It's not legal or moral. Qantas are well aware though that it would take 6 months at least to put it through the court rooms before the blokes could recover their money. I wrote to Alan about a month ago and sought his intervention to prevent a minor dispute getting nasty. He wrote back and basically said it was in the hands of IR. In other words, Alan is aware of this crap, has been given other options and endorses it continuing. You can read more on our website if interested -
All Members-Notice 046 ? Sunstate Fighting Fund
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Steve P