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ASU members endorse Jetstar EBA 5
13 March 2015
It's been an endurance event, but after lengthy negotiations we finally have an agreement which ASU members have endorsed in meetings across Australia. The proposed EBA provides a number of significant improvements in some important terms and conditions of our work. As ASU members now endorse the EBA we encourage…
It’s Groundhog Day at AaE
02 March 2015
Your ASU National negotiating team met with AaE management in Sydney on 26th February 2015 for our 4th meeting and despite promises that the company would be ready to talk seriously about your agreement we had just another meeting going over old ground about our claims with little response or…
Finally some good news on Jetstar EBA5
24 February 2015
After a marathon 18 months of negotiations for a new Jetstar ASU EBA5 your ASU National Negotiating Team (NNT) is pleased to advise that we finally have an offer for settlement of our EBA which we can recommend to our ASU members for their approval. As members know our Jetstar…
Light at the end of the tunnel - Jetstar EBA
16 January 2015
Your Jetstar National Negotiating Team (NNT) met with the company on 14th January 2015 and we are pleased to report we have made real progress and feel we are getting closer to an offer to settle the EBA which members can consider. We know the devil is always in the…
Negotiations grind on at Jetstar
17 December 2014
Your Jetstar National Negotiating Team (NNT) met with the company again on 10th December 2014 and we had a long in-depth discussion on their current offer to settle the EBA. There are still a lot of issues that are outstanding that need Jetstar to change their position on or clarify.…
Time for AaE management to focus
17 December 2014
We met AaE management about the EBA on 15th December 2014 for our third meeting with the company and they still have not comprehensively responded to our log of claims. We have raised significant issues about integration and promotions, work within Qantas Freight and other provisions that exist for Qantas…
Unions’ correspondence about Qantas international company
25 November 2014
Ever since Qantas announced the creation of a new Qantas international entity when they announced the company results, Qantas unions have been seeking clarification about whether the new company would be an employing entity and whether it would affect the terms and conditions of existing employees' working in the Qantas…
AaE EBA negotiations begin
17 November 2014
The ASU AaE national negotiating team (NNT) have now had 2 meetings with Qantas management about the replacement of our current enterprise agreement (EBA). Our meetings were held on 20th October and 12th November 2014. Our claim for this EBA was endorsed by members and it has been served on…
Sign the petition: Don’t take our annual leave at Virgin
05 November 2014
Virgin staff across the country have been telling us that Virgin's decision to take back incorrectly credited annual leave isn't fair. We've heard you loud and clear, but Virgin still isn't listening. We think we should insist on keeping the leave, not the least because team members have been relying…
Time to put your best deal on the table Jetstar
31 October 2014
Your Jetstar National Negotiating Team met with the company on 15th September 2014 and 21st October 2014 to see if we can get any closer to finalizing an agreement. The company continues to say that they want an 18 month pay freeze so that no pay rise would be payable…