Bargaining continues at Menzies

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…

Unions keep pressure on Dnata

On Wednesday 23 March 2017 the ASU and TWU held a further meeting with Dnata management about the new company (AHSA) as well as your current EBA’s. This meeting was also to receive information that we requested from the company at the meeting with your delegates on 15 March 2017. Information Received. The meeting commenced…

Aerocare provide first agreement

On 15th March 2017 Aerocare management provided their first draft of the proposed new agreement for staff. You have probably seen it by now and what you will notice (apart from some very poor drafting and ambiguous clauses) is that the draft excludes casuals and permanent full time staff from its coverage. This is no…

Unions meet with Dnata

On Wednesday 15 March 2017 ASU and TWU delegates from around the country held a meeting with Dnata management about the new company they have set up and the underhanded way in which they tried to sneak through the AHSA agreement and quite possibly the Aviation Ground Resources agreement through the Fair Work Commission. You…

Dnata caught red handed!

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…

Menzies EBA Meetings

The ASU will be holding members meetings this week to endorse the ASU Menzies EBA 2017 log of claims.  Your ASU representatives will be available in the lunchroom between 11am and 2pm on Wednesday the 25th and Friday the 27th of January.  We encourage all members to drop in during their breaks. A copy of…