Sad to say,but regardless of the usual clap-trap on here-I think the unions have lost.
Barely a by-line in any major newspaper yesterday,the only reference in the press this morning was a segway into changing industrial relations laws. Let's face it-'Australias Next Top Model' and 'Celebrity Apprentice' are getting more press than Qantas and it's unions this week
The crisis has ended,the press and therefore the public have moved on.
Face it,the public forget very easily,the government WANTS/NEEDS to move on from it.
It will all end in arbitration,they will rule on the side of the management.
And never again will any union be able to take industrial action at QF,they will just be locked out.The government has allowed it this time,they have set a precedent.
AJ wasn't just playing his cards for the 3 unions involved-he was telling the whole company what he will do to ANY union in the future.
Game, set and match
