USU @ Work: Workplace Safety – Drug and Alcohol Testing
Almost a decade ago the USU raised the issue with the NSW Local Government Employer’s Association (LGNSW) of the need to negotiate, trial and adopt a recommended Industry policy and procedure for Drug and Alcohol Testing for NSW Councils. Several Councils in the...
VIRGIN AUSTRALIA: CORPORATE & HEAD OFFICE RESTRUCTURE
USU/ASU members are very concerned about recent announcements regarding redundancies in Virgins Corporate and Head Office teams. Yesterday, Virgin announced 350 redundancies at its Corporate and Head Office in Brisbane. We condemn this decision and the way the...
USU/ASU negotiating rostering principles with Jetstar
After lodging a Stand Down dispute in the Fair Work Commission earlier this week, the union today met with Jetstar and participated in conciliation facilitated by the Commission to negotiate the airline’s rostering principles for 2021. The USU/ASU is concerned that...
Virgin Australia Guest Services: Talks with management about rostering continue
Your USU/ASU representatives met with management on Wednesday to discuss fairer rostering arrangements for guest services workers at Virgin. We all know that COVID-19 has brought unprecedented uncertainty to borders and flying schedules, and we want to work with...
AAE & Qantas Freight Restructure Update
USU/ASU delegates and officials met with Qantas management on Wednesday, 20 January 2021 to discuss the proposed restructure. Management explained that they intend to make all FCO’s redundant. Some FCO duties will be centralised into an expanded Freight Planning...
Update on Bargaining at Emirates
The union wrote to members in late 2020 about bargaining. Emirates was seeking an agreement from unions and bargaining reps about a pay freeze until 2022, as well as further delaying bargaining discussions. Given the ongoing uncertainty around border closures and the...
USU@CITY OF SYDNEY: HAVE YOUR SAY ON YOUR WAGES/SALARY AWARD 2021
It’s time to kick off negotiations for the City of Sydney members for the 2021 Award and that means finding out what is important to USU members. Negotiation meetings have been scheduled to commence on the 16th of February. In order to ensure we present the City of...
Virgin Australia: GUEST SERVICES RESOURCING UPDATE
USU/ASU members have raised a number of urgent concerns about the way rosters are being managed in local ports. USU/ASU officials met with Virgin today to raise your concerns including issues with unworkable roster patterns, unpredictable hours of work, ability to opt...
Union in talks with Jetstar about the real impact of border closures
Jetstar waited until Christmas Eve to notify staff about new periods of Stand Down. As soon as we became aware of border closures taking effect in December, USU/ASU officials urgently sought information from Jetstar about the impact to members. Jetstar made numerous...
