Increased support for workers who lose their jobs, are stood down, on low incomes, or in casual and contract employment. Follow these links to stay up to date with the latest information Facebook, Instagram, twitter Download or print a copy here On the 22 March the Federal Government announced that there will be additional income…
Dear Prime Minister, Download or print letter to PM here We write to you regarding the impact of the pandemic outbreak. As employers and unions representing tens of thousands of workers and suppliers across aviation, we stress that the situation has become dire and requires urgent attention, beyond the first assistance package. With the cancellation…
We know you’re worried. These are unprecedented times and things are changing so quickly. Unfortunately this is not business as usual. Download or print here But we want to make sure that you know we will be by your side every step of the way. As of right now your union is in ongoing discussions…
We know you’re worried! These are unprecedented times and things are changing so quickly. Unfortunately this is not business as usual. But we want to make sure that you know we will be by your side every step of the way. Download or print a copy here Qantas Group announced the following changes to schedules,…
As the airline industry braces for its most significant challenge in over a decade the Australian Services Union has called on employers to invest in their workforce through the tough times. Download Media Release here. Secretary of the ASU’s Victorian Private Sector Branch Matt Norrey said with the increased restrictions on air travel it’s important…
This year we are sending ASU representatives to the Qantas AGM to ask the Board why we are not getting our bonuses. This year the Qantas Annual General meeting is being held on Friday 26th October 2018 at 11am at the Hilton Hotel Ballroom Level 5, 190 Elizabeth Street Brisbane. Meeting notices and proxy forms…
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…
The ASU has had 8 meetings (last one on 21st February 2018) with Qantas about the centralisation of Airport Workforce Planning (Resources) to Sydney and we are none the wiser about what systems will be in place to perform normal everyday requests that are processed locally. We are worried – if you work at an…
Our Union met with Qantas Management on November 8th to discuss several issues relating to ongoing Rostering problems, employee fatigue concerns and the Domestic / International cross training issues that members have raised in recent weeks not only with the ASU Delegates but with local Management also. Management agreed that the rostering was an ongoing…
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…
We had another meeting with Qantas on 23 August 2017 in Sydney. We got more detail on how the restructure is going to work and it is not pretty, in fact we have significant concerns that it will not work. Hidden in the small print is the fact that Qantas is intending that the new centralised Sydney base resource…
Today Qantas has made the extraordinary announcement that they intend to centralise ALL of the resource planning for each airport to Mascot. They have announced that all Resource Coordinators will be made redundant unless they want to apply for a new position that would be located in Sydney. Short sighted decision. In our view this…