We are pleased to announce the appointment of Trent Rowe to the position of ASU delegate at Jetstar Head Office. Trent will be joining existing delegate Selinda Scott as your local union representatives. Your ASU delegates are able to assist you with any work related issues you may have now or in the future. Please join…
Over 65 delegates from across the Qantas Group were out in force at the recent ASU Qantas Group National Delegates’ meeting in Melbourne on 25 and 26 August 2015 with delegates from all ports in attendance. Our meeting opened with 4 delegates from across the group participating in a delegates’ panel talking about what it…
Following ASU members endorsing the proposal for a new Enterprise Agreement for lawyers and law clerks at Slater and Gordon, we have been working with S+G to finalise the drafting of the Agreement. We can now advise you that the Agreement is about to be put out for a vote of employees. Next Wednesday 16…
As you are no doubt aware the ASU has been negotiating your EBA for some time now. The good news is that we believe we are ready to bring the agreement out to you for a vote. The reason that negotiations have taken a considerable period of time is because we needed to ensure that…
The ASU is calling for expressions of interest for any ASU member interested in becoming an ASU delegate. Currently there is 1 ASU delegate within your workplace, Selinda Scott and we would like to increase the delegate numbers to ensure that we can best address your workplace issues. We have decided to do an expression…
You would now be aware that Singapore Airlines has set the wheels in motion to close its defined benefit superannuation fund, and transfer all members of the fund to the Aon accumulation fund on 31 October 2015. Many ASU members have contacted us with questions about how this will impact on them. On Friday 28…
The ASU is pleased to announce that drafting of your Enterprise Agreement is now complete. The drafting process was complex and both parties worked hard to ensure agreed entitlements were delivered. The following aspects proved difficult but have now been resolved to the Unions satisfaction, Provision of Government standard redundancy entitlements. These entitlements exceed those…
Recent negotiations between Tabcorp & the ASU on September 2 revealed, if not the full detail, at least the general intention & direction of Tabcorp for the new enterprise agreement. Points that previously hadn’t been dealt with in negotiations that were discussed in the Sept 2 meeting include; Sessional rates of pay; breaks and; redundancies…
The announcement this week of massive changes to the roster will have a big impact on many staff at Armaguard. Upon hearing the proposal from management, ASU reps discussed ways to minimalize the impact. This includes: Reducing casual hours so that those hours at the beginning of shift are available for impacted staff. Offering additional…
It seems as though the price we must pay for getting all the information we need to bargain properly is a break from bargaining. Tabcorp have cancelled the last two negotiations with the ASU and are still yet to confirm our meeting next week. They said that in order to give us proposals on sessional…
Following the recent hearing at the Fair Work Commission, the ASU has received the attached letter from Malaysia Airlines regarding the transfer of business to Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB). The Malaysia Airlines representatives confirmed that MAS employees will transfer employment to MAB from the 1st of September 2015, and that existing employee conditions and entitlements will…
Malaysia Airlines Systems (MAS) still cannot answer how MAS will operate in Australian when it mutates into Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB) in just over two weeks’ time. The ASU continues to pursue Malaysia Airlines for answers on its structure post 1 September 2015 and so the ASU has re-activated our Fair Work Commission dispute. The…