Qantas - We are ready to negotiate and win better conditions for all

Qantas and the ASU have agreed to meet on Tuesday, 30 August, to negotiate new working conditions for workers at the airline. The first meeting will include the ASU presenting our member-endorsed Log of Claims, and Qantas will brief us on its business activity.

The airline has said it wants to kick the Senior Professional Group (SPGs) off the Agreement and on to individual contracts. We are committed to campaigning for one agreement for all, including the SPGs. We have told Qantas we don’t agree, and we need to get on with negotiating an agreement for all employees currently covered by the enterprise agreement. We are hoping they see sense and get on with these negotiations.

Over the last few years, Qantas has taken aggressive and extreme action toward its workforce. The airline has illegally outsourced its ground handlers and threatened to tear up the cabin crew agreement to pressure them into accepting lower working conditions.  Cutting SPGs out of the next enterprise agreement is yet another step in the airlines agenda. All workers are better off under one agreement to provide maximum protection for all, now and into the future.

Our enterprise agreement is there to provide entitlements for you but also restrain the executive’s power. Qantas can, of course, offer workers an entitlement greater than the enterprise agreement.

We will be out talking to members about how you can be involved in achieving your Log of Claims. Read about your claims and how to get in contact with your union representatives by clicking here.