Well folks voting opens tonight (I think - after the start date was changed so more "Roadshows"
could be conducted...)
I have already made my decision based on FACT, not on glossy presentations and DVD's.
A concern I have is that those who are voting Yes for Part Time & Maternity Leave are forgetting 2 things:
1) 100 extra Part Time positions means approx 50 to BNE, 50 to MEL. It could be expected that will be divided 20 CS's, 30 Crew in each port. Thats not really a large number - if the list is as long as I have heard (upwards of 200 or something???) will that really affect your position on it??
2) Voting Yes purely because of the Part Time and Maternity changes is, in my opinion (we are all entitled to our own opinions), misguided - because those who do take up those benefits will not be the ones working full time under the new work rules! PLUS after maternity leave you may well be coming back to work Full Time under these rules... If those are the only 2 things that make you want to Vote Yes then I suggest you fully re-read the document. I want kids, so the maternity leave works for me, but I also remembering that I WILL have to go back to work one day. My husband would kill me if I were at home all day I think!
(he works from a home office)
I am all EBA'd out. To be honest I truly would not want to bet either way if it will get through or not. Last week I would have said it will be NO by a long shot - but after all these All Singing, All Dancing Travelling Stageshows (oops I mean Roadshows
) I think there has been some brainwashing going on. In a session I was in, there were a couple of points not being 100% correctly presented (which, funnily enough, one of the CS's present clarified - and was ignored by those presenting), which just reinforced the way I am going to vote.
I disagree with the Defacing of aircraft thats been going on, but I do agree with the message - VOTE NO.