INDUSTRIES

The Local Authorities Sector of the Union represents Local Government workers in Victoria and Tasmania.  We are active in local government across both states, helping the people who provide services which the community relies on every day.

We work at a local level to improve your voice in the workplace and improve your pay, conditions and entitlements.  Strong local voices in the workplace helps us deliver better results locally.

Our growing and diverse membership helps us be stronger advocates for local government as a whole, arguing for investment, support and recognition of the tier of government which impacts the lives of our community in meaningful, practical ways.

Contact us now to join or get in touch with members near you.

 

Local Authority News

• New COVID-19 ASU Resources to Assist Delegates
• ASU Women’s Network Meeting – Gendered Violence in the Workplace
• Mornington Peninsula Shire Council Log of Claims Meeting
• HSR Conference 2020
• Port Phillip CC – Why are Libraries still on a reduced roster?
• ASU North East/Gippsland Regional Update
• Stonnington City Council Uniform Review
• Latrobe City Council – Are you being heard in your workplace?
• New ASU organiser at Hepburn Shire Council
• Melton CC – New ASU organiser at Melton City Council

The ASU represents workers in the ‘not for profit’ community sector.

Our members are united in their commitment to provide services that address disadvantage in our community.

We work across housing and tenancy, youth, child and family services, community and mental health, advocacy, community legal centres, neighbourhood houses and community centres, ethnic communities, crisis support, women’s specific services, indigenous services, job networks, home and community care, working for many different agencies in many different programs, with many different job titles.

There are around 4,000 community service businesses registered, and a significant number of these employ less than five people. Our members have proven that by uniting, we can achieve the best pay and conditions possible, including the land mark equal pay case which is currently being implemented and saw pay rises of 23-47% over eight years (2012-2020) for community services workers.

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SACS News

• Important Good Shepherd Members Update: Parental Leave Win
• Wellways ASU Update: Payroll Errors
• ASU Women’s Network Meeting – Gendered Violence in the Workplace
• HSR Conference 2020
• Salvation Army Box Hill – Funding Cuts Could Slash Sector Jobs
• MiCare Meeting: Funding cuts could slash sector jobs
• ASU submission to the Inquiry into homelessness in Victoria
• Save Equal Pay Campaign Meeting at VincentCare Victoria
• Save Equal Pay Campaign Briefing at CoHealth Connecting Communities
• Save Equal Pay Campaign Update at VincentCare Victoria

The Australian Services Union is Australia’s largest Union in the energy/electricity industry.

ASU members are generally the non-trade qualified workers in the energy industry.  We work in thermal power stations, isolated hydro stations, next generation facilities, electricity transmission systems and the distribution/retail industry.

This has allowed us to represent members and gain significant benefits. Today across Tasmania and Victoria there are over 40 major employers in the industry. ASU members work with every employer and we have negotiated enterprise agreements with each of them.

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Energy News

• ASU Women’s Network Meeting – Gendered Violence in the Workplace
• HSR Conference 2020
• Health and Safety Representative Meeting
• Delegate Profile – Benn Snell
• COVID-19 exposure at Loy Yang A
• Face coverings mandatory for metropolitan Melbourne & Mitchell Shire
• I am concerned with my employer’s response to face coverings
• Health and Safety Representative Meeting
• Expert Industrial Advocacy in the Energy Sector
• Delegate Profile – Brett Thompson

The ASU has been part of the Australian water industry since branches of the Union first covered membership in local government and State authorities around 100 years ago. The Union has seen many changes over this time and it is no different today.

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Water News

• ASU Women’s Network Meeting – Gendered Violence in the Workplace
• HSR Conference 2020
• Gippsland Water: It’s time to update our Agreement
• Health and Safety Representative Meeting
• Delegate Profile – Ben from Gippsland Water
• Central Highlands Water – ASU Members’ Meeting
• Public Sector COVID-19 Guidance Material
• Health and Safety Representative Meeting
• South East Water Delegates initiate regular meetings with People and Safety
• NW/SW Delegates Meeting

Infrastructure is the ASU division which covers workers providing services in the following industries:

• Information Techhnology
• Transport
• Shipping & Travel
• Airlines (Tas only)
• Clerical & Administration (Tas only)

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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

The ASU covers a range of workers employed in IT. From IT professionals to system analysts and digitised equipment maintenance workers chances are that they are eligible for membership of the ASU. Typically the ASU’s IT members are found in employers such as Fuji and Xerox, Canon and IBM through to employees in small two-person operations.

 

TRANSPORT

Workers eligible to join the ASU in the transport industry include employees working in administration, professional, managerial, operational or supervisory functions and those who provide technical advice or work in customer relations.

 

SHIPPING AND TRAVEL

The majority of employees working in the travel or shipping industries in clerical, administrative, marketing, sales or management roles are eligible to join the ASU. Chances are if someone is working in the travel or shipping industries in a clerical, administrative, marketing, sales or management role they’re eligible to join the ASU.

 

AIRLINES

The ASU is the biggest Australian union covering airline industry workers. Our Branch of the ASU covers Tasmanian members who work for Qantas, Jetstar, Virgin Blue, Regional Express, Eastern Australia Airlines, Sunstate Airlines, Singapore Airlines, United Airlines, Malaysia Airlines and other overseas airlines, as well as contractors in the industry like Menzies Aviation Services or airfreight companies like Australian Air Express.

 

Infrastructure News

• ASU Women’s Network Meeting – Gendered Violence in the Workplace
• HSR Conference 2020
• VicRoads – Regional Victoria – moving to step three
• VicRoads EA9 Bargaining Continues
• VicRoads COVID-19 Update
• Health and Safety Representative Meeting
• Health and Safety is Union business
• Delegate Profile – Simon Lund
• Delegate Profile – Benn Snell
• CFA PTA UPDATE

Employees engaged in white-collar office and customer service worker in private industry are eligible to join the ASU. Just about anyone doing “office work” in the private sector is eligible to join. Our members are call-centre agents, customer service reps, administrators, clerks, social workers among other roles and responsibilities. Please note that only Tasmanian based private sector workers are eligible to join the ASU Victorian and Tasmanian Authorities and Services branch.

 

Clerical and Administration News

• Health and Safety Representative Meeting
• Qantas and Jetstar to tender out some Airports ground operations work
• Canon – Forced Leave Arrangements in Melbourne
• FSU Announce Major Changes
• Qantas Announces Redundancy Plans – ASU Disagrees
• Resumption of Drive Tests – Conditions
• VicRoads Return to Service & Agency Conversion
• Women’s Minister Speaks to Us: Once in a lifetime opportunity to gain workplace equality!
• Should Drive Tests Resume: Urgent Response Required
• Incolink – ASU Meeting With Incolink Management Tomorrow