Originally Posted by Dropt McGutz
B A Lert, why should AIPA be doing it? The company wants the base so they have an obligation to reveal the facts.
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The answer Dropt M'brains, sorry, it's McGutz, is very simple: the union exists to protect and maintain the interests of its members. Even though Qantas may have put forward this proposal, isn't it incumbent on those who run AIPA to ensure that its members are not prejudiced in any way by the proposal? Unions obtain and offer all kinds of advice relating to employment to its members. AIPA ought be no different but then it's an 'association' rather than a 'union' and it's members would not regard themselves as humble 'unionsists'.
If AIPA is not offering advice on matters like this, it is shortchanging its youngest and most vulnerable members.