Dispute with HelloWorld

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

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 Challenges pay rates at PAL

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…

QF-QBT EOI update

QF-QBT EOI update A meeting was held yesterday involving your Union Organisers, your ASU Delegates and senior Qantas management to discuss the outcomes of the recent EOI process and the next steps to be taken. Whilst the EOI process was open to all QF staff across the various QBT / HW operations nationally, in terms…

JobKeeper Changes & Extended Scheme

JobKeeper Changes & Extended Scheme The Federal Government has made some important changes to JobKeeper. The good news is that the JobKeeper Payment scheme has been extended until 28 March 2021 to ensure more Australians can stay in jobs and more businesses can survive the economic fallout of this pandemic. However, the bad news is…