Your next Enterprise Agreement at Virgin Australia Claim details 1. Protect or improve all of our existing terms and conditions. 2. A fair wage increase that values our work and enables us to keep up with the rising costs of living. 3. Improve rostering arrangements to ensure they are fair and give us work/life balance.…
JOIN THE ASULatest NewsYour Rights to Flexible Working Arrangements (FWAs)September 12, 2023ASU Members: Wallace Huang, lawyer and delegateSeptember 1, 2023ASU Members: Helen Mair, ASU life member and retired airline employeeSeptember 1, 2023PROTECTIONS FOR WORKERS EXPERIENCING FDVSeptember 1, 2023
Qantas: We need more staff, not overseas call centres The ASU is calling on Qantas to immediately provide more on the ground support to address the current blowout in call wait times, including the re-opening of on-Airport support desks which were closed during COVID and greater staffing numbers in the Hobart Contact Centre. We know…
Your union, the ASU, is campaigning for fair and safe working conditions at Qantas. We are negotiating a new Enterprise Agreement that will create your rights over leave, rosters, pay rates and many other issues and defend off any attacks from Qantas. We want to thank all members who filled out our recent member survey…
Qantas Group has published the final version of its COVID-19 Vaccination Policy. Read this bulletin to find out more about the policy and what you need to do. Get vaccinated! If you can get vaccinated against COVID-19, you should get vaccinated. Vaccines are safe and effective. They are the best way for you to protect…
Your ASU representatives met with Qantas to discuss the proposed COVID-19 vaccination policy on Tuesday. Our view has always been that public health experts should categorise what groups of workers must be vaccinated to perform their jobs, not individual employers. However, this does not necessarily make it illegal for Qantas to issue a direction to…
ASU representatives met with management on Monday, 15 February and Tuesday, 16 February – and it became apparent that Qantas management have no idea how they are actually going to make their thought-bubble to cut the Sales, Service and Baggage Desks work. This is shameful. It’s clear that the promised ‘digital servicing’ technology doesn’t even…
The ASU has lodged disputes in the Fair Work Commission under the Helloworld and Qantas Holidays Enterprise Agreements challenging the company’s proposal that workers agree to accept a pay cut. Earlier this month, Andrew Burnes, the CEO and Managing Director of Helloworld Travel, and Alex Trifonidis, General Manager of HR at Helloworld, contacted some Helloworld…
ASU representatives met with the Federal Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Professor Michael Kidd, for a briefing on the roll-out of COVID-19 vaccines in priority industries, including airlines and airports, on Monday, 15 February 2021. The Federal Government, with the support of the states, is responsible for rolling out the COVID-19 vaccine. They are prioritising high-risk…
This weekend has brought back familiar challenges. Uncertainty and rapid changes caused by COVID is difficult to say the least. As Victoria has swung into a circuit breaker lockdown to get ahead of the current situation, your union has also continued in our fight to bring certainty for our members in aviation. Right now members…
The Slater and Gordon (S&G) EBA negotiations have resumed following the Christmas/New Year’s break. The first meeting for 2021 occurred on February 4 and the next meeting is scheduled for February 18. Meetings usually occur on a fortnightly basis. We had a number of meetings in 2020, but then some key HR personnel left the…
Tonight airlines members came together online to fight for AviationKeeper and to extend JobKeeper for all aviation workers. We came together as union members to launch our campaign Keep Australia Flying because no worker should be left behind by this crisis. Your union is campaigning for ongoing income support and wage subsidies for the aviation…