Unions ready to take on Qantas
Qantas has postponed enterprise bargaining agreement talks with the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union and Australian Workers Union until March 6, prompting speculation that a decision on whether to outsource maintenance overseas would be made next week.
“We don’t know why they called off the talks,” said the AMWU’s assistant national secretary, Glenn Thompson.
“We’re in a situation now where we’ll be talking to our delegates as soon as possible and dealing with a process to move ahead.”
With Qantas looking to cut maintenance costs by 20%, the airline’s nearly 7000 maintenance workers are undestandably nervous.
Asked about the options available to the union if Qantas outsourced maintenance to Asia, AWU national secretary Bill Shorten said: “The reaction will be unpleasant for Qantas.”
Earlier this week, the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union warned Qantas of a fight if it sends work to Asia. “If Qantas seeks to destroy the livelihood of 2500 Australian workers, we will fight them,” the union’s national secretary, Doug Cameron, said.
Graham Muldoon
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