After much speculation, Coles has today confirmed with the Australian Services Union the parameters of its massive restructure this morning in its Tooronga offices in Melbourne. ASU Branch Secretary, Ingrid Stitt, says that she is glad that jobs will not be offshored but still maintains that job losses of this magnitude is deeply worrying in…
Coles will slash up to 600 jobs from its Toorak office, a union fears. The Australian Services Union has called on Coles to clarify reports of the job losses, expected to be announced tomorrow.
Fairfax media has reported today that Coles plans to cut between 500 and 600 jobs from its head office in Melbourne tomorrow as part of a renewed efficiency drive. ASU Branch Secretary, Ingrid Stitt, received no notification from the company, but says that if it is accurate, the union will seek information from Coles about…
Tony Abbott is trying to rush through laws that introduce new unfair individual contracts that cut take home pay, give more power to employers in bargaining and make it harder for workers to access their union. But to do all this he needs the crucial votes of at least six cross-bench senators. We need to…
Qantas announced a record loss of $2.84 billion for the 2013/14 financial year as it has emerged the airline was losing $89 per second. Australian Services Union secretary Ingrid Stitt said the Qantas loss announced today was concerning. She called for Mr Joyce to be sacked.
The Australian Services Union has accused Qantas management of driving Australia’s national airline into the ground following a $2.84 billion loss statement announced this morning. ASU Victorian Branch Secretary, Ingrid Stitt, says the current board’s position in support of Alan Joyce’s plans for the airline is untenable, and that Qantas management needs a plan for…
ASU Private Sector Secretary, Ingrid Stitt, said Target’s decision to outsource the work was a “slap in the face” for staff who had stuck by the company after last year’s loss job losses.
Target has cut 23 jobs from its head office in the Victorian city of Geelong, just over a year after making more than 250 employees redundant.
The Australian Services Union said Target intended to outsource a number of functions and refused to confirm or deny whether the outsourced jobs would be offshore.
TARGET has sacked 23 workers at its Geelong office in the latest jobs blow to the city. The jobs will go on the banking and finance section, the Australian Services Union said. The jobs will be outsourced to Accenture, but there was no guarantees the jobs will not go offshore. It comes after 260 Target…
RETAILER Target has cut 23 jobs from its head office in the Victorian city of Geelong, just over a year after making more than 250 employees redundant. The Australian Services Union said Target intended to outsource a number of functions and refused to confirm or deny whether the outsourced jobs would be offshore. ASU Victorian…
The Australian Services Union has condemned the decision to axe another 23 jobs from its North Geelong head office, after having made over 250 workers redundant just over a year ago. ASU Victorian Private Sector Branch Secretary, Ingrid Stitt, said that today is a sad and difficult time for the workers and their families who…
Geelong has been dealt another round of job losses with retail giant Target announcing forced redundancies in its banking and finance sector. The Australian Services Union was called to meet with workers at Target’s Geelong headquarters early on Thursday morning. The union has confirmed that 23 Geelong workers have been retrenched from the division, with…