You will be aware that as a result of a number of administrative errors made by Toll, the Fair Work Commission was not able to approve the 2015 Toll IPEC Clerical and Administrative Agreement. Some members may also be aware that as a consequence of these administrative errors, the ASU had expressed concern that not…
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…
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…
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…
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…
ASU Members have had enough! On Monday 17 November ASU members attended a series of briefings about the current state of the EBA negotiations. After a full overview was given to all those in attendance it became very apparent that members were sick to death of the constant and continual delays that have occurred during…
ASU delegates Deirdre Costa, Shijo Thomas and Maria Scafi from Melbourne and Alisha Hill and Jose Bejarano from Sydney along with ASU officials met again yesterday with Toll Dnata to continue negotiations for your new EBA. We waited 8 weeks for yesterday’s meeting because we thought Toll Dnata wanted to get your pay and conditions…
The Unions met with Toll Dnata management on 7 October 2014 to review a draft document and to see how many issues we were still apart on. We were also hoping to receive a pay offer at this meeting. Whilst there has been some movement in relation to various provisions of the EBA we are…
The ASU has been made aware that Toll Dnata has recently advised people that the company will no longer be paying for shoes that are required as part of your uniform. This is completely unacceptable and the Union will be addressing this issue with Andrew Smith on his return from annual leave. In the meantime…