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dnata Catering announces redundancies
22 September 2020
On Monday, 21 September the CEO of dnata Catering emailed employees to announce that the company had decided to make number of employees redundant. The ASU met with dnata on Monday afternoon to start the consultation process. Approximately 40 indirect/support roles and 40 manager/senior manager roles are affected by the…
Menzies Aviation employees need special leave without pay
14 September 2020
The ASU is calling on Menzies Aviation to offer ‘Special Leave Without Pay’ to all employees affected by stand downs. This is special arrangement for employees who don’t want to work during the stand down, but also don’t want a redundancy. It freezes your employment, so you have certainty to…
Variation to the Menzies Aviation (Sydney and Melbourne) Customer Service Enterprise Agreement 2018.
04 June 2020
Letter to Menzies re Variation
Menzies is stealing your annual leave
15 May 2020
ASU members are furious at Menzies Aviation’s decision to steal their annual leave. Menzies says their cash flow issues means that need to force you to run down your leave balances. Nonsense! You earned that leave through your own hard work. We understand these are tough times, but this is…
Be ready: Menzies Aviation wants to put off your pay increase from 1 July 2020 to 1 January 2021
05 May 2020
On 5 May 2020, Menzies' management wrote to the ASU notifying us that the Company wants to vary your enterprise agreement to delay your pay increase from 1 July 2020 to 1 January 2021. This affects members in Melbourne and Sydney covered by the Menzies Aviation (Sydney and Melbourne) Customer…
dnata employees not eligible for the JobKeeper
04 May 2020
The ASU has become aware that dnata catering are not eligible for the JobKeeper payment of $1500 per fortnight. This appears to affect the entire dnata group, including customer service, cargo and ramp employees. Why has this happened? On Friday, Scott Morrison’s Federal Government altered the eligibility rules for JobKeeper,…
ASU at Menzies: JobKeeper Update
29 April 2020
JobKeeper pays coming! In good news for ASU members at Menzies Aviation, the company has told us they will process JobKeeper pays on Wednesday 29 April. This will include: Back-pay for 30 March to 12 April. Leave taken during this period will not be recredited. If you earnt less than…
The National Consultative Committee is scheduled to meet on Wednesday, 6 May 2020. The NCC is a forum for ASU delegates to meet with national representatives from the company, and raise concerns or ask questions. We’ll be asking the company about the stand downs, JobKeeper pay and the future of…
Dnata Catering - Covid-19 update from your union
25 March 2020
Dnata Catering has announced that employees will be stood down because there is no useful work for them to do because of the coronavirus. We know you’re worried These are unprecedented times and things are changing so quickly. Unfortunately this is not business as usual. But we want to make…
dnata Ramp and Cargo EBA backpay on the way!
08 August 2018
After a lengthy 4-month delay in the Fair Work Commission your EBA is now a legally enforceable document. That means backpay The ASU can confirm that your backpay will be paid to you on Tuesday 14 August 2018. What can I expect? For any pay that you received between 1…
dnata Ramp and Cargo EBA finally approved!
02 August 2018
Back pay and pay increases on the way. After 4 months of waiting the Fair Work Commission has finally approved your new EBA. What next? The Union will follow up with dnata to confirm the date that the 4% of pay increases will be applied as well as the backpay…
Menzies Enterprise Bargaining Update
31 July 2018
Menzies management has given us their log of claims – read below to find out what management want to change in your enterprise agreement. ASU delegates met with management in Melbourne on Monday, 30 July. We came expecting to hear a presentation from Menzies management about the log of claims.…
Menzies Melbourne & Sydney Bargaining Update
04 July 2018
Your ASU bargaining team met with Menzies management in Sydney on 3 July 2018. We presented the items on our log of claims regarding overtime, permanent employment and job security. Management will consider these items and report back to us at the next meeting. There was also further discussion of…
Menzies Melbourne & Sydney Bargaining Update
22 June 2018
Our campaign to win a fair new agreement is moving ahead! Your ASU bargaining team met with Menzies management in Sydney on 20 June 2018. Your team told management about the need for fairness and transparency in rostering, annual leave and days in lieu. We explained our claim for paid…