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Bargaining continues at Toll Dnata
22 August 2014
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.…
Bargaining underway at Menzies for your new EBA
01 May 2014
This week your ASU National Negotiating Team (NNT), Doris Nykanen, Steph Keady and Joseph Mifsud from Sydney and Brett Whitehead from Melbourne, met with management and provided them a copy of your endorsed claims. The ASU has asked the company for additional information and at the next meeting we will…
Company’s claims are becoming clearer at Toll Dnata
03 October 2013
Toll Dnata Bulletin # 4Our second bargaining meeting was held in Sydney on 27th September 2013 and we are now getting a better idea of what the company is seeking from the negotiations. We also had the opportunity to table more detailed claims of our own. Our claims At the…
Negotiations up and running Toll Dnata Ramp & Cargo
25 September 2013
Your ASU National Negotiating Team (NNT) hit the ground running at our first face to face meeting with Toll Dnata management in Sydney on 5th and 6th September 2013. As members know our claim had been resoundingly endorsed and so your NNT tabled a range of detailed claims to fill…
Toll Dnata EBA negotiations soon to begin
22 August 2013
The ASU log of claims for the new Toll Dnata Ramp and Cargo agreement has been given to the company after it was endorsed by ASU members. We have had our first meeting with the management representatives to explain to them what ASU members want from a new agreement. Your…
In a decision this week, the Fair Work Commission has agreed with the ASU that clause 11 of the Customer Service Employees (Menzies Aviation) Enterprise Agreement 2011 entitles employees to be paid Buddy Allowance when an employee is participating in a formal buddy training program. Menzies had argued that the…
Time to Vote “NO’’ to Aero-Care agreement 2012
07 December 2012
Aero-Care has circulated a proposed agreement asking employees to vote in favour of it. The ASU advises our members to vote ''NO''. The ASU believes that the wages in the agreement are too low, that the hours required to work are unfair and that the agreement favours Aero-Care at the…
Aero-Care EBA 2012 is a long way short
03 December 2012
The ASU has been bargaining with Aero-Care since February 2012 after Fair Work Australia refused to approve the original agreement lodged by Aero-Care. The ASU's sole intent has been to bargain to get the best Agreement for our members. The minimum conditions the Aero-Care Agreement should include is the terms…