Originally Posted by
romeocharlie
Can you (or anyone else) please explain to me how the recent legislation regarding multi-employer bargaining debates this exact situation? As far as I'm aware, it's precisely why the group CEO was vehemently against it.
Multi employer bargaining doesn’t stop a company starting up new entities to perform work traditionally done by legacy employees, but it ensures that all employees in all companies would be under the same conditions. Not just one group, all Australian airlines flying similar aircraft. So a VA , QF, Rex and Bonza 737 driver would all be on the same conditions. It would also allow multiple employee groups to take PIA at the same time.
For obvious reasons employers are vehemently against this. Unfortunately for them it’s now law. For the time being it seems to be more targeted at low wage workers in unskilled jobs. It may come into play for pilots in future years, or companies may stop the outsourcing of labour and start to reverse course to prevent industry wide PIA which may happen under the new legislation.
Interesting article on multiple employer bargaining here:
The world is shifting to multi-employer bargaining. Will Australia fail to follow? - ABC News