Qantas International Announcment

Ever since Qantas announced the creation of a new Qantas international entity when they announced the company results, Qantas unions have been seeking clarification about whether the new company would be an employing entity and whether it would affect the terms and conditions of existing employees’ working in the Qantas international business. The ACTU on…

Bargaining has begun at SMCT

Representatives of the ASU met with Patty Holten and Lauren Laidlaw of SMCT on Friday 31st October to discuss preliminary issues around bargaining for the next indoor agreement. The following summarises key points. SMCT not bound by Victorian Government Industrial Relations Policy? Contrary to recent Management Communications, Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust is not a “Public…

Hands off our entitlements, Abbott

The Australian Services Union applauds the commitment by the crossbench Senators to stand with Australian workers against the Abbot Government’s unfair changes to the Fair Entitlements Guarantee (FEG). FEG (formerly knows as GEERS) was one of the central safeguards that ensured workers who were caught up with the Ansett collapse got assistance when they were…

ASU to protest offshoring jobs at Qantas AGM

The Australian Services Union Victorian Private Sector branch will protest at the Qantas AGM in Melbourne tomorrow, calling on the company to reverse its decision to offshore call centre jobs to New Zealand. ASU Victorian Branch Secretary Ingrid Stitt said that over 500 Victorian ground staff and support roles have been made redundant since February…