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The Emirates EBA vote has been counted with 25.75% of the employees who voted voting YES and 74.25% of employees voting NO. 79% of staff who were eligible to vote cast a vote so this is an overwhelming result. The Agreement proposed by Emirates has been rejected and the ASU/ALAEA…

Qantas has now decided to extend the time frame for all EOIs that are being sent out today in telephone sales to 1st August 2014. Earlier in the week the company had proposed that there would be 2 cut off dates for the EOIs – 4th July 2014 and 1st…

On Monday 9th June voting commences on EBA 2014. This is your only chance to vote NO to the Emirates proposed EBA that, if approved, will set your wages and other conditions until the beginning of 2017. [Download the full bulletin below]    Emirates Bulletin, 6 June 2014

Since the announcement of the closure of the Melbourne and Brisbane Telephone Sales Centres on 28th May your ASU representatives have been trying to persuade Qantas management that staff need longer than 4 weeks to consider their options after the centres close. Qantas stuck firm on their time frame of…

Today we have prepared a video to update Qantas Group members on the latest information about what has occurred across the Qantas Group since Alan Joyce's announcement on 27th February 2014 about the loss of 5000 jobs. You can watch the update here. In two weeks Federal Parliament will vote…

The ballot to vote on the Enterprise Agreement put forward by Emirates management will commence on Monday 9th June and close on Sunday 15th June. The ASU and the ALAEA advise our members to vote NO. [Download the full bulletin below]    Emirates Bulletin, 2 June 2014

Over the last month or so we have been collecting responses to our survey on what Startrack employees want from the new Enterprise Agreement. Thank you to those employees who contributed. Download the full bulletin below    StarTrack Bulletin, 2 June 2014  

ASU Qantas Telephone Sales delegates held a marathon meeting with Qantas management in Melbourne on 29th May 2014 to discuss the decision to close the Melbourne and Brisbane Telephone Sales Centres and "consolidate" in Hobart. Your delegates were determined to leave no stone unturned in our discussions with Qantas as…

In a completely unbelievable move Qantas management have today announced to staff that they plan to close 2 of their 3 Australian based Qantas Telephone Sales centres in Brisbane and Melbourne in 6 – 9 months' time, shedding approximately 540 jobs while they will maintain 6 offshore Qantas / Jetstar…

The ASU and ALAEA negotiating team and bargaining reps met with Emirates management in Sydney on 15 May 2014 to advise the company of the consultations we have held about the latest offer for a new agreement at Emirates. [Download the full bulletin below]    Emirates Bulletin, 20 May 2014