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...
Qantas Freight says it doesn’t need your tick of approval!
At the consultation meeting on 4 February 2021, Qantas Freight management told USU/ASU representatives that the restructure doesn’t need the tick of approval from USU/ASU members. They told us that management makes the decisions, not USU/ASU members. Qantas must...
IMPORTANT MEETING: For all USU/ASU members in airlines on JobKeeper & AviationKeeper
There is an important meeting for all USU/ASU members who work in airlines this Wednesday 10 February at 7pm AEDT – register here now. COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on USU/ASU members who work for airlines or in ground handling. It is clear that aviation...
GUEST SERVICES: ASU SEEKS AN EXPLANATION FROM VIRGIN
USU/ASU officials have sought an urgent meeting with Virgin about their plans to send out an EOI to Cabin Crew for work in Guest Services. The USU/ASU believes that any such EOI will cause unnecessary distress to USU/ASU members who are waiting for advice from Virgin...
Helloworld are trying to cut workers’ pay
Andrew Burnes, the CEO and Managing Director of Helloworld Travel, has sent personalised emails to Helloworld workers asking them to agree to accept a pay cut. The email does not provide details regarding the extent of the proposed pay cut – that job was handballed to...
Corporate & Head Office: VIRGIN COMMENCES CONSULTATION WITH THE UNION
The ASU attended a meeting with Virgin earlier this week about recent announcements regarding redundancies in Virgins Corporate and Head Office teams. Virgin has announced 350 redundancies at its Corporate and Head Office in Brisbane. We received a briefing from the...
FWC approves Virgin’s new Guest Services and Guest Contact Centre EA
We are pleased to advise that the Fair Work Commission has approved the new Virgin Australia & ASU Guest Services & Guest Contact Centre Agreement 2020. On 2 February 2021 the Fair Work Commission approved your new enterprise agreement. This means it will come...
ROSTERING BULLETIN: USU/ASU demands that Jetstar provide answers
The USU/ASU met with Jetstar last Friday to continue to negotiate an alternative set of rostering principles for Stand Down. We expected to be in a position to review Jetstar’s proposal for dealing with annual leave while no projected rosters are in place. Despite...
