Your ASU delegates and officials from Hobart, Melbourne, Brisbane and the ASU National Office met with John Lonergan and other Qantas managers on 19th May 2014 in Sydney to discuss the progress of the Contact Centre Review that is being undertaken. We wanted to meet the key mangers doing the review to better understand what…
ASU delegates and officials again met with Qantas domestic airports’ management to get both an update on the restructuring plans for service and sales desk and baggage services but also to hear what decisions had been made about the management restructure On the plans for service and sales desk and baggage services and the restructure…
ASU delegates and officials from most airports attended a meeting with Qantas domestic airports’ management on 2nd April 2014 to get an update on the restructuring plan involving the service and sales desks and baggage services in large airports and the restructure of work in the “regional” airports. A robust discussion on staffing levels, operational…
On 19 March the ASU met with Qantas in Mascot to get further detail on what they say the future structure at airports may be. As you were made aware at ASU members meetings and earlier bulletins the company indicated that it was going to review and potentially restructure areas such as the Sales Desk,…
In the lead up to Christmas, Qantas management has decided to announce a profit downgrade to the stock market signalling too that over the next 12 months 1000 positions will go from the Qantas group. As is always the case with media releases, there is no detail about the jobs/positions that are being targeted and…
Qantas Holidays staff have voted unanimously to endorse the ASU EBA 2 deal negotiated and recommended by the ASU’s Qantas Holidays National Negotiating Team. The external company conducting the ballot, Elections Australia Pty Ltd has declared that ASU (Qantas Holidays) EBA 2 has been approved by the majority of staff who voted. 100% of staff…
Today the Fair Work Commission approved ASU/Qantas EBA 10. Two employee bargaining reps from Brisbane Airport appeared at the Fair Work Commission representing their own interests to oppose the approval of the agreement. These two employees argued that certain part time conditions in the EBA indirectly discriminated against them. Both the ASU and Qantas submitted…
After participating in workplace meetings across Australia, ASU members at Qantas Holidays have overwhelmingly voted to endorse the ASU Qantas Holidays EBA 2 deal negotiated and recommended by the ASU’s Qantas Holidays National Negotiating Team. The ASU has advised JTG management of these results and the following is the timetable for the formal consideration and…
Your ASU Qantas Holidays National Negotiating Team (NNT) met with company representatives in Sydney on 25 September 2013, and we are pleased to report that we now have an agreement we can recommend to members for the settlement of our Qantas Holidays EBA 2. What’s being recommended? The settlement proposal is quite detailed and we…
The negotiations for the Qantas Holidays EBA 2 started with a m eeting in Melbourne on 23rd May 2013 between the ASU National Negotiating Team (NNT) and Qantas Holidays/Jetset Travelworld Group management. After surveying staff your representatives formulated a claim which was then endorsed by ASU members, your NNT provided the company with that endorsed…
The third Qantas EBA 10 meeting took place on 23rd April 2013 and for the first time we received an indication of what Qantas wants from EBA 10 and we also received preliminary responses to some of our claims. More casuals and temps front & centre Qantas main claims are targeted at undermining our job…
Your ASU National Negotiating Team (NNT) tabled all our remaining detailed claims for EBA 10 at our second negotiation meeting with Qantas management on 10th April 2013. Now “the ball is in management’s court” as they must respond comprehensively to our claims and also disclose what claims or changes the company wants from this round…