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…
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…
Great news, your new EBA was finally certified in the Fair Work Commission today! What does this mean? It means that you will receive a pay increase back dated to July 2018 as well as a second pay increase in early July this year. This equates to a 6-7% pay increase as well as a…
The ASU and your delegates held further negotiations for your EBA on Friday 31 August 2018. Significant progress has been made and we are hopeful that we will be able to formally present an offer to you within the next couple of weeks. The ASU will organise for all members to attend paid members meetings…
Wishing all ASU members at Virgin a Happy Pay Rise and Backpay Day this Wednesday the 15th of August. Your pay will increase to the new 2018 rates on Sunday 29 July (which will show up in your pay on Wednesday 15 August). However, you will also be paid backpay – 2.25% for the period…
Your negotiating team met with management representatives in Sydney on Friday 1 June. Your negotiating team presented the ASU log of claims to management. They told management that ASU members want: Better wages and conditions Improved rosters Fairness in annual leave A safe workplace for all employees And more! You can download the log of…
The ASU has been contacted by many ASU members across Melbourne Airport outraged and shocked by the recent alleged assault on a Jetstar employee in the public toilets. Whilst the ASU does not intend to go into the specific details of this incident out of respect for the privacy of the staff member concerned, and…
After months of delays at the Fair Work Commission Menzies has decided to withdraw your enterprise agreement from the approval process. The ASU have received a commitment from the company that they will honour the backpay and bonus for staff, and will now focus on securing a new longer term EBA (which was due to…
Your ASU representatives met with management representatives on 24 January 2018. Management advised us that they are abandoning their proposal to cut overtime for part time employees. Part time employees will continue to be eligible for overtime when they work in excess of 8 hours in a day. Union members standing together works Union members…
Your ASU National Negotiation Team met with Virgin Australia representatives to progress discussions for your new enterprise agreement on 17 January 2018. ASU members have put pressure on management and they have dropped some of their main proposals that would have cut your take home pay, but they still want to cut overtime for part…
The ASU is calling for expressions of interest for any ASU member interested in becoming an ASU delegate. We have decided to do an expression of interest process so that we can see who is interested and then meet with those individuals to properly explain the role of being a delegate and to answer any…
In March the ASU served your EBA claims and commenced negotiations with Menzies for a new EBA. Along with your ASU Delegates we argued for a fair pay rise, increased parental leave, increased superannuation, better access to annual leave and improved rostering practices. During the negotiations there was a significant setback with dnata setting up…