Emirates staff are standing together and voting NO to Emirates proposed Agreement. Emirates staff have been negotiating their pay and conditions with management for over a year, but the company is yet to make a reasonable offer. Emirates staff just want the company to respect and value their loyalty and experience with the company. The…
Emirates staff are standing together and voting NO to Emirates proposed Agreement. Emirates staff have been negotiating their pay and conditions with management for over a year, but the company is yet to make a reasonable offer. Emirates staff just want the company to respect and value their loyalty and experience with the company. The…
The ASU is happy to report that we have reached an in-principle agreement with Startrack for your new EBA. The ASU has worked to expedite the process to ensure that we were able to deliver you the best possible outcome with pay increases being payable as quickly as possible. As you may be aware Startrack…
On 31 August the Fair work commission rejected the substandard Aerocare agreement that was opposed by the Australian Services Union and the TWU. This is a significant decision and has wide implications across the airline industry, including in the highly competitive ground handling market. As ASU members know, the Aerocare model of split shifts at…
ASU members at ports throughout the country overwhelmingly endorsed our claim for Jetstar EBA 6. The claim was developed after extensive consultation with our members and other staff at Jetstar through surveys and feedback from delegates. What is endorsed? The Claim is a comprehensive set of issues that reflect the significant contribution that ASU members…
BREAKING: Fair Work Commission Rejects Aerocare Agreement as it does not meet legal standards Today the Fair work commission has rejected the substandard Aerocare agreement that was opposed by the Australian Services Union and the TWU. All along we have maintained this agreement would not meet the strict tests set down by the court and…
Following the successful ‘No!’ vote in June, the Bargaining Committee brought Emirates back to the table and provided your feedback on their current Proposal. When the ballot was returned on 26 June 2017, Emirates’ current Proposal had been rejected by staff. Emirates agreed to come back to the table to hear the views you have…
We had another meeting with Qantas on 23 August 2017 in Sydney. We got more detail on how the restructure is going to work and it is not pretty, in fact we have significant concerns that it will not work. Hidden in the small print is the fact that Qantas is intending that the new centralised Sydney base resource…
Your ASU national negotiating team met with VA management on Tuesday 15 August 2017. At that meeting VA made some proposals for changes to your enterprise agreement. We now need feedback from members about what you think of the proposals, and what we should do next. ASU delegates and organisers will be holding workplace meetings in coming weeks to…
Unfortunately Qantas came to our scheduled meeting on 15th August 2017 with ASU delegates and officials completely unprepared to even explain why they want to centralise Airports Workforce planning. They provided us with a broad brush presentation that effectively answered nothing. We have therefore rescheduled a meeting to get all the answers on 23 August…
ASU officers have been discussing commencing negotiations for a new EBA with Jetstar management. The current EBA expires for re-negotiation purposes 30 September 2017. What is the first step? Notice of Employee Representational Rights (NERR). The Fair Work Act requires Jetstar to provide all employees who are to be covered by, or, proposed to be…
The Fair Work Commission has now held the approval hearing for the Aerocare Collective Agreement 2017. What did the ASU say to the Commission? At the hearing the ASU told the Commission that the agreement could not be approved as the Commission could not be satisfied that the agreement: Passed the pre-approval steps because Aerocare was confused about its…