QF LAMES Award Mod Vote
We request each member to reply asap to this email, we need a big response.
Your Qantas Enterprise Agreement which you would have just voted on, is underpinned by the Qantas LAME award that sets the safety net for bargaining. Currently Fair Work Australia is going through a process called “award modernisation” where each enterprise’s award is reviewed to see whether it would be kept or cancelled. If the award is cancelled the safety net would become the airline industry award which does not contain the QF LAME award classification structure, QF specific aircraft type payments, the Qantas redundancy payments or the extra 12 weeks' notice for redundancy, therefore significantly lowering the starting point for enterprise agreement bargaining.
The ALAEA is attempting to have FWC keep the QF LAME award and one of the criteria is that employees want to keep the award in place. So we need you to respond to this email urgently with a simple “yes” or “no” to the following question.
“Do you want the Qantas LAME award kept and modernised?”
We recommend a “yes” vote.
Reply now.
Gary Norris
Senior Industrial Officer
Just received this email. Not sure what has transpired but sure looks like some dirty antics by the airline.