Unions and Qantas at odds
Passengers look to be on for a disruptions and dealys after talks between unions and Qantas broke down yesterday.
The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union and Australian Workers Union said they had no choice but to proceed with the action after holding further enterprise bargaining agreement talks with Qantas.
“We’re not anti-Qantas but we wish Qantas wasn’t anti-employee,” said the AWU’s national secretary, Bill Shorten.
“Having people existing in a permanent fog of confusion is counterproductive.”
After lodging an application in the Industrial Relations Commission last Friday, unions have been granted permission to allow 2100 maintenance members to “work to rule” for three months. This may result delays when planes are in need of urgent repairs.
As a Qantas spokesman downplayed the seriousness of the situation, the AMWU assistant national secretary, Glenn Thompson, said that while a few issues had been resolved the “big issues are still on the table”.
“Our members are concerned about the future of jobs in Australia,” he said.
“We’ve asked Qantas to come clean on the review and the matters associated with wages and conditions.”
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