It was a sea of RED at Maurice Blackburn last Wednesday when employees donned their red shirts, red dresses and red ribbons in support of fair and equitable wage increases for all staff in their current EBA negotiations with management. The Maurice Blackburn Remuneration (REM) Committee were meeting that day to consider wage outcomes for…
A large group of 60 union members from across 16 different Unions visited State Parliament on Wednesday, 25 May, to talk directly to State MPs about Insecure Work. The ASU team was led by Assistant Secretary, David Leydon. Premier Daniel Andrews addressed the workers at the start of the day and then Unions were able…
Your National Negotiating Team (NNT) have met twice with Qantas since our last bulletin, on 28th April and 11 May 2016. At our last meeting we finally talked about the wage freeze. Qantas says their key claim is the wage freeze. In their 2nd and 3rd Qantas bulletins to staff covered by the ASU EBA which were released on 10th and…
Since our last bulletin we have had 2 meetings with the employer representatives on 26th April and 5th May and we have been to the Fair Work Commission on 29th April 2016. There is no doubt we have been putting in a lot of time trying to bring some of the outstanding issues to a conclusion. Your…
The ASU is currently investigating a potential back pay claim for the underpayment of meal breaks during overtime shifts. We are currently assessing the extent of the claim and ask that members provide us with additional information to assist with the process. If you believe that you may be owed money the ASU will assist…
As you all know the Union and the various employee bargaining reps have had a number of meetings over the last few weeks to negotiate the terms of your new Enterprise Bargaining Agreement (EBA). The EBA is the legally binding document that governs your terms and conditions of employment. If any of your workplace terms…
Union members have endorsed the ASU’s EBA claim following meetings with members last week. The ASU will be serving our claims to the company during EBA negotiations on the 4th of May. What’s our claim? ASU members endorsed a comprehensive claim which recognises that ASU members play a significant role in Publicis Loyalty’s operations. We…
At our fourth EBA meeting on 14th April 2016 Qantas finally provided us with the issues they want to achieve out of this agreement negotiations. The company provided us with details of most of their claims which can be summarised as follows: 18 month wage freeze and 3% p.a. thereafter (when they say it starts and whether a lump sum…
Happy pay rise! Your EBA pay increase is brought to you by union members. Your EBA pay rise for April 2016 has arrived and you should receive it in next week’s pay. You will receive a further EBA pay increases in April 2017. Given it’s pay rise time, we thought it’d be a good opportunity to…
As the union for workers in your sector, the Australian Services Union is currently conducting a survey of professional office workers. We are seeking your views about your work, specifically how you identify your job and your sector, and also the workplace issues of most concern to you. We also would like to know what…
On March 10th, 2016 our second EBA meeting with Qantas management kicked off with the presentation of many of our detailed claims for EBA 11. For over 3 hours your National Negotiating team (NNT) went to the nitty gritty of the claims that you want to achieve in any new bargaining agreement. We talked about:…
ASU members across Australia have overwhelmingly endorsed the ASU’s EBA 11 claim after attending meetings across Australia to discuss the recommendations from the ASU Qantas National delegates meeting in February 2016. What’s our claim? ASU members endorsed a comprehensive claim which recognises that ASU members play a significant role in Qantas’ Operations and that they…