconscionable…
Your new EBA is ready for you to vote on and the ASU is strongly recommending that you vote Yes. After lengthy negotiations your Delegates and the ASU believe that we have delivered the best possible deal that can be achieved under the current circumstances. We believe this EBA has significant improvements, delivers pay increases,…
The Slater and Gordon Support Staff Enterprise Agreement 2014 took effect on 7 April 2015, and since then, your ASU representatives have been busy getting to work implementing the benefits we negotiated for members during the negotiations. Support Staff Service Leave Days It was brought to our attention that there was a lot of confusion…
The Australian Services Union Victoria, Private Sector Branch has strongly condemned the Federal Government’s planned cuts to Paid Parental Leave in a move that will see around 80,000 working mothers lose support. The ASU says that the government’s $967.7 million cuts will mean that tens of thousands of mothers will be left without any government…
We are pleased to advise that the Fair Work Commission approved the Menzies Aviation (Sydney and Melbourne) Customer Service Agreement 2014 on 8th May 2015. The EBA comes into operation on 15th May 2015 and it expires on 31 January 2017. The EBA contains pay rise of 3% from 1 July 2014 and 3.5% from…
Virgin has recently informed staff that they must take annual leave balances in excess of one year. While the company can direct team members to take annual leave, this request must be reasonable. Under Virgin policy and the EBA, accrued leave should be taken within 12 months of it being accrued. The EBA also provides…
Late on Monday 4th May 2015 Dnata sent out a communication to all staff seeking expressions of interest to participate in a range of programs to reduce costs and restructure. Your ASU delegates had an EBA meeting scheduled with the company on 5th May 2015 and we immediately raised the expressions of interest process and…
ASU International and Domestic Freight delegates from all across Australia met with Qantas Freight management in Sydney on 6th May 2015 to discuss the company’s recent announcement that they intend to offshore and outsource the import processing function to India and cross train staff on front counter and other functions. This meeting followed a teleconference…
The ASU is pleased to introduce Sonja Griffin. Sonja has agreed to come on board as a new ASU delegate at Startrack. If you are experiencing issues in the workplace or just have questions about work related matters, you may seek advice and support from Sonja. To break the ice, ASU Organiser for Startrack Andy…
Toll Dnata Ramp and Cargo staff had already overwhelmingly voted against the company’s proposal for an inferior enterprise bargaining deal when your ASU representatives met with the company and TWU negotiators in Sydney on 31 March 2015. In fact 82.8% of those who voted – voted “NO” to the proposal – a resounding result in…
Startrack staff have voted comprehensively to endorse the Startrack Customer Service Centre and Clerical Enterprise Agreement negotiated by ASU. Over 70% of staff who were eligible to vote about the agreement cast a vote and of those 98% voted in favour of the ASU recommended deal. This is an outstanding result and congratulations must go…
Over the past few months Virgin management have been conducting consultations with ground crew jobshare employees at airports about how a new jobshare policy might operate. Jobshare was raised in our enterprise agreement discussions and the company committed to looking at the policy and working to improve it, not only for current jobsharers but for…