Everyone gazes overseas and envies the contract gains in the US etc, guess what, the Unions played hardball and won big eith the backing of the members. The same could be achieved here if ypu could convince ALL Qantas Group employees to support each other with maybe a recruitment ban until Qantas comes to the party…. Will it EVER HAPPEN ….. sadly NO.
Australian pilots, despite largely being members of the union, are inherently economic-conservatives and Liberal voters. The industrial naivety of wondering why the fair work act provides sweet FA to workers but continually voting for the Liberals is stunning. Compare this to ALPA-I in the US, their social media talks about solidarity across all workers, standing with cabin crew and baggage handlers, they talk about solidarity and unity. They run pickets at airport terminals! They openly talk about equality rather than being scared to discuss anything more than a 'network' for women. ALPA-I is a real union because their members understand that real unions get real results. A union is only as strong as their members and to be frank, Australian pilots are individualistic and anti-union. While we squabble and snitch to management we will never increase wages in this country.