Qantas EBA9
ASU members at Qantas work in many workplaces performing so many different roles. This section of the ASU website has been designed so that you can keep up to date with what is happening at Qantas, no matter where you work. Now you can view not only what is happening in your workplace but across all of the company.
Qantas EBA9 documents
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- Published on Friday, 13 May, 2011
Download proposed new Agreement (ASU EBA 9)
Download side letter - draft if EBA9 is accepted
Qantas EBA9 voting underway
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- Published on Thursday, 12 May, 2011
ASU members across the country have been holding meetings as part of the union’s internal process of approving ASU Qantas EBA 9 (EBA 9). These meetings were conducted to see whether or not ASU members accepted the offer. The outcome of these meetings is that ASU members have now officially approved EBA 9.
Urgent meeting with Qantas on EBA 9- THIS FRIDAY
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- Published on Thursday, 17 March, 2011
In a major development Qantas has asked for a meeting with the ASU Qantas EBA 9 National Negotiating Team (NNT).
The meeting has been scheduled for Friday 18th March 2011 in Melbourne. Your NNT have had many meetings with Qantas over many months- but continue to want to reach an agreement if possible.
Your NNT hope to be able to report back on progress after Friday’s meeting.
If you have any questions please contact your local ASU delegate or National Negotiating Team member- or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
Qantas EBA – Going Nowhere Fast
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- Published on Wednesday, 09 February, 2011
We’re back into negotiations after a long break, keen to make some progress in the now 8 month long negotiations for EBA9. Your National Negotiating Team (NNT) met with Qantas management on 1st February 2011 for the 16th meeting about the EBA. Your NNT were full of hope for the prospects of the New Year but we quickly realised it’s business as usual at Qantas; stalling on the wage claim, and avoiding the real issues facing staff like rostering, job security, and contractors rates.
All we want for Christmas is 5% at Qantas
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- Published on Tuesday, 14 December, 2010
The pace of negotiations has been picking up as we head into the festive season. Your National Negotiating Team (NNT) are still working hard on our EBA. Yet we continue to be met by delay - Qantas still refuses to give us a pay rise figure in response to our wage claim, and instead trot out the same argument again and again about how tough it is to compete with Virgin. How hard is it we have to ask ourselves?
Many members are attending meetings about the current state of play - so this Bulletin includes the latest information from the meetings on the 29th of November and 9th of December 2010.
It's all about Part Time
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- Published on Wednesday, 08 September, 2010
Delegates met with Qantas management on the 1st of September for Round 10 of negotiations. The main topic of discussion was the clause for part timers.
Qantas reveals more detail on Claims
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- Published on Wednesday, 25 August, 2010
The ASU National Negotiating team met with Qantas for our 9th meeting on the 19th August. At that meeting Qantas finally presented more detail on their claims. Your NNT are very cautious about what has been proposed; from cashing out of annual leave to the increased use of temporary employees.
Qantas’ ‘flexibility’ comes at the expense of a permanent workforce and work-life balance.
Qantas - Its Premium for some but NOT Others!
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- Published on Tuesday, 10 August, 2010
The ASU National negotiating team met with Qantas representatives on Wednesday 4 August for Round 8 of negotiations for EBA 9.
At this meeting, in typical style, Qantas targeted our wages trying to say Virgin Blue staff at airports are paid 12% less than Qantas staff at airports. They say that has to be taken into account for all of the almost 8,000 people covered by our ASU EBA.
The company refused to say what wage outcome they wanted, save to say they have to be competitive - whatever that means? Clearly they are OK with their managers being paid more than Virgin Blue managers, but apparently not anyone else.
