As most staff would be aware in 2017 Red Cross discovered it had been underpaying a proportion of its employees over a number of years. This was primarily due to applying the wrong award or Enterprise Agreement to some roles, the incorrect award or Enterprise Agreement classifications to other roles…

For several years, our union has stood side by side with Rosie Batty in the fight to recognise the impact of family violence and to embed initiatives like paid domestic violence leave in workplace agreements. Rosie’s work deserves our respect. John Setka should resign if any of the allegations against…

Back in early February 2019, Qantas told staff and the world that they had failed to pay a significant number of current and former staff in accordance with the ASU’s Enterprise Agreements probably since 2013. Since February, ASU representatives have met with Qantas management on 6 occasions to try and…

Back in August 2017, Qantas announced its intention to centralise Airports Workforce Planning and Day of Operations Rostering. ASU delegates and reps have met nationally with the Qantas management team 15 times since then and countless times locally and there are still significant and outstanding issues with the roll out…

An urgent teleconference with Neami management was held on Friday, 10 May 2019 to clarify consultation meetings taking place with employee groups impacted by the transition to new NDIS funding arrangements. Neami have told the ASU that a lack of clarity from the federal Government and other funders means they…

The ASU would like to advise our members at Regional Express that your new EBA has been approved by Fair Work Commission and took effect as of Friday 3rd May 2019. There are a raft of improvements to this new EBA that staff should have an understanding of to ensure…

Employer group ABI is attempting to create a new category of employment – Cut Rate Casuals, which could lead to no minimum hours of work, no regular roster, no right to say 'no', and less pay. They’re attacking the job security and wages and conditions of workers in the community,…

It appears that some team leaders and area managers are claiming that your Agreement is already operating. Technically the Agreement is not in operation and must be approved by the Fair Work Commission (FWC) before it can operate. Clause 2 of the proposed Agreement states “the Agreement commences operation 7…

There has been much talk about performance improvement plans lately so we thought we would update you on some important information. Unfortunately Flight Centre was unwilling to consult with the ASU over their new disciplinary procedure. The ASU Victorian Private Sector branch lodged a dispute with the Fair Work Commission.…

Tonight’s federal pre-election sales pitch budget has failed to provide any plan to increase real wages or deliver secure jobs. Scott Morrison and the Coalition Government have used $4 billion in unspent NDIS money to prop-up a budget surplus and at the same time have given over $224 a week…