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The ASU National Negotiating Team met with Qantas on two occasions since our last bulletin, on 22nd May and then on 18 – 19th June 2013. We have made progress on some of our claims but the Qantas response on our key job security claims and the wage and superannuation…

After a couple of false starts, Virgin management has finally locked in another date to resume negotiations for a new agreement for a new ground staff agreement at Virgin Australia. Our next meeting is to be held in Brisbane on 8th July and your ASU National Negotiating Team (NNT) are…

Preparations have begun for the commencement of negotiations with Jetstar for a new Agreement (EBA) to replace our current agreement which expires on 30th September 2013 (although it continues until it is replaced). The first stage of our bargaining preparations is determining what staff want in their agreement and as…

ASU delegates met with Jetstar management on 16th and 20th May 2013 to get an understanding of the findings from the Jetstar Payroll Improvement Project. As we know there have been persistent issues with Jetstar payroll which ASU members and delegates have been highlighting over many years. Jetstar has told…

The vote for the Singapore Airlines 2013 - 2015 EBA has resulted in a reduced majority of employees approving the Agreement compared to the first vote. The second vote saw fewer employees vote in favour of the proposed Agreement, 124 votes (first vote 145 'yes' votes), and more, 81 employees,…

The ASU National Negotiating Team were back at the bargaining table on Friday 24th May 2013 together with the Pit Crew union negotiators to restart negotiations for a replacement Ground Staff Agreement. What happened? Your NNT stressed to the company representatives that we wanted to program as many meetings as…

The ASU is recommending a NO vote for management's proposed new agreement in the voting that starts on Friday. The base rate of pay increases of 2.9% x 2.9% are the only guaranteed increases to everyone's salary. The performance merit increases (available only to employees who have not reached their…

Your ASU National Negotiating Team (NNT) are pleased to advise that Virgin management has agreed to recommence negotiations after 84% of the 79% of staff who voted rejected the company's Virgin Ground Crew Agreement on 4th May 2013. A meeting is scheduled for Friday 24th May 2013 in Brisbane and…

Union members at Jetstar have presented their employer with a petition urging Jetstar to "re-shore" their Payroll division. Payroll at Jetstar, which was outsourced and offshored to the Philippines some years ago, has been plagued by problems including underpayment of staff, incorrect calculation of pay and leave, and incorrectly issued…

Our current Emirates agreement expires on 31st December 2013 and while it might seem a long way off it is never too early to start getting ready for the next round of bargaining, so shortly your union, the Australian Services Union (ASU) will be distributing a survey designed to determine…