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Our fourth Qantas EBA 10 meeting was held on 8th May 2013 and there is still no Qantas response to our key job security claims or our wage and superannuation claim. The company has tabled their part time work proposal which we believe will result in the phasing out of…

Our ASU Jetstar EBA 5 campaign will soon begin and we need a campaign theme and slogan that reflects what our members think is important. Do you have an idea for our slogan/theme that can be used on our bulletins, on badges, stickers and everything that is campaign related? Why…

Late on Saturday night (4th May, 2013), Virgin finally advised staff that, as we expected, the Virgin Ground Crew Agreement 2013 has been rejected by a majority of staff.  Congratulations to all ASU members and representatives who worked hard to ensure there was a "NO" vote and that we did…

Your negotiating team will next meet with Malaysia Airlines management on Thursday 2 May 2013 for further negotiations on the wage increases for the next Agreement. Also on the agenda will be the bargaining team's response to the consolidation of the current Agreement with the Overseas Airlines Award into a…

Voting for the Virgin Ground Crew Agreement 2013 starts at 0001 on Tuesday 30th April 2013 and closes at 2359 on Friday 3 May 2013. To make your opinion count it is important to vote. Have you got the email? By 26th April you should have received an introductory email…

The third Qantas EBA 10 meeting took place on 23rd April 2013 and for the first time we received an indication of what Qantas wants from EBA 10 and we also received preliminary responses to some of our claims. More casuals and temps front & centre Qantas main claims are…

Virgin management has now released their "final agreement" to replace our current Virgin Ground Crew Agreement and on all counts the ASU National Negotiating Team believes the agreement FAILS and we are urging staff to vote "NO" when voting for the agreement starts on 30th April 2013. The Scorecard –…

ASU Jetstar delegates attended the ASU regular meeting with management on 3rd April 2013 in Melbourne. What was on the agenda? We raised and discussed the following issues with Jetstar management: Uniforms Issue – once again we raised the issue of uniforms, in particular the poor quality of the "new"…

Your ASU National Negotiating Team (NNT) tabled all our remaining detailed claims for EBA 10 at our second negotiation meeting with Qantas management on 10th April 2013. Now "the ball is in management's court" as they must respond comprehensively to our claims and also disclose what claims or changes the…

Your ASU NNT members met with Virgin management on 25th March 2013 and tabled our objections to their first draft agreement. We received another draft version of the agreement at the meeting with a new and very significant inclusion in the overtime clause – a proposal to include a definition…