There are a lot of changes happening with the Award system in Australia that you need to be aware of. Under the Fair Work Act the number of Awards is currently under review and all Awards are going through a ‘modernisation’ process. This process started in 2010 and will continue through to the end of…
The third Qantas EBA 10 meeting took place on 23rd April 2013 and for the first time we received an indication of what Qantas wants from EBA 10 and we also received preliminary responses to some of our claims. More casuals and temps front & centre Qantas main claims are targeted at undermining our job…
Your negotiating team will next meet with Malaysia Airlines management on Thursday 2 May 2013 for further negotiations on the wage increases for the next Agreement. Also on the agenda will be the bargaining team’s response to the consolidation of the current Agreement with the Overseas Airlines Award into a comprehensive Enterprise Agreement. The ASU’s…
Your ASU National Negotiating Team (NNT) tabled all our remaining detailed claims for EBA 10 at our second negotiation meeting with Qantas management on 10th April 2013. Now “the ball is in management’s court” as they must respond comprehensively to our claims and also disclose what claims or changes the company wants from this round…
At the first EBA 10 meeting with Qantas on 26th March, CEO of Qantas Domestic Lyell Strambi was questioned at length by your ASU Delegates about how Qantas staff covered by EBA 10 would be affected by the Qantas / Emirates alliance. Your ASU Delegates made it clear that job security is the number one…
Toll Dnata have knowingly engaged a contractor to do work currently done by you who are paying their employees $16 per hour with no penalty rates. If it was up to Toll Dnata you would all be on significantly less. If it was not for the fact that you had an EBA negotiated by the…
The ASU is the largest Union in the airline industry, we represent members at all Airlines, Ground Handling companies and contractors to the aviation industry throughout Australia. We represent large numbers of members at places such as Qantas, Jetstar, Virgin, Toll Dnata and Menzies as well as most of the overseas carriers such as Emirates,…
The ASU Qantas EBA 10 National Negotiating Team (NNT) had our first negotiation meeting with Qantas management on 26th March in Sydney and we hit the ground running tabling 10 detailed claims and starting our discussions on our log of claims for ASU EBA 10. We gave the company representatives the following detailed clauses for…
Qantas Courier has circulated a proposed EBA for employees to vote on. The ASU advises our members to vote ‘’NO’’. During bargaining the ASU team sought to negotiate the best outcome possible for employees at Qantas Courier. However the ASU believes that the terms and conditions in the proposed Qantas Courier Enterprise Agreement fall short…
ASU members across Australia have overwhelmingly endorsed the ASU’s EBA 10 claim after attending meetings to discuss the recommendations from the ASU Qantas National delegates meeting in February 2013. The ASU claim was served formally on Qantas today. A number of ASU delegates across Qantas also provided the claim to their local management. What’s our…
Your ASU National Negotiating Team (NNT) has put together a draft wage and classification structure which we need your feedback on before we give it to Virgin management at our next bargaining meeting. Our draft proposal is available from your local ASU NNT member or ASU representative. To formulate our proposal for Virgin we have…
Bargaining continued with Malaysia Airlines Management on Monday 25 February. The claims that Malaysia Airlines Management agreed to were confirmed and the remaining claims, including the increases to wage rates, were further discussed. The outcome of the latest round of negotiations is: ASU Claim Status of ASU Claim after 25 Feb 2013 MH Management Response…