Dnata members deserve better and our union is leading the way As the Industry continues to struggle through the current crisis and work remains scarce in most sectors, no-one is feeling the pain more than dnata workers that have been stood down and remain ineligible for the Jobkeeper payment as a result of the Federal…
Victorian Childcare Changes and Flexibility at MB ASU members at Maurice Blackburn will be aware that we have been meeting fortnightly with management at the COVID-19 committee to discuss matters related to the pandemic and the impact it is having on workers. At a meeting of this committee held on Tuesday 10 August, ASU delegates…
Qantas EOIs update Expressions of interest for redundancy, leave without pay and also redeployment have now gone out in most corporate areas – below is a table that tells you when the EOIs went out to affected employees and when the EOIs are due back. Not all areas in these business units are affected but…
EBA negotiations to proceed The ASU have advised members since April 2020 that S&G and the ASU have jointly been delaying the EBA negotiations because of the ongoing pandemic. The ASU has meet with management on a monthly basis to review the situation with a view to commence bargaining when circumstances are clearer. However, at our…
ASU takes Qantas to Federal Court over Jobkeeper penalty rate wage theft Early on the morning of 23 July 2020, the ASU filed an application in the Federal Court seeking declarations, back pay and penalties against Qantas for breach of the JobKeeper Minimum Payment Guarantee (S 789GDA of the Fair Work Act). The ASU is…
Qantas Airports EOIs on the way ASU delegates and officials met with Qantas airports management on 16th July 2020 to finalise the consultation about how the initial stage of the Expression of Interest (EOI) process will operate in airport customer service following the announcement of the Qantas Next 100 recovery plan by Alan Joyce on…
ASU win! Fair Work Commission tells Qantas to talk to ASU about Jobkeeper As previously reported, we believe that Qantas has been stealing penalty rates by counting them against the wrong JobKeeper top-up. This means workers lose money when they work one pay period but don’t work the next. This week your ASU took the Qantas…
ASU update for QBT members Our union Organisers and Delegates from QBT met with Qantas management yesterday in order to commence the consultation process leading up to the gradual reduction of Qantas staff at QBT between now and March 2021. As you are aware, Qantas has decided that it will not renew the current LRA…
ASU Fights for better and safer conditions As you have no doubt heard, Stage 3 lockdowns have been reintroduced on Melbourne due to the recent break out of Covid-19. This will be extremely upsetting and frustrating for a lot of people. Serco Call Centres are considered an essential services, which means you will be able to…
ASU met with Jetstar about restructuring Following announcements made by Alan Joyce to the media about restructuring the group airlines, ASU delegates and organisers met with Jetstar management on 1 July 2020 to get an initial briefing about the impacts to management teams at airports, as well as JOCC and Operational Corporate Support and Commercial…
ASU Qantas Airport delegates meet with management ASU Qantas airport delegates and officials had our first meeting with Qantas airport senior management on Monday 6th July via video conference to discuss how the announcement by Alan Joyce on 25th June 2020 will affect ASU members in customer service roles at airports. On 26th June 2020…
Qantas lacks principles on JobKeeper – time to fight for what is rightfully ours The saga with Qantas over JobKeeper continues. As we reported back in April 2020, Qantas believes that in a fortnight an employee did not work it can nevertheless use the $1500 fortnightly JobKeeper payment to pay for penalty rates from the…