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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…

On 14th December ASU delegates and officials met with Virgin Airports GCC and industrial relations management for one of the regular Ground Crew Agreement Implementation Committee meetings. There was lots on the agenda and this bulletin provides a short summary of what was discussed. Follow up on rostering standards Our…

We are pleased to advise that the four ASU / dnata passenger services agreement for Qld, NSW, SA and Victoria were approved by the Fair Work Commission on Wednesday 2 December 2015. This follows the overwhelming support for the agreements from staff who voted to approve them last month. These…

The ASU is pleased to confirm that all four ASU- dnata Passenger Services EBAs in Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney have been overwhelmingly supported by staff in the recent votes conducted in accordance with the Fair Work Act. Each port had a significant turnout of voters and below is the…

On Tuesday 27 October the ASU took AAE to the Fair Work Commission over its proposal to change your pay cycle. We also handed AAE the signatures of 111 employees who had signed our petition calling for the change to be delayed. The Commissioner expressed concern about the changes being…

At the recent national meeting of ASU Qantas delegates it was resolved to commence our preparations for our Qantas EBA11 this year. As a result our Qantas EBA 11 ASU survey has now been released to enable staff to express a view about what we should claim in this next…

On 19 October 2015 the ASU filed a dispute in the Fair Work Commission over AaE's proposal to change your pay cycle, and its impact on employees. In particular, ASU members are concerned about the following things: The fact that the roster cycle and pay cycle will be different will…

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…

In an incredible show of disregard for consultation processes, Virgin management have gone directly to airport employees and said - you have not worked enough hours for the money we have paid you, so now you can choose a new "5 on – 2 off" roster, or we can work…

Over 65 delegates from across the Qantas Group were out in force at the recent ASU Qantas Group National Delegates' meeting in Melbourne on 25 and 26 August 2015 with delegates from all ports in attendance. Our meeting opened with 4 delegates from across the group participating in a delegates'…