Originally Posted by
gordonfvckingramsay
Given that the pay cuts, freezes and significantly worse agreements were all obtained under the guise of a tough operating environment and that they were necessary for the very survival of the company. And given that the means with which they were obtained could only be described as intimidation. And given that these conditions were, in hindsight, non existent and that intimidation contravenes the fair work act, surely these gains by the airlines at the expense of their employees must be reversed, and done so with compensation for the potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars some employees are now out of pocket.
That would be for the FWC to decide, and given they were stacked with people through the last decade who were not too friendly with workers (obvious pro employer plants like Sophie Mirabella) I wouldn’t hold much hope. However the new FWC President has just started in his role less than a month ago, and coming from a union background may be somewhat more union friendly, but time will tell.