Federal Executive Councillors Post Election Report

Following the recent Elections for Federal Executive Councillors the AEC provides the ALAEA and the Fair Work Commission with a written report on the conduct of the election Regulation 141(4) of the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Regulations 2009 requires an...

Notice 021/2016 – VARA WA E.A Update

By now members would have received the correct VARA EA offer via email from your employer. The ALAEA/reps did not and cannot legally endorse the EA. The only “body of people” that can endorse the EA are members/employees. The Association/reps only agreed that the EA could be distributed so members could inspect and legally/democratically vote on the EA, as per the Fair Work Act 2009.

Cobham Line Maintenance Members

As you will all be aware the company has recently been undertaking a voluntary redundancy process flowing from the announcement earlier this year that staff reductions were necessary with the new Qantaslink contract.   Yesterday I received an update from the...

Cobham Line Maintenance Redundancy update – Clarification

In relation to the update on the line maintenance situation which was sent out this morning I received some further contact from Peter Brown today and it appears there has been some miscommunication in relation to the situation in Hobart. I am told it is not the case that there are still ongoing negotiations in relation to Hobart and so the stated position that Cobham will cease in Hobart from January 2017 remains the case.

Notice 023/2016 – Qantas Leave Burn Latest

I will intentionally add some passion to this notice after another week of frustration with many hours of work going into preparations to attempt to ensure that Qantas do not get away with taking away your leave unfairly and embarking on a new round of compulsory redundancies next year when the 737 reconfigs wind up. Members who want more leave burn and redundancies should not read any further.