“EA-covered employee groups will be negotiating for a 24-month wage freeze followed by 2% p.a. increases when their EBAs are negotiated. If, during the current round of EBA negotiations for other work groups, an EBA outcome is agreed to by another Group entity that is inconsistent with the Group Wages Policy (excluding adjustments made for legislative compliance), the Qantas Group will consult the bargaining representatives with a view to amending the wages outcome agreed to in the proposed agreement”
This is why they will not let FWC make a wages proposal. Fairwork will not limit themselves to 3%, it would match what minimum wage awards were given ~ 5%.
That’s an extra 2+% on top of over 5,000 employees who agreed to their 2 (or 3) % wage policy.