We were all caught unawares late yesterday when Menzies announced that they would be making significant changes to the annual leave application process. The announcement was made without any prior notice or consultation with your union or with staff. The ASU has written to Menzies today to express our disappointment with this announcement on the…
MEDIA STATEMENT Thursday, 29 October 2020 Qatar Airways must apologise to Australian passengers for unacceptable treatment Download the official Media Statement here. The Australian Services Union – Private Sector Branch is outraged by the treatment of female passengers, including Australian citizens prior to boarding a flight from Doha to Sydney on October 2.…
Finally! We have detail from Helloworld on QBT redundancies! After months of waiting, Helloworld has finally offered some detail about the number of redundancies it is willing to offer to Qantas employees at QBT. At the consultation meeting on 29 October, Qantas informed the ASU that Helloworld has decided that the following roles are no…
Dispute with HelloWorld The ASU understands communications have been sent out last night by HelloWorld outlining a proposal that would seek to create a permanent night shift as well as seek to make 2 redundancies. We have notified HelloWorld that we are in dispute over this proposal and process and do not accept that this process…
Cathay Pacific Restructure Announcement Yesterday Cathay Pacific Airways announced job losses across the network due to the COVID-19 pandemic, including the proposed restructure of its Australian operation. The ASU is seeking urgent information from the company on the impact of the proposed restructure, including the details of the roles which are to be made redundant…
ASU meets with Bain to demand return to good faith bargaining On Monday afternoon the ASU, along with other VA unions, met with Bain and Jayne Hrdlicka following last week’s shocking exit of Paul Scurrah as CEO (following months of promises to the contrary), and rumours about the airline moving to a low-cost model. We…
Bain must come clean on plans for Virgin The ASU is incredibly concerned with today’s media reports that Bain are abandoning their commitment to keep Virgin a full-service airline, supporting a workforce of 6,000. We have today sought an urgent briefing from Bain seeking clarification on the commitments Bain gave to the workforce and to…
ASU Challenges pay rates at PAL This week the ASU held members meetings about concerns raised by employees. Broadly, these concerns regarded lack of training and lack of support to deal with the work that is expected, as well as severe under staffing on busy shifts, leaving employees overworked and exposed to often angry and…
Virgin blows up negotiations with 4-year wage freeze proposal Your ASU representatives met with management on Tuesday to continue negotiations for the new Guest Services and GCC enterprise agreement. Management put a revised offer to us, stating it was a “very close to final” offer, and that if we don’t agree in the next week…
Recent JobKeeper payments made by Virgin Last week you will have received a new rate of JobKeeper payments but many members have reported a range of issues and significant confusion with the implementation. It is extremely disappointing that Virgin is still finalising individual eligibility despite knowing of the changes for several weeks. At a time…
Recent JobKeeper payments made by Qantas Last week you should have received a JobKeeper payment which appeared to be significantly less than previous fortnightly JobKeeper amounts you may have received over recent months. The Federal Government in its decision to extend the JobKeeper payments until March next year has cut back on the amounts to…
The Morrison Federal Government has tonight just handed down the 2020 Federal Budget. So what does it all mean for you? Your union, the ASU has had experts locked away in the Government’s budget lockup so that we can bring you exclusive early insight and analysis about what the budget means for ASU members. This…