Coles to axe up to 600 jobs from Toorak head office
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.
Coles: Where are the jobs going?
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…
Act now to stop Tony Abbott rushing through laws to take away your rights at work
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…
Jetstar – it’s time for conversions
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…
Toll Dnata Cargo – fighting for better rosters
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 announces record $2.84 billion loss in full year results
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.
Qantas – Enough is Enough – it’s time to go Alan Joyce
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…
ASU: poor management behind record QANTAS loss
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…
Emirates – Vote NO
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…
Time to tell Menzies not to undermine our Wages & conditions
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…
Startrack Enterprise Agreement Update
On 21 August 2014, the ASU National Negotiating team met with StarTrack management for further discussions about the new Enterprise Agreement. These discussions were very productive and we have agreed that the AAE Retail Agreement should form the basis of the new Agreement. AAE Retail or the Clerks Award There has been some difference in…
Virgin – find out about our latest discussions
On 18th August 2014 ASU delegates and officials met with Virgin Australia airport and contact centre management for one of our regular meetings to talk about the implementation of our Agreement and about issues that have been in progress since our last meeting – here is a summary of what was discussed: Payroll review As…