Your reps went to the Fair Work Commission (FWC) on 18th April 2016 for a conciliation about the release of information about what bonuses have been paid. The firm is still limiting access to this information but we are considering a revised offer from them. It is still not all…

A coalition of Australian organisations including the ASU has published an open letter calling on Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to end the Government’s silence over the Panama Papers and to commit to taking effective action on tax dodging by wealthy individuals and corporations. The Australian Services Union along with ActionAid…

When you change the government, you change the country. It’s a truism but it bears repeating as we hurtle towards a federal election. What isn’t as readily obvious but is also true is that changing this particular Federal Government may be easier than many people think. It could even be…

At the 4th Enterprise Agreement meeting with Ministerial & Parliamentary Services (M&PS) on 7th April 2016, your ASU bargaining team handed the committee a summary list of issues staffers want to see resolved. Retain relevant bargaining agents for Agreement and bargain around genuine productivity enhancements Additional term that recognises some…

At our fourth EBA meeting on 14th April 2016 Qantas finally provided us with the issues they want to achieve out of this agreement negotiations. The company provided us with details of most of their claims which can be summarised as follows: 1. 18 month wage freeze and 3% p.a.…

Sliding living standards, wage stagnation for working people and rising wealth inequality will be big issues as the next Australian Federal Election approaches. Click here to read this on the AFTINET website While the election has not yet been officially called, the battle lines are being drawn on industrial relations.…

The Australian Council of Trade Unions today said urgent action was required to tackle corruption in the banking and finance sectors and tax avoidance by big companies. The ASU supports this call as we have been campaigning against unfair tax practices that put the burden of funding our society disproportionately…

Next week Malcolm Turnbull recalls Parliament to undermine your civil liberties: Australian workers currently have the right to remain silent when interrogated, but under the ABCC, that right and many others will be taken away. ASU members in local government, energy and perhaps others, will be captured by the "building…

At our meeting on Thursday 7 April 2016, Maurice Blackburn confirmed that they will not be releasing the bonus information to us that we have requested on terms we can agree to. We have no alternative but to relist the application to get this case back before the Fair Work…

Workers Compensation is there to provide payment for workers, injured, killed or becoming ill due to a work related incident. Virgin wants to change what happens when you are injured at work. If you are injured at work, you and your doctor make a decision to make a claim under…