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As a result of three deaths at Menzies Aviation facilities in Los Angeles since 2006, global action has been launched this week to demand safe conditions for airport workers everywhere and to show solidarity with the bereaved families of airport workers. ASU National Airlines Division Council (NADC) delegates showed their…

ASU delegates and officials met with Qantas management for another update on Friday 12 September 2014 in Melbourne. We discussed a range of issues including the update on the EOI numbers, Hobart recruitment, training, career transition support, the redeployment process, and Melbourne–Brisbane transfers. The company is putting in place a…

Emirates employees will now have the Enterprise Agreement for voting on from the 12th to 18th September 2014. The ASU/ALAEA understands that while the voting process has not gone as smoothly as it should have it is of the utmost importance that the proposed enterprise agreement is scrutinised, and the…

The proposed Emirates Enterprise Agreement will render the merit increment a payment at the absolute discretion of Emirates. Clauses 15.8, 15.9 and 15.10 of your current 2011 EBA says: Therefore, depending upon individual performance, individual staff shall receive a merit increment between 0.0% and 6.0% on top of the fixed…

During the EBA negotiations that were held yesterday (Wednesday 28 August) mediated by the Fair Work Commission Emirates said that the EBA that was previously overwhelmingly rejected by employees would again be issued for voting on, from Friday 5 September till Thursday 11 September. The ASU/ALAEA again advise members to…

After months and months of seeing long serving loyal colleagues leave the Qantas Group because of the mismanagement of the CEO and the Qantas Board, today's news of a record statutory $2.8 billion loss at Qantas is still a shock. Many ASU members have expressed their dismay at what has…

ASU MEDIA RELEASE: The unprecedented Qantas statutory loss of $2.8 billion announced today means one thing – it is time for Qantas CEO Alan Joyce and the Qantas Board to resign or be sacked by Qantas shareholders says the Australian Services Union (ASU), the largest union in Qantas and the…

On 18th August 2014 ASU delegates and officials met with Virgin Australia airport and contact centre management for one of our regular meetings to talk about the implementation of our Agreement and about issues that have been in progress since our last meeting – here is a summary of what…

Your ASU National Negotiating Team (NNT) met again with Toll Dnata representatives in Sydney on 12th August 2014 for our 3rd negotiation meeting. What we talked about A significant amount of the meeting was spent talking through the Toll Dnata claims and getting clarity on what they are seeking exactly.…

Over the past few weeks the ASU Jetstar National Negotiating Team (NNT) has met with Company representatives four times about a range of issues including the payroll review phase 2, the work being done on a new rostering system (Groundstar) and the Company's position on recommencing our EBA 5 negotiations.…