MEDIA STATEMENT: Qantas pay offer still below inflation, with strings attached The Australian Services Union says it will continue to push on behalf of Qantas workers for fairer pay and conditions after the airline tabled a modest increase of its original pay offer – up from 2% to 3% pay increases, which remains under inflation.…
Your union, the ASU, is campaigning for fair and safe working conditions at Qantas. We are negotiating a new Enterprise Agreement that will create your rights over leave, rosters, pay rates and many other issues and defend off any attacks from Qantas. We want to thank all members who filled out our recent member survey…
Fair Work Commission approves new Virgin ASU Agreement We are pleased to advise that the Fair Work Commission has approved the new Virgin Australia & ASU Guest Services & Guest Contact Centre Agreement 2020. On 2 February 2021 the Fair Work Commission approved your new enterprise agreement. This means it will come into force on…
Voting to formally finalise our Virgin Australia and ASU Guest Services and GCC Enterprise Agreement 2020 opens tomorrow, Friday 11 December. The proposed agreement now must be voted on by employees. ASU members have fought hard together and recommend voting YES. Well done to all ASU delegates and members for coming together and working hard to retain decent,…
Last night the ASU held a whole of RACV Meeting to discuss some major developments at RACV. The ASU discussed with employees an MOU between the Union and RACV which we have embarked on instead of re-negotiating the Enterprise Agreements when they expired mid last year. The MOU recognises the tumultuous period we are in,…
Last night ASU members voted overwhelmingly in favour of the ASU endorsing the proposed Virgin Australia and ASU Guest Services and GCC Enterprise Agreement. We expect that the technical process of a vote of all Guest Services and GCC employees will begin in the next week or so. Don’t forget where we started in these…
Qantas 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…
ASU members have overwhelming opposed the Menzies Aviation’s proposal to freeze your pay until 1 January 2020. At the members meeting on 2 June 2020, ASU members resolved to write to the company to reject the proposed pay freeze. Instead of attacks on pay and conditions, ASU members want to work with the company to…
Dear Alan, Re: Payment of 2018 bonus to ASU members affected by stand down Print or download PDF here ASU members at Qantas are facing the prospect of many months without work or pay because of the effects of the coronavirus on worldwide aviation and the difficult decisions the company has had to make to…
You will be able to vote on a proposed agreement from the 20 to 26 February 2020. On Friday, 7 February 2020 Emirates confirmed that the draft agreement that we have seen will made available to for staff to review from 13 to 19 February 2020. Once the Access Period is complete, you should receive…
Thank you to everyone who filled in a survey over the last month and a half. An unprecedented number of team members from all ports responded to the survey telling us what improvements you want in your next EBA. So far, employees are telling us that some of the main issues they want addressed are:…
For a period of 30 days over the Christmas and New Year period, members of the Australian Federation of Airline Pilots (AFAP) and the Transport Workers Union (TWU) will be taking various forms of protected industrial action at Jetstar. The industrial action may be in various forms, including: stopping work for periods of 15 minutes…