Great news! Your EBA has been voted up by 175 yes votes to zero no votes. That’s a resounding acceptance of the new EBA. Thank you to everyone that managed to vote. The ASU will now work closely with the company to get the EBA lodged in the Fair Work Commission as quickly as possible…
Following ASU members endorsing the proposal for a new Dnata Passenger Services Enterprise Agreement, we have been working with Dnata to finalise the drafting of the Agreement. We can now advise you that the Agreement is about to be put out for a vote of employees. On Thursday 15 October you will receive the proposed…
Your ASU national negotiating team have been meeting with the company to try and finalise a deal. With 4 EBAs with different finish dates and different conditions and rates it is not a simple task – there are changes that you have told us you want to the EBAs to make them work better and…
Late on Monday 4th May 2015 Dnata sent out a communication to all staff seeking expressions of interest to participate in a range of programs to reduce costs and restructure. Your ASU delegates had an EBA meeting scheduled with the company on 5th May 2015 and we immediately raised the expressions of interest process and…
Toll Dnata Ramp and Cargo staff had already overwhelmingly voted against the company’s proposal for an inferior enterprise bargaining deal when your ASU representatives met with the company and TWU negotiators in Sydney on 31 March 2015. In fact 82.8% of those who voted – voted “NO” to the proposal – a resounding result in…
The ASU was recently advised that the company intended to stop people giving away shifts that they did not want or could not work, this was going to commence in approximately 3 weeks’ time. We were also advised that the company was considering limiting the number of shift swaps that people could do as well…
As you would all be aware by now Dnata representatives have decided to attempt to bypass the union by putting the EBA out for a vote of employees without reaching agreement with the Unions. Effectively this is saying to you that they no longer have an interest in negotiating with you or listening to anything…
Your ASU national negotiating team for Toll Dnata Passenger services last met with the company on 12th February 2015 after a number of delays in finalizing a meeting date. The company representatives came only with a prepared statement about the problems in the company with little ability to negotiate anything but with plenty of excuses…
On Wednesday 11 February your representatives met with the company to continue the EBA negotiations. Whilst we were hopeful of moving towards finalising the EBA it would appear that the company wanted to take an adversarial approach towards the discussions. The Unions and your delegates quickly formed the view that the company was not there…
There’s not much good news to come out of last Thursday’s negotiations. The pay offer hasn’t improved and we still can’t get a straight answer on many important conditions. It’s becoming clear that Toll dnata management aren’t taking your pay and conditions seriously. It’s a big call but we’re giving this year’s Grinch award to…
Today you would have received an email from Daniela Marsilli outlining Dnata’s decision to buy out Toll’s share of the business making the company 100% owned by Dnata. In the communication Daniela stated; “Toll Group and dnata have reached an agreement that will see dnata acquire Toll’s 50 per cent share in the company. This…
On Thursday 20 November your representatives again met with the company to continue the EBA negotiations. As outlined at our recent members meetings it was our expectation that the company would take seriously the compromise position put by your negotiating team. This significant compromise by the Unions in the interest of trying to reach an…