Makes it official...
Following five months of consultation, today the Sydney and Melbourne Port Managers have started notifying AMEs who are impacted by the changes we announced in February. They are meeting with their people one-on-one to explain the options available, and offer them career transition services. We are fortunate to have mitigated any impact to the Brisbane, Adelaide, Sydney International and Melbourne tarmac teams through voluntary redundancy or relocation.
Given the upcoming workload in Brisbane Base Maintenance, and some EOIs in Perth, there are positions available for almost every AME affected by these changes. There are 47 impacted positions, and 56 positions available.
I know it’s a difficult decision to uproot your family and move to another state, but I really do hope anyone impacted gives these opportunities their full consideration. In this type of specialised industry, jobs may not always be available where we want them to be. While initially hesitant, I know a number of people who were affected by the Tulla closure are now settled and enjoying life in Queensland, as part of the Base Maintenance Team.
We don’t want to lose any of the skill or expertise we have in LMO. Keeping people when we do have work and jobs available for them is an absolute priority.
I expect notification will continue over the next week or so, as we make contact with everyone who isn’t on shift today. We will try to move through this process as quickly as we can so we can start to bring more stability and certainty to our people.
I know the last five months have been difficult, but the way you have dealt with these challenges and kept the operation running on time for our customers is something you can be really proud of. I’ll be out to visit everyone shortly, so please take care of each other and talk to your leader if you have any questions in the meantime.
Thanks for all you do.
Be Safe
Tony