Following today’s decision by Dnata to withdraw the application for the dodgy AHSA EBA, the CEO has sent out a memo that has caused a lot of anger amongst Dnata staff. You can read the CEO’s memo here. It appears that Dnata are still going to utilise the new entity AHSA to bid for work…
ASU has huge win for the airline industry This morning lawyers for Dnata wrote to the Fair Work Commission and withdrew the application for the dodgy AHSA EBA. This is a major victory for the entire Dnata workforce and a testament to the strong collective rejection of the company’s underhanded tactics by each and every…
There’s been a lot going on in airline industry in the first part of 2017. Many ASU members across the industry are bargaining for better wages and conditions this year, and some are fighting hard to protect what union members have already won. Whatever is going on in your workplace you can be confident that…
Your ASU delegates met with Virgin management on Thursday 20 April 2017 to progress negotiations for your new enterprise agreement. We finally heard from management a bit about the changes they want in the new agreement, including: More variable shift lengths (maybe 10 hours one day, 6 hours the next, for example) Restrictions around when…
Aerocare today said that their EBA was approved by a majority of employees entitled to a vote – but was it? A significant part of the workforce – i.e. casual employees did not get a vote at all. That is not fair, that is not reasonable. Aerocare say that the casuals are stuck on the…
As predicted, Aerocare management have decided to put their substandard agreement out to vote without any further negotiation or discussion. We have had 3 meetings with the company – these discussions have hardly been protracted! We recommend voting “NO” to this agreement when voting starts on 15th April 2017. This agreement has a lot wrong…
Your Australian Services Union negotiating team met with representatives of Aerocare to continue enterprise bargaining on Friday 31st March 2017. The ASU, along with the TWU, responded to the draft Enterprise Agreement put out by Aerocare on Wednesday 29 March 2017. The ASU detailed, clause by clause, the many improvements the draft needed, it made…
Your national negotiating team met again with Menzies management on 29 March 2017. This meeting was productive, and provided a platform for us to further reinforce our position, and outline a number of key documents in support of our claims. The next bargaining meeting will be held on 19 April 2017. Meeting Outcomes Your Union…
Your ASU delegates met with Virgin Australia management in Brisbane on 20 March 2017. We provided a lot more detail about the changes ASU members want to see in this new agreement. Our discussions focussed on: Fairer use of chronologies – making sure employees know when entries are made and can respond; Rostering arrangements –…
The ASU has once again requested that a hearing be held at the Fair Work Commission in an attempt to resolve the back pay claim for meal breaks during overtime. Unfortunately, after a series of meetings and discussions with the company, Menzies has failed to put forward an adequate offer which recognises the entitlements of…
Yesterday dnata sent out an all staff memo advising you that they have started a new company called Airport Handling Services Australia (AHSA) and they are going to use that company to get airport ground handling work. But of course they haven’t told you the whole story… What dnata didn’t tell you They only told…
As was outlined in the ASU’s previous bulletin dnata has been caught red handed setting up a new business with a new Enterprise Bargaining Agreement (EBA) whilst at the same time a labour hire company “coincidentally” has set up another company with a second EBA that is virtually identical. What has encouraged employers to be…