TABCORP: Is this the end of an era?

Recent negotiations between Tabcorp & the ASU on September 2 revealed, if not the full detail, at least the general intention & direction of Tabcorp for the new enterprise agreement. Points that previously hadn’t been dealt with in negotiations that were discussed in the Sept 2 meeting include; Sessional rates of pay; breaks and; redundancies…

Malaysia Airlines Update

Following the recent hearing at the Fair Work Commission, the ASU has received the attached letter from Malaysia Airlines regarding the transfer of business to Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB). The Malaysia Airlines representatives confirmed that MAS employees will transfer employment to MAB from the 1st of September 2015, and that existing employee conditions and entitlements will…

Bargaining by drip feed!

Finally, after months of telling Tabcorp we were ready to bargain, the ASU and reps sat down with the company a few weeks ago and bargaining commenced. Except, Tabcorp still hasn’t told us all of what they want after repeated requests and 3 meetings. On top of that, the company is asking us to provide…

AaE EBA approved

The ASU AaE EBA was approved by the Fair Work Commission on 29th July 2015 and so comes into operation on 5 August 2015. Under the agreement a pay rise was due the first pay period on or after 1 July 2015. As yet we have not been able to establish when the back pay…