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Questions have been raised about the adequacy of airport security amid union claims a foreign national working illegally on a student visa was able to access secure areas at Canberra Airport.
Qantas has been accused of misleading its highest-paying passengers by serving up frozen meals instead of the “fresh market-driven” produce the airline promotes.
Australian workers will get a chance to have their voices heard when the ACTU’s Working Australia Census is launched tomorrow.
Qantas engineers will decide next week how to proceed with industrial action if they cannot negotiate a settlement in their dispute on working conditions.
Qantas chairman Leigh Clifford says union demands, if implemented, would result in job losses at the airline.
Tensions with unions have escalated dramatically at Qantas in the past 24 hours, with strike action more likely than not, following a crisis summit held between the airline’s management and union leaders in Sydney yesterday.