NSW Ambulance Call Taker Abuse: Let’s keep this on the Agenda!
It’s the most important call many people have to make and the Call Takers at NSW Ambulance do an amazing job in providing assistance and keeping people composed amid chaos at the most traumatic time in their lives. Yet some Call takers have reported that they can take...
USU@Ausgrid: EA UPDATE
As you are aware, the combined unions have been in negotiations to replace your Enterprise Agreement, whereby we have met with the business on 18 occasions. Negotiations re-commenced after the Christmas break on 4 February, and we write to provide an update on the...
NRMA Delegate Drive
The USU is seeking nominations for new workplace delegates in the following areas: • 1 x Delegate Gosford Office• 1 x Delegate Sydney Olympic Park If you are interested in nominating please return this notice with the appropriate details below. As a USU delegate, you...
Qantas’ plans to cut Sales, Service and Baggage Desks are still totally under baked
USU/ASU representatives met with management on Monday, 15 February and Tuesday, 16 February – and it became apparent that Qantas management have no idea how they are actually going to make their thought-bubble to cut the Sales, Service and Baggage Desks work. This is...
USU/ASU lodges dispute under Helloworld/QH EAs
The USU/ASU has lodged disputes in the Fair Work Commission under the Helloworld and Qantas Holidays Enterprise Agreements challenging the company’s proposal that workers agree to accept a pay cut. Earlier this month, Andrew Burnes, the CEO and Managing Director of...
COVID-19 Vaccines Update
USU/ASU representatives met with the Federal Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Professor Michael Kidd, for a briefing on the roll-out of COVID-19 vaccines in priority industries, including airlines and airports, on Monday, 15 February 2021. The Federal Government, with...
USU nib Enterprise Agreement Update 2
Recently the USU called for members to finalise their claims for the Enterprise Agreement. USU Bargaining Representatives along with the nib Employee Representatives tabled a combined log of claims (below) to Management for consideration. All of the interests tabled...
Keep Australia Flying report launched
Yesterday we launched the Keep Australia Flying report. We surveyed more than 500 workers in aviation about what impacts COVID had on them and what they needed to come through this crisis. What we heard was aviation workers have been doing it tough. Aviation workers...
Did you see us in the Senate today? Keep Australia Flying!
USU/ASU members spoke to the Senate Inquiry into the Future of Aviation today. USU delegates Claudine Tenana, Anna Maria Saglimbeni, and Bruce Rogers represented airline workers because they knew airline workers’ experiences of the impact of COVID-19 needed to be...
