Unions demand guarantees
The Transport Workers Union (TWU) has called on the new Qantas board to offer a written guarantee of jobs, rates of pay and entitlements to all existing Qantas workers, but when CEO Geoff Dixon was asked the question this morning, he answered with a terse – No!
TWU Secretary Tony Sheldon says that Qantas now has a huge debt to repay as a result of the proposed takeover, adding “Quite clearly we’ve got a situation where substantive overseas interests are going to have a major interest in what happens at Qantas, with Australian jobs at stake and 15,000 Qantas employees’ families could be affected.”
“Quite clearly there are many hundreds of jobs at stake, but also there are also jobs at stake on the basis of being fairly recompensed and fairly paid,” adding “Here is a workforce that has delivered a lean, effective and the most profitable airline in the world now being told that for equity firms’ benefit they are going to slash and burn the working conditions of Australian families.”
Mr Sheldon said failed operators, who had led to the collapse of Ansett, would be appointed to the new Qantas board, “We have what we consider rogue equity operators from overseas and of course defence contracts that now have a foreign board presence on making decisions about Australian defence”.
Two days ago senior Qantas management announced to workers they would attempt to cut wages and conditions, “This is not a decision that helps Qantas, it helps a small band of directors and it means the federal government should step in to protect Australian working families.”
The new Qantas board should deliver an enforceable wages and conditions guarantee, Mr Sheldon saying, “It’s absolutely essential that we have a written guarantee, legally enforceable, not somebody’s word that can be changed at the whim of a board or offered a dozen pieces of silver to turn around and change their view.”
Report by The Mole
John Alwyn-Jones
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