Supermarket chain Coles has confirmed it will axe almost 440 jobs from its Melbourne support centre. A statement from the Australian Services Union said the magnitude of the losses was deeply worrying.
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…
The ASU has commenced discussions for conversions from Part time to full time at Melbourne airport. As you would be aware the ASU initially put forward an EBA claim for some additional full time lines in various locations. However, due to the elongated negotiations since the Qantas groups decision to slash 5000 jobs and freeze…
The ASU has recently met with your management to raise concerns over your rosters. We have highlighted that it is not acceptable that you only receive your rosters a week in advance and that there appears to be a level of favouritism. Current rosters not good enough The ASU has clearly put on the table…
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.
After months and months of seeing long serving loyal colleagues leave the Qantas Group because of the mismanagement of the CEO and the Qantas Board, today’s news of a record statutory $2.8 billion loss at Qantas is still a shock. Many ASU members have expressed their dismay at what has been going on at Qantas…
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…
During the EBA negotiations held on Wednesday 28 August that was mediated by the Fair Work Commission Emirates said that they intended to put the EBA (that was previously overwhelmingly rejected by employees) out again to be voting on. Emirates say that they’ll put the EBA out from Friday 5 September until Thursday 11 September. The ASU…
ASU Delegates and officials met with Menzies management on 19th August 2014 for our 6th meeting about the passenger services agreements in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. We were able to feed back into the meeting the views expressed by a number of members at our recent meetings which helped us sort through exactly the response…