Throughout its years of existence, the Union has striven to promote harmony and co-operative relationship not only between Union members and Management but also amongst members and other staff of the SIA Group of Companies. The Union through cordial but resolute negotiations has constantly worked for the general betterment of its membership. One significant aspect of the Union’s strength is its strong rapport with Management. This is to ensure that AESU will continue its role to provide the link between Management and employees in an era of tripartism so as to maintain industrial peace and harmony.

New milestones stand before AESU in the years ahead.

Globalization of businesses and free trade will continue to flourish in the years ahead. These pose great challenges to the labor movements as capital and skills move freely across geographical boundaries. To remain relevant, the Union will have to be pro-business in its continued effort to promote harmonious collaborative labor-management relationship to ensure that its corporate partners remain competitive.

As the world globalizes, more countries see the tremendous benefits and spin-off in the tourism sector. The more nimble ones quickly adopted less restrictive aviation policies, which led to the formation of many new airlines. Consequently, the air transportation industry undergoes structural changes as competition intensified causing business models and cost structure to come under close review.

These are challenging times ahead.

Members are fully aware that it is ineluctable that global economy, technology and values will continue to change. AESU’s pivotal role is to help members to adapt to these never-ending changes in order to remain employable.