I agree str
but as has been constructively discussed on these posts before, the faaa needs to employ a reputable
PR company to co -ordinate this broadcasting to the media.
Qantas has a public affairs dept with 10 full time journos & spin doctors on stand -bye 24/7 to deflect any attempt to de value the brand.
It has to be co-ordinated and sustained not an ad -hoc letter or newspaper piece.
THE ACTU PROBABLY HAS TO GET INVOLVED. We are not the only Australian industry losing jobs overseas e.g Banks & supermarket chains using New Dehli telephone centres. Its a trend that has to be stopped.
Arguments used by JBM about the global economy and the price of labour in free market are ultimately not morally sustainable and will take the world back to the bad old days of the industrial revolution. Child labour and canaries in the coal mine are the end result of this type of thinking.
A PRE CONDITION OF OUR NEXT EBA THAT IS NOT NEGOTIABLE - IS THE CLOSURE OF THE BKK BASE. PURE & SIMPLE.
CLOSE THE BASE AND WE'LL STOP TALKING TO THE MEDIA.
L/H WILL have to put something on the table in return - like maybe 200 hrs per roster (THE G.O.D'S HAVE GONE.....I'd still like to come back though as a Qantas lower lobe sink...) - but its better than losing these jobs offshore FOREVER!