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Makiko
Well please tell me
When did these pay freezes occur ?
What EBA numbers were they
Qantas pilots back pay freeze deal
Pilots agree to 18-mth wage freeze, bringing airline closer to buying Boeing fleet.
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July 30, 2015 - 5:45PM Qantas pilots back pay freeze deal
Qantas long-haul pilots have backed plans for an 18-month pay freeze, putting the airline a step closer to expanding its fleet of hi-tech Dreamliner planes.
The pay freeze was part of a new wages deal which was backed by 82 per cent of 1,165 pilots who voted in an electronic ballot that closed on Thursday.
The deal includes annual three per cent pay increases once the pay freeze lifts
Terry Cook
8 November 2001
Qantas, Australia’s largest airline, is moving to capitalise on the continuing crisis in the airline industry and the effective demise of its domestic rival, Ansett. The company is launching an aggressive cost-cutting program to maintain its increased share of the domestic market—over 80 percent following the Ansett collapse—and to gain a competitive edge in the international arena.
The program involves slashing labour costs through a wage freeze, the restructuring of work practices and the shedding of an unspecified number of jobs from its workforce of 33,000. In order to contain the opposition of workers, management is openly relying on the trade unions.
On October 22, 150 officials and delegates representing 11 airline unions were wined and dined by Qantas chief executive Geoff Dixon at the plush Sydney Darling Harbour waterfront Novotel Hotel. By all reports, it was a sumptuous lunch. Dixon informed the gathering that Qantas wanted agreement on an 18-month pay freeze and the abolition of a range of rostering and special allowances.