Qantas engineers to avoid strike over airline cuts
Qantas engineers will look at options other than striking in response to the wage freezes announced by the airline last week.
Their union said a trade-off may be swapping their would-be wage increases for shareholdings in the company.
Steve Purvinas, federal secretary of the Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association told Sky News that, "strike action was never on our radar after the announcement."
Last week, Qantas announced it is to axe 5000 jobs, dump unprofitable routes, freeze wages, defer aircraft orders and retire ageing planes in a huge upheaval of its operations designed to reduce costs by $2 billion.
Unlike the engineers’ representatives, the Transport Workers Union is urging Qantas employees to consider industrial action if Treasurer Joe Hockey doesn’t meet with the company to find a way to avoid job cuts.
"If Joe Hockey’s not prepared to do that, then it’s industrial action that the workforce should be considering," a video clip on the Sky News’ website shows TWU national secretary Tony Sheldon saying. "In this country, if the government won’t stand up for jobs and the Australian icon, then we will."
Diane
Have your say Cancel reply
Subscribe/Login to Travel Mole Newsletter
Travel Mole Newsletter is a subscriber only travel trade news publication. If you are receiving this message, simply enter your email address to sign in or register if you are not. In order to display the B2B travel content that meets your business needs, we need to know who are and what are your business needs. ITR is free to our subscribers.
































Qatar Airways offers reduced timetable to over 60 destinations
Hands In, UATP join forces for airline multi-card payments
AirlineRatings reveals world's safest airline rankings for 2026
Vietnam warns airlines of possible flight reductions amid jet fuel shortages
Fliggy opens AI-powered travel bookings and developer tools