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The Transport Workers Union expressed its regret that the travelling public will experience airport delays early tomorrow (Tuesday, September 20) as a result of Qantas’ efforts to frustrate efforts to agree to a new Enterprise Bargaining Agreement (EBA).
The Transport Workers Union today said months of frustration caused by aggressive new Qantas management strategies were behind its members’ decision to take industrial action next week.
Following continued stonewalling by Qantas management in ongoing enterprise bargaining negotiations, the Transport Workers Union of Australia has today written to Qantas advising that TWU members across the country will take industrial action next week.
Australian unions will today reflect on a 10 year journey alongside thousands of former employees of Ansett airlines to ensure they received as close to 100% of their entitlements as was possible.
The Transport Workers Union of Australia today queried whether an over-sensitive Qantas Executive has had a quiet word to YouTube about a video that has set new records in communicating with union members.
The National Secretary of the Transport Workers Union of Australia, Tony Sheldon, has reacted angrily to Nationals’ Leader, Warren Truss’s remarks that there is no evidence to support a system of safe rates for truck drivers.