That is the key message members are giving us about the recent email from Virgin Australia saying that team members around the country have “wrongly” been credited annual leave and they are taking it back. Back in March 2014 a payroll reconfiguration saw annual leave deducted from hundreds of staff – this was quickly reversed…
ASU delegates Deirdre Costa, Shijo Thomas and Maria Scafi from Melbourne and Alisha Hill and Jose Bejarano from Sydney along with ASU officials met again yesterday with Toll Dnata to continue negotiations for your new EBA. We waited 8 weeks for yesterday’s meeting because we thought Toll Dnata wanted to get your pay and conditions…
The Unions met with Toll Dnata management on 7 October 2014 to review a draft document and to see how many issues we were still apart on. We were also hoping to receive a pay offer at this meeting. Whilst there has been some movement in relation to various provisions of the EBA we are…
In a Change.org petition released today, Australians are giving voice to their frustration with the national carrier which recently announced it was reneging on its promise made in May this year to not offshore more call centre jobs. The petition calls on Joyce and the Board to immediately reverse this decision and abide by their…
Since March 2012 your ASU airport delgates and officials have been meeting with Qantas management to discuss the failings of the company’s policies around how to deal with unaccompanied minors (UMs) and young people under 18 (YPs) at airports. We have raised the issues you have told us about including the poor and inadequate facilities…
As in previous years the ASU is sending representatives to the Qantas AGM to ask some hard questions… We don’t expect to be the only ones given the record loss Qantas has sustained. We expect many shareholders will question how CEO Alan Joyce and the Board can hold their jobs. This year the Qantas Annual…
Your ASU reps recently met with Qantas and Helloworld in relation to the union’s application of a dispute over the QBT incentive scheme. Discussions focused on the directions outlined by Commissioner Johns on the 9th of September. This included consultation with the ASU regarding the contents of a joint communiqué to be issued by Qantas…
ASU members would be forgiven for thinking that the telephone sales strategy is being made up as they go along. The conflicting information we have been given since the closure of the Melbourne and Brisbane centres was announced certainly supports this contention and the meeting between your ASU reps and the company on 23rd September…
The ASU has been advised this morning by Qantas that it is now their intention to put more telephone sales jobs in Auckland instead of in Hobart as was initially promised. Now Qantas says that the company is “segmenting” the business so that Hobart will become the “Premium Service Call Centre” while Auckland will be…
The Australian Services Union slammed Qantas for creating new call centre positions in New Zealand when its Melbourne call centre operations are set to close mid next year. ASU Victorian Assistant Branch Secretary, David Leydon, said that the union has sought transparency from the company throughout the process but that this shows that Qantas is…
The Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) is currently seeking the views of ASU members to gauge the effectiveness of the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) in ensuring employers comply with their Superannuation Guarantee obligation payments to employees.. There are many instances when employers fail to make regular payments, and put members’ entitlements at risk. For example,…
The ASU has recently had a number of enquiries from members being forced to attend medical examinations conducted by a medical practitioner of the employer’s choice. Some employers have also sought more detailed information from the employee’s medical practitioner regarding the nature of the employee’s sick leave. The particular issues raised have been different depending…