ASU members across Australia have overwhelmingly endorsed the ASU’s EBA 11 claim after attending meetings across Australia to discuss the recommendations from the ASU Qantas National delegates meeting in February 2016. The ASU claim was served formally on Qantas today. What’s our claim? ASU members endorsed a comprehensive claim which…

 Initial Bargaining meeting well attended by ASU and delegates The bargaining committee The Initial Bargaining meeting went ahead in Parliament House last Friday and a committee was formed with Union representatives, Individual Bargaining Representatives, the Minister and Ministerial & Parliamentary Services (M&PS) staff. Joanne Knight, National Industrial Officer and Lori…

The Australian tax system is tangled up in a web of subsidies, exemptions and arrangements that unfairly advantage the top 10 per cent of income earners, do nothing to drive innovation or productivity growth and hold us back from investing in nation-building. Capital gains tax exemptions, superannuation tax breaks, negative…

Bargaining meetings begin Friday and the ASU survey has been extended. The initial bargaining meeting M&PS have confirmed initial bargaining meeting will take place this Friday, 26 February 2016. ASU National Industrial Officer Joanne Knight will attend with both ASU Delegates: Lori Faraone (office of Andrew Giles MP - Scullin,…

Last week the ASU appeared at the public hearings of the Senate inquiry into the economic security for women in retirement. This was a follow up to the submission we lodged last year. At the hearing we tried to draw a picture for the Senators that could capture the overriding…

This weekend 27-28 February 2016, hundreds of union members and community volunteers will be door-knocking across the country. We will be talking to people about the issues that will affect them like their rights at work, their income levels, Medicare cuts that threaten their health, and others. >> Click here…

The ACTU is launching a major campaign against the sell-off and cuts to Medicare, with a targeted broadcast and online advertising blitz, followed by a door knock in 22 marginal seats and community protests around the country. New polling released today shows the majority of Queenslanders and Victorians do not…

Your ASU National Negotiating Team (NNT) met face to face with the firm’s negotiators for the first time on 7th & 8th December 2015 in Melbourne. This was our fourth meeting and it was great to have the whole team together in the room. Since our last bulletin in December…

Around 60 ASU delegates from all states and territories met in Melbourne on 3 February 2016 to commence preparations for bargaining in Qantas Airways, QCatering and QFIT. Almost 1000 responses for our EBA 11 survey were received and the results were considered in depth at our meeting. Delegates endorsed a…

The Australian Council of Trade Unions today raised deep concern about reports the Government is planning to take an axe to superannuation, leaving millions of Australians working well into their 70s. ACTU President Ged Kearney said the increase in superannuation to 12.5 per cent was always designed to ensure working…