Been busy in Lawyers all week after some antics by Tony. In summary.
Qantas released a couple of Reps to help go through some source data they are using to build the graphs that determine how many staff they will need in future (to calculate the number of redundancies). This was part of our formal consultation.
We used some content of the smaller meeting to write to Qantas in letters most of you have seen showing that they have underestimated the amount of future work. Essentially they have been providing us garbage in their consultation packs.
Because we caught them out, rather than add more staff to correct the error, they wrote to one of your Reps in a threatening manner complaining that he had breached Qantas policy by talking to the ALAEA about the errors and omissions he had found.
We cannot consult with managers who threaten our Reps when they catch them out fiddling the books. The matter will head to the Federal Court unless arrangements are made to ensure consultation continues without fear of retribution for those involved.
Texan Tony should be standing himself down after his antics this week, just as any ALAEA member would be if they even look sideways at a management puppet.