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[FONT='Verdana','sans-serif'][FONT='Trebuchet MS','sans-serif']Qantas engineers set to strike...great timing.[/FONT]
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[FONT='Verdana','sans-serif']Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 8:32 am[/FONT][FONT='Verdana','sans-serif'] Post subject: Qantas engineers set to strike...great timing.[/FONT]

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[FONT='Verdana','sans-serif']Engineers strike to disrupt new year holidays[/FONT][FONT='Verdana','sans-serif']

December 22, 2007 01:46am

INDUSTRIAL action planned by about 1700 Qantas engineers could throw new year holiday plans into disarray for thousands of Australian travellers.

The strike, that could be the biggest disruption to air travel in Australia since a 1989 pilots' strike, follows a breakdown in enterprise bargaining agreements.

"We most certainly will be taking action from January 9," Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association federal secretary, Steve Purvinas told Fairfax newspapers.

Some 87 per cent of members voted for the industrial action which is likely to take the form of four-hour stoppages, making it impossible for Qantas to check its 213 aircraft without causing delays.

A Qantas spokesman admitted the action could seriously affect its operations, but said the airline was open to "finding a solution".

Mr Purvinas said he thought it would be difficult for Qantas to find replacement workers within the planned strike timeframe. [/FONT]

[FONT='Verdana','sans-serif']Of course, their EBA negotiations just happened to co-incide with the busiest travelling time of the year. How convenient. [/FONT]
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