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AUSTRALIA DESERVES A SAFE AND SECURE AVIATION INDUSTRY

For more than 100 years the Australian aviation industry has made us proud, safeguarded our national interest, and provided safe and secure jobs for generations of Australians.

Despite our proud aviation history and enviable safety record, the industry is threatened as never before by the agenda of militant, senior management, most notably at Qantas. They are determined to undercut their own workforce with outsourced insecure jobs and reduce the standards of safety and service, which the Australian travelling public deserve and expect.

Aviation workers and their families have refused to take these threats lying down. Over the past year, tens of thousands of union members across Australia’s aviation industry have united to fight for secure jobs with fair wages and conditions, safer Australian skies and a real future for Australian aviation industry which future generations continue to be proud of.

The TWU will always stand up for secure jobs with better wages and conditions – by sticking together we will win. We will fight to build a safe and secure Australian aviation industry – that will deliver safe and secure jobs for all Australian aviation workers now and for the future. Click here to see what we are fighting for, and show your support for Safe and Secure Australian Skies here.

Despite ACCC Restrictions, Aviation Industry Still Under Threat From Proposed Qantas/Emirates Alliance

December 20

The future viability of Qantas and the Australian aviation industry continues to be under threat from the proposed Qantas/Emirates Alliance despite significant conditions placed on the alliance by Australia’s competition watchdog. That’s according to Tony Sheldon, National Secretary of the Transport Workers’ Union (TWU).

TWU Media Release, 20 December 2012

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Pilot Strike to Hit FIFO Operations

December 10

Most of the State’s fly-in, fly-out workforce and thousands of other QantasLink passengers in WA could be stranded after pilots overwhelmingly endorsed unlimited strike action over a pay dispute.

Kim Macdonald, West Australian, 4 December 2012

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Time for Leigh Clifford and the Old Boys' Club to Stop Attacking the Australian Way of Life

December 10

It’s time for Leigh Clifford and his Old Boys' Club to stop attacking workers and the Australian Way of Life. That’s according to Tony Sheldon, National Secretary of the Transport Workers’ Union of Australia, (TWU).

TWU Media Release, 6 December 2012

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Online Check-In Breakdown Highlights Importance Of Front Line Staff

November 16

Major flaws in airline online check-in programs, which delayed hundreds of passengers across Australia last weekend, further reinforce the fact that while technological advances are welcome, they must never come at the expense of proper staffing levels at all airlines flying in Australia. That’s according to Tony Sheldon, National Secretary of the Transport Workers’ Union (TWU).

TWU Media Release, 16 November 2012

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Qantas axes hundreds of jobs

November 13

- 200 Qantas line maintenance jobs cut in Sydney
- 250 contractors at Avalon in Victoria
- About 50 jobs elsewhere, including Richmond
- 100 new jobs created in Brisbane

By Matt O'Sullivan, Sydney Morning Herald, 8 November 2012

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