Union time
While resting in the 'bottomless pitt' I had a dream. But I need some help in answering the questions it posed........
QF are very lucky, some might say the management team are the smartest men in the room. How clever they are. Whilst ripping away employee conditions and taking away 'frontline staff' from its customers, they've had a plan all along.
They have successfully set up a divided workforce amoungest cabin crew:
1. longhual
2. shorthaul[the weakest link]
- permanent[fulltime, reduced hours, part time]
- MAM
* contract A
* contract B
* contract C
3. AO
4. Jetstar
5. Jetstar intl
6. eastern/sunstate
7. njs
8. alliance
With AO merging with short haul, will set the precident for the rest of crew around the trap. It is imperative that FAAA INTL[FI] negotiate for AO crew, along side with FAAA Dom/Reg[fd].
Now should the 2 union merge?
If so, under what conditions?
How will we trust them?
Who should leave?
How will we elect officials?
Or should it remain as is and casuals get a new union?
Can the union stop falling into the 'jobs for the boys' trap?