Negotiations have recommenced Negotiations have recommenced after a short break due to company reps being overseas. Between meetings the Unions utilised the time to sort out some local issues that mostly related to Sydney and Brisbane. In Sydney there large numbers of labour hire employees which needed to be addressed and in Brisbane we had…
On 25th of July 2014, the ASU National Negotiating team met with StarTrack management for further discussions about the new Enterprise Agreement. Prior to this meeting the ASU had requested that the company provide us with some detailed information and there were some delays between meetings whilst the company was getting this information together.…
The ASU has now met with Publicis management and can communicate the following. Consultation The ASU notes that Publicis has an obligation at law to consult around organisational change. The obligation extends to consultation around minimising the need for redundancies. Such might include joint identification of redeployment opportunities or alternative cost saving measures. Whilst the…
Health Agreement – Meeting 4, bargaining continues On 23rd of July 2014, the ASU, employee representatives and MaxNetwork Management met for the fourth time to discuss a new Enterprise Agreement to cover Health Staff at MaxNetwork. At the meeting Management provided a presentation about new Management classifications and the future of the Team Leader classification.…
On 22 July the ASU National Negotiating team met with management for a further meeting about the new Enterprise Agreement. This bulletin provides a brief overview on where each issue is up to. If you would like further information please get in contact with your local ASU delegate or organiser. Management respond to ASU claims…
The ASU/ALAEA and bargaining representatives met with Emirates management on Wednesday 23rd July and Thursday 24th July for EBA negotiations. This was the first meeting since Emirates employees had comprehensively rejected the Emirates proposed EBA with a 74.25% NO vote. What do the ASU/ALAEA want? The ASU/ALAEA want to get an EBA agreed to and…
Your EBA pay increase is brought to you by union members Your EBA pay rise for July 2014 has arrived and you should have received it in this week’s pay. In the past 6 months alone pay increases have ranged between 8.15% and 13.6%. You will receive further EBA pay increases in July 2015 and…
After the fourth meeting for your new EBA on Friday 11th July, your delegates have now put your claims on the table and received all of the company’s claims. What has been said about your claims? The ASU has tabled all of your claims, and we’ve presented additional detail about how we see a rostering…
ASU officials and delegates met with Toll Dnata management to present your list of changes to the company. What we want The ASU presented the full list of changes that ASU members came up with. Included in this list is: • A 5% pay rise per year and back pay • Penalty rates for Melbourne…
Over the last few months the ASU and employee representatives have negotiated with management on your behalf for a new Enterprise Agreement to cover Employment, Training and Immigration staff at MaxNetwork. Improvements The ASU and employee representatives achieved the following improvements: – Parental leave will be paid in one block of 12 weeks, rather than…
On 14 July 2014, the ASU National Negotiating Team met with management for our 5th meeting about the new Enterprise Agreement. The ASU presented the remaining claims and the parties discussed issues such as casual conversion and car parking that had been raised at previous meetings. The key discussion about the ‘job families’ proposal (discussed…
We have some welcome news. Late last night the Abbott Government backed down from their push to open up foreign ownership of Qantas by repealing the Qantas Sale Act. There was no support in the Senate for amendments that could have seen thousands of jobs off-shored. This is your win. In March this year, ASU…