USU/ASU members take Virgin Australia to the Fair Work Commission and win
Virgin Australia were incorrectly applying the Multi Shift Allowance under your Enterprise Agreement. New rules were added which reduced the amount of allowance paid to USU/ASU members. Following a dispute in the Fair Work Commission, Virgin have agreed to a...
USU@Qantas: Early Start to International Flying, Domestic Flying at 100% by January
Qantas has made some major announcements about its plans to reopen flying, and that all employees will be returning to work by December. Some international routes will reopen sooner than expected and domestic flying is expected to be back to normal by January 2022. We...
Essential Energy EA Ballot: Members vote NO to management’s offer!
You all recently participated in a vote on Management’s EA Offer. As you are aware, the USU held meetings with you to discuss the offer and to affirm our commitment that if you voted NO then we would continue to pursue your key claims that you had previously indicated...
USU@CHILDCARE: CHRISTMAS IS COMING …
It is time to start thinking about your Christmas Holidays. Councils have begun notifying the dates of their services’ closedown period. It’s worth seeing where you stand. The Award says Council may direct an employee to take annual leave by giving at least four weeks...
Bargaining Commences at Teachers Health!
Last Friday, you would have received the Notice of Employee Representational Rights (NERR) from the P&L department. This signals the formal commencement of bargaining at Teachers Health. As a union member, you do not need to do anything - the USU is by default...
USU@GREATER: YOUR ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2021
Once again the time has come for Greater Bank USU members to start thinking about what needs to be improved/changed/modified in relation to your employment conditions. Greater management has advised the Union that they intend to start the negotiating process for a new...
Insecure work is a massive work health and safety risk
A shocking 67% of injured or ill insecure workers reported not taking time off because they feared it would negatively impact their job, and 60% reported not taking time off because they had no paid leave available. According to a recent ACTU survey, only a quarter...
Airlines members: Where do you stand on the COVID Disaster Payment and the Domestic Retention Payment?
The USU/ASU has written to the Deputy Prime Minister seeking urgent information about financial support for airline workers. Both the COVID Disaster Payment and Domestic Retention Payment are due to cease or become significantly reduced. We hope to have more...
Pledge for Candidates in Local Government Elections
The 2021 NSW Local Government elections scheduled for Saturday, 4 September 2021 have been postponed until 4th December 2021.
In the lead up to the election we will continue to seek support for our Council services by Council workers campaign. Find out who has signed our pledge to support local jobs and services.
