Originally Posted by
Zapp_Brannigan
I was in HK, and in the union.
Guys were picked because of their role in the "industrial" action (work-to-rule, transforming into sickout)
They were terminated for "no reason" and not because they refused to sign a new contract.
We all know they were picked because of their involvement in the industrial dispute and/or too many days of absence.
This was absolutely not the same situation as now.
There was no talk about redundancies.
Apologies if I am wrong, but please correct me, then.
The procedures for redundancies are clearly covered in all of the various contracts. Basically it's reverse seniority order with varying degrees of pay protection. That's it.
Like some other carriers, the company is free to negotiate a meaningful voluntary retirement/reduction scheme that might be attractive to higher seniority individuals and might attract enough to mitigate furloughing from the bottom up. That also doesn't violate any of the contracts.