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…

An independent report by the Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU), shows that there are a range of issues with privatisation using the shared services model. The same model is being pushed in some local government areas in Australia. The report "Shared Services - setting unrealistic expectations" by Yuliya Yurchenko…

GSA will be providing complimentary industry briefings during July for users of the local government training package to answer many of the questions we have been receiving in relation to the new standards for training packages currently being implemented across the national training system. Read this item on the GSA…

Claims that the privatisation of the NSW electricity network could deliver $30 billion for infrastructure projects contradict the government's own figures and are part of a deliberate attempt to trick NSW voters, according to the Stop the Sell Off campaign. A Sydney newspaper has reported that a sale of the…

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…

Were you born on or after 1 July 1958? If so, the Federal Government's proposed changes to the pension age will affect you. Whilst the focus on this proposed change in the recent Federal Budget has been on the pension age rising to 70 for everyone born on or after…

This edition contains the following items: Senators grill Government about local government cuts; Push for reform as parents pay more for early childhood education and care; E-OZ and asbestos e-learning package; Local Resilience to Climate Change - Australia; Councils counting the cost of Budget decisions; Public Infrastructure: completion of inquiry;…

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…