Mam Casuals.... Redundancies...faaa Etc
The posting in here has been interesting the last week.,.following the attack on the announced redundancies by Michael Mijatov and the FAAA International Division.
I'll remind people in here ..that was the only attack on Qantas by the FAAA..... it would of course be too much to expect Short Haul FAAA to publicly attack Qantas over anything...much less the destruction of the most basic thing that unions aim to protect.....JOBS.
The extraordinary attack by Qantas on L/H FAAA , by press release further demonstrates the effectiveness of the L/H FAAA attack over the whole issue of "fake" redundancies created by Qantas so that international flying in particular can be transferred to cheaper Qantas crew options like MAM casuals and overseas based crew.
What is also telling is the refusal of the senior people in the S/H FAAA to comment on the MAM arrangements.... creating a distinct impression of "uneasyness" at the very minimum.
Meanwhile disaffected MAM casulas are now contacting the media and openly writing communications to both Qantas and Mr Alexander.
The events of the past week or so clearly indicate which half of the FAAA works for its members..and it certainly isn't the current officials of the S/H FAAA...people who are so out of touch, that 90% of their virgin members have repudiated them in a humiliating public manner by rejecting the proposed EBA.
It should be clear to members of the FAAA in the Domestic Division of the FAAA , that the time has come to sweep aside the current out of touch officials. THEY ARE TOO COSY WITH QANTAS..... THAT SHOULD BE CLEAR TO EVERYONE NOW.
Perhaps serious people with integrity who would like to stand in upcoming Domestic FAAA elections should come forward...organise yourselves ..and even perhaps talk to officials in the L/H FAAA about joint tickets for example???
A big broom is required to finally sweep away a completely out of touch group of officials and senior staff in the Domestic FAAA.
Finally in relation to some ill informed propaganda about overseas bases in L/H.... the FAAA L/H officials managed to negotiate a cap in 2004 when the previous cap died...furthermore..overseas bases were actively opposed as compared to the senior officials of the Domestic FAAA who not only supported the Company's actions over overseas bases by immediately agreeing to the retention of seniority for their crew going to London..thereby undermining the L/H position not to grant seniority...but the current Domestic head of the FAAA went up there herself.
Also Domestic FAAA in conjunction with Qantas..in the most deceptive and underhand manner..negotiated a grab of international flying by pretending it was "regional" and "traditional" in nature...imagine the outrage if L/H undecut their conditions to take away domestic flying???
This is the same group of people who in 2003 happily signed up to Geoff Dixons wage freeze and undermined the whole Qantas union position.
Domestic Division FAAA members deserve much better than those who currently "pretend" to represent their interests.