Fair Work Commission’s decision to reduce Sunday penalty rates for retail, fast food and hospitality workers is a bitter blow to household budgets, and the working rights of thousands of Australians. Hospitality, restaurant, fast food, retail and pharmacy workers will have their Sunday penalty rates cut between 25% and 50%. Public holiday pay was also…
The ASU has welcomed the launch of a new Call Centre Code with the Victorian Government, describing it as best practice for government procurement of outsourced call centre services. The Call Centre Code dictates minimum standards in the call centre industry, a large employer with an important role in providing many essential government services. It…
At a time when Australians are crying out for more investment in jobs and skills, Australia’s national carrier Qantas has decided to change provider for their frequent flyer loyalty program. This decision, made with the stroke of a pen by some highly paid Executive with a Sydney harbour view, means that over 100 loyal and…
The long-standing ASU position on marriage rights for LGBTIQ people is that it’s simply a matter of equality, and therefore we support changes to the relevant laws to ensure the LGBTIQ community has access to marriage on an equal basis with non-LGBTIQ Australians. Today we are adding our opposition to the plebiscite proposed by Malcolm…
Have you been injured at work? Dealing with a workplace injury is stressful and frustrating, but you’re not alone. Together, injured workers can take action to change the status quo. The Victorian Trades Hall Council is holding and Injured Workers & OHS Forum on the 10th of September. Entry is free, but there are limited…
A number of retired ASU members have recently got together and, with the support of the Union, formed the ASU Retired Members Group. The group is still in its early planning stages but has already held two meetings in March and May of this year. ASU Assistant Secretary David Leydon attended the May meeting where…
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…
Our rights at work are again under attack from the Abbott Government and employers. We can’t stand by while the Abbott Government destroys our living standards… cutting wages, conditions and our rights at work, such as penalty rates slashing Medicare and hiking up the cost to see a doctor, introducing $100,000 university degrees, cutting the…
Our rights at work are again under attack from the Abbott Government and employers. We can’t stand by while the Abbott Government destroys our living standards…. cutting wages, conditions and our rights at work, slashing Medicare and hiking up the cost to see a doctor, introducing $100,000 university degrees, cutting the ABC and our public…
The Australian Services Union applauds the commitment by the crossbench Senators to stand with Australian workers against the Abbot Government’s unfair changes to the Fair Entitlements Guarantee (FEG). FEG (formerly knows as GEERS) was one of the central safeguards that ensured workers who were caught up with the Ansett collapse got assistance when they were…
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…
TARGET has sacked 23 workers at its Geelong office in the latest jobs blow to the city. The jobs will go on the banking and finance section, the Australian Services Union said. The jobs will be outsourced to Accenture, but there was no guarantees the jobs will not go offshore. It comes after 260 Target…