Unite Journal June 2015
Read the June 2015 edition of the ASU Unite Journal.
ASU Welcomes Long Service Inquiry
The inquiry by the State Government as to whether long service entitlements could accrue as people change jobs was welcomed today by ASU Private Sector Branch Secretary, Ingrid Stitt. “Gone are the days of people staying in the same job, or even the same organisation for life. People now change employment much more rapidly and…
Qantas March results show higher domestic yields
The Cricket World Cup again proved a boon to Qantas in March, helping to strongly push up domestic yields as higher passenger loads also buoyed international yields. The airline said Qantas International and Jetstar International reported a “strong improvement’’ in revenue per available seat kilometre. March passenger numbers at Qantas International were up 7.6 per…
New Avalon Airport agreement good news for jobs and a positive move for Victoria
The Australian Services Union Victoria, Private Sector Branch has welcomed an agreement that has been reached between the State Government, Jetstar and Avalon Airport that ensures the airline will continue to operate services from the airport for the next 10 years. The new 10 year agreement will see the number of daily flights operating from…
Menzies puts their response
After the fourth meeting for your new EBA on Friday 11th July, your delegates have now put your claims on the table and received all of the company’s claims. What has been said about your claims? The ASU has tabled all of your claims, and we’ve presented additional detail about how we see a rostering…
Toll Dnata Passenger Services EBA Update
ASU officials and delegates met with Toll Dnata management to present your list of changes to the company. What we want The ASU presented the full list of changes that ASU members came up with. Included in this list is: • A 5% pay rise per year and back pay • Penalty rates for Melbourne…
MaxNetwork – Negotiations conclude – employees to vote on Agreement
Over the last few months the ASU and employee representatives have negotiated with management on your behalf for a new Enterprise Agreement to cover Employment, Training and Immigration staff at MaxNetwork. Improvements The ASU and employee representatives achieved the following improvements: – Parental leave will be paid in one block of 12 weeks, rather than…
Slater & Gordon – Negotiations continue
On 14 July 2014, the ASU National Negotiating Team met with management for our 5th meeting about the new Enterprise Agreement. The ASU presented the remaining claims and the parties discussed issues such as casual conversion and car parking that had been raised at previous meetings. The key discussion about the ‘job families’ proposal (discussed…
Qantas to remain majority Australian owned
We have some welcome news. Late last night the Abbott Government backed down from their push to open up foreign ownership of Qantas by repealing the Qantas Sale Act. There was no support in the Senate for amendments that could have seen thousands of jobs off-shored. This is your win. In March this year, ASU…
Unite Journal July 2014
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RACV MCC – stress in the workplace
I write to give you an update on our efforts to start some meaningful discussions with management around stress levels in the MCC and how these matters affect your day to day working conditions of employment. As you will recall from recent email newsletters to you from the Union we conducted a widespread survey of…