Your ASU representatives met with Qantas management on Monday the 17th of July for a meeting of the Airports National Rostering Committee, and to discuss work health & safety and payroll issues. Rostering Proof of Concept As well as the national meeting on Monday, the ASU has had a number of local discussions to work…
At a time when Australians are crying out for more investment in jobs and skills, Australia’s national carrier Qantas has decided to change provider for their frequent flyer loyalty program. This decision, made with the stroke of a pen by some highly paid Executive with a Sydney harbour view, means that over 100 loyal and…
Qantas staff have voted overwhelmingly to endorse the ASU EBA 11 deal negotiated and recommended by the ASU’s Qantas National Negotiating Team. The external company conducting the ballot, Elections Australia Pty Ltd today declared that ASU EBA 11 has been approved by the majority of staff who voted. 93.6% of staff who voted in the…
Voting for the ASU Qantas EBA 11 starts at 9am EST today, Monday 3rd October 2016, and the ASU is recommending that you vote YES to accept this agreement. This is the formal voting process required under the Fair Work Act and so even though ASU members may have already voted in the ASU’s internal…
Qantas has today announced a record profit of $1.53 billion, in no small part a result of the hard work and sacrifices made by ASU members and other staff. Cuts, restructures and redundancies have been the norm for years now and all the while ASU members across Australia have given their all. This result is a tribute to your…
Since our last bulletin we have had 3 more meetings with the company – bringing our total number of meetings to 11. Our last meeting was on 21st July 2016 in Sydney. We have had some productive discussions about the issue of part time capping, jobshare, and flexible work agreements – we believe we have defined the problems, but not yet…
We’ve had 2 meetings with Qantas since our last bulletin – on 26th May and 1st June (these were our 7th and 8th meetings with the company). Things are moving at a glacial pace – probably expected when you consider that Qantas is all about a wage freeze. Qantas has not accepted any of our claims and seems unwilling at the moment…
Your National Negotiating Team (NNT) have met twice with Qantas since our last bulletin, on 28th April and 11 May 2016. At our last meeting we finally talked about the wage freeze. Qantas says their key claim is the wage freeze. In their 2nd and 3rd Qantas bulletins to staff covered by the ASU EBA which were released on 10th and…
At our fourth EBA meeting on 14th April 2016 Qantas finally provided us with the issues they want to achieve out of this agreement negotiations. The company provided us with details of most of their claims which can be summarised as follows: 18 month wage freeze and 3% p.a. thereafter (when they say it starts and whether a lump sum…
On March 10th, 2016 our second EBA meeting with Qantas management kicked off with the presentation of many of our detailed claims for EBA 11. For over 3 hours your National Negotiating team (NNT) went to the nitty gritty of the claims that you want to achieve in any new bargaining agreement. We talked about:…
ASU members across Australia have overwhelmingly endorsed the ASU’s EBA 11 claim after attending meetings across Australia to discuss the recommendations from the ASU Qantas National delegates meeting in February 2016. What’s our claim? ASU members endorsed a comprehensive claim which recognises that ASU members play a significant role in Qantas’ Operations and that they…
Around 60 ASU delegates from all states and territories met in Melbourne on 3 February 2016 to commence preparations for bargaining in Qantas Airways, QCatering and QFIT. Almost 1000 responses for our EBA 11 survey were received and the results were considered in depth at our meeting. Delegates endorsed a recommendation for our ASU EBA…