It's all very well to admonish the unions and staff for failing to negotiate but what is the company offer. Withdraw industrial action?
Unfortunately the negotiations have descended into a public slanging match or like a pushing episode in a schoolyard fight. Either both parties shake hands and get back into an adult mindset of working through the issues together or someone should throw a big punch and get it over with..
I'm not particularly happy with the way either party is handling things. There is far too much emphasis on who is winning the media war and not enough emphasis on what ought be negotiated and what is actually available to be negotiated.
Alan Joyce and the board have an absolute obligation to calm the situation and that might actually involve making a suitable compromise in all the circumstances.
Both parties back to the table and get to work. Try being honest. A lot of people's lives depend upon it !!!
GUARD