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The USU/ASU are shocked to learn that Qantas wants to restructure Freight Operations. We understand that this involves changes to port management and the centralising FCO and possibly other functions in Melbourne and Sydney. This restructure affects members at both...
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...
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Thank you to all who attended the USU update meeting on Tuesday 31stAugust. It was great to meet you all and thanks to all who provided their feedback following the meeting. As discussed in the meeting, the combined unions were to attend a meeting with Management on...
Your negotiating team is pleased to advise that members have overwhelmingly endorsed the Agreement that will soon be put to you to vote on. The new Agreement sees an enhancement on many of the conditions you enjoy. The headline outcomes of the new Agreement are: 3 pay...
This is update number 5 in a series of updates released over the past few months regarding Union Member Benefits which differ from non-union members under the 2020 NSW Local Government (State) Award. Our first update (20/04/21) covered the Union Picnic Day, our second...
As members will be aware, our postal ballot of members to endorse the options of Protected Action failed on participation rate. Whilst the yes vote itself showed great results, the stay at home orders enforced just prior to our ballots being posted greatly impacted on...
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If you work in Local Government the USU is your union. The USU covers employees right across the local government industry.
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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