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.
Yes, the requirements for good faith bargaining have been tested. The threshold is extremely low. Pretty much all you have to do is 'to genuinely give consideration to the proposals put by a bargaining representative'. You do not have to agree to anything.