Qantas has now decided to extend the time frame for all EOIs that are being sent out today in telephone sales to 1st August 2014. Earlier in the week the company had proposed that there would be 2 cut off dates for the EOIs – 4th July 2014 and 1st August 2014 if staff wanted…
DetailsI write to give you an update on our efforts to start some meaningful discussions with management around stress levels in the MCC and how these matters affect your day to day working conditions of employment. As you will recall from recent email newsletters to you from the Union we conducted a widespread survey of…
DetailsThis year has started on a worrying note with Government Ministers blaming workers for receiving a decent, fair, living wage Industrial Relations Minister Eric Abetz recently said: “We risk seeing something akin to the ‘wages explosions’ of the pre-Accord era, when unsustainable wage growth simply pushed thousands of Australians out of work”. This belittles the very…
DetailsWe 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…
DetailsOn 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…
DetailsA COMPROMISE bill to change the Qantas Sale Act hasn’t left the flying kangaroo jumping for joy and the carrier will keep lobbying for a full repeal of the legislation. Despite claims by Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss that the changes went “some way to easing restrictive ownership provisions on Qantas”, market reaction to the…
DetailsOver 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…
DetailsAs a Union member you have the right to be represented by the ASU whether that be as a group of employees or as an individual. If you are called into a meeting by management to discuss any issue relating to your employment, including issues around your performance, disciplinary matters or sick leave, to mention…
DetailsASU 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…
DetailsAfter 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…
DetailsYour 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…
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