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Today our national union the ASU is filing a case against Qantas in the High Court of Australia on behalf of members across Australia. That includes you. We’re arguing that for over 10 months Qantas have been misusing JobKeeper and pocketing your penalties. This is...
Virgin contacted the USU/ASU last week about Guest Services staff shortages. The Company did not anticipate reaching the number of hours of work that they currently have to cover until late 2021. For now this is an issue that affects work in MEL, ADL & BNE but it...
Late last week the Union and the Council were engaged in discussions about previous agreements regarding staff finishing times on Christmas Eve. This included frank discussions before the Industrial Relations Commission on Thursday 17 December 2020. While the parties...
Christmas Eve early finish arrangement reinstated. Your Union has had productive discussions with Council leadership over the last two days around proposed changes to existing Christmas Eve working hours arrangements. Out of these discussions Council has agreed to...
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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...
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.
Qantas has told the USU/ASU that it wants to provide a level of on-airport service to customers. Instead of closing the service desk entirely, Qantas wants a ‘Service Hub’ that will be staffed by Level 4 employees. This is a win for USU/ASU members, who’ve been...
The USU has been continuing to escalate our campaign against the misuse of contractors in local government taking work from day labour staff.
The information provided by our members and delegates regarding the abuse of contract labour has been critical in our campaign plan, and we encourage members and delegates to continue to send through this information.
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The USU is a major union in the NSW energy industry. The occupations of USU members cover the range of occupations within the modern energy industry.
The USU represents workers employed as private sector clerical and administrative (C&A) employees in most industries.
The USU represents workers employed in the airlines industry, including Check-in Officers, Service Desk Officers, Ticket Sales Officers, Passenger Control Unit Officers.
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