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…
DetailsASU 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…
DetailsASU 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…
DetailsASU 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…
DetailsASU 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…
DetailsASU 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…
DetailsQantas 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…
DetailsRedundancies and Divestment of CAEL Team Redundancies at Slater & Gordon The ASU has been made aware of a number of redundancies across the Victorian Slater & Gordon offices over the last few weeks. Initially these redundancies affected one or two roles in a particular practice area, but as time has passed the ASU has…
DetailsASU Member Magazine July 2020 Welcome to the mid-year edition of the ASU Unite Magazine – and what a year it’s been so far. Download and read the ASU Unite Magazine Here. From bushfires to a global pandemic that has brought unprecedented shutdowns and catapulted Australia into recession, our members have felt the impact of…
DetailsMore Powerful Together: the Future of Virgin Group We know that the last couple of months have been incredibly stressful for you, but a successful bidder for Virgin – Bain Capital has now been announced and we are in the final stages of administration. This stage is the most critical – it’s where the administrator and…
DetailsQantas Group job losses announcement premature and must be reversed Today Qantas has announced at least 6000 loyal hard-working Qantas group staff will lose their jobs by June 2022. This announcement disproportionately affects ASU covered employees and is not only a premature action but downright wrong and our job now is to get the decision…
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