Originally Posted by
Chronic Snoozer
Holding the pilots to ransom by threatening to either withdraw backpay or refusing to allocate new types to the workforce if agreement is not reached doesn't sound like good faith bargaining. Has this ever been raised at the FWC? Might be time to call the bluff.
When that concept was suggested to the unions during the “Strategic Imperatives” “negotiation” both unions involved said they were powerless against it, refused to query it at the FWC and barely stopped short of condoning the act. Apparently it’s ok to run your negotiations drug cartel style in Australia.