Qf LAME EBA Negotiations Begin
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Date of commencement of action
Monday 4th July 2011.
Time of action
The first 2 hours of any regularly rostered shift that commences between 0100 and midday of that day.
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All ALAEA LAME members who are rostered to commence work in Melbourne Line Maintenance.
Nature of action
A 2 hour work stoppage.
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Date of commencement of action
Monday 4th July 2011.
Time of action
The first 2 hours of any regularly rostered shift that commences between 0100 and midday of that day.
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All ALAEA LAME members who are rostered to commence work in Melbourne Line Maintenance.
Nature of action
A 2 hour work stoppage.
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Date of commencement of action
Ongoing from Monday 4th July 2011 and until further notice.
Time of action
From 2 AM.
Participants
All ALAEA LAME members from all sections across Australia.
Nature of action
A ban on the working of overtime on any day that the individual undertaking the action had been rostered for regular duty. This action shall not include overtime built into regular roster patterns or overtime carried out by those in Supervisory/Senior LAME positions for handover purposes. This action shall not prevent individuals carrying out overtime on a call in basis on days where that individual is rostered off.
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Date of commencement of action
Ongoing from Monday 4th July 2011 and until further notice.
Time of action
From 2 AM.
Participants
All ALAEA LAME members from all sections across Australia.
Nature of action
A ban on the working of overtime on any day that the individual undertaking the action had been rostered for regular duty. This action shall not include overtime built into regular roster patterns or overtime carried out by those in Supervisory/Senior LAME positions for handover purposes. This action shall not prevent individuals carrying out overtime on a call in basis on days where that individual is rostered off.
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Monday 27 June 2011
Qantas engineers today have announced a novel plan to take strike action against the airline without disrupting airline passengers. They have advised Qantas that they will make available strike-breakers from within their membership ranks to cover all planned work stoppages.
The union has offered to make the workers available from those members who are rostered off duty and able to work overtime during the stoppage periods. The concept of a union deliberately supplying strike-breakers against their own members appears to be an Australian first.
ALAEA Federal Secretary Steve Purvinas said that “first and foremost was the needs of the customer, our beef is not with them, it’s with the current airline management team”.
“The concept would add financial cost to the carrier as they would be required to pay overtime rates to replace workers who would be docked a single time hourly rate. It does however work out cheaper than the $5000 per week Qantas are currently offering alternative workers and we know that safety won’t be affected because the regular employees would be working the overtime”.
Purvinas explained that the offer to provide strike-breakers from within the union places the heat fairly and squarely on Qantas’s shoulders. If they don’t accept the offer and services are disrupted as a result, it would be due to a decision of the airline and not the actions of the union.
“We’ve also advised the Government of our approach, we think it important that it is clear that the Australian national interest would be catered for with our campaign by making options available for Qantas to avoid disruptions.”
“It’s unfortunate that our negotiations have been unsuccessful, 1600 members would love to come to work with a smile on their faces once again knowing that the attack on their livelihoods was over and the airline was headed by a CEO who was as proud of Qantas as they are.”
The main issues in dispute between Qantas and the Engineers relate to the retention of existing aircraft safety checks by Licensed Engineers and the growing amount of work carried out by overseas providers and contractors. Two hour work stoppages begin in Melbourne next Monday morning.
Qantas Engineers Union to Provide their own Strike-breakers
Qantas engineers today have announced a novel plan to take strike action against the airline without disrupting airline passengers. They have advised Qantas that they will make available strike-breakers from within their membership ranks to cover all planned work stoppages.
The union has offered to make the workers available from those members who are rostered off duty and able to work overtime during the stoppage periods. The concept of a union deliberately supplying strike-breakers against their own members appears to be an Australian first.
ALAEA Federal Secretary Steve Purvinas said that “first and foremost was the needs of the customer, our beef is not with them, it’s with the current airline management team”.
“The concept would add financial cost to the carrier as they would be required to pay overtime rates to replace workers who would be docked a single time hourly rate. It does however work out cheaper than the $5000 per week Qantas are currently offering alternative workers and we know that safety won’t be affected because the regular employees would be working the overtime”.
Purvinas explained that the offer to provide strike-breakers from within the union places the heat fairly and squarely on Qantas’s shoulders. If they don’t accept the offer and services are disrupted as a result, it would be due to a decision of the airline and not the actions of the union.
“We’ve also advised the Government of our approach, we think it important that it is clear that the Australian national interest would be catered for with our campaign by making options available for Qantas to avoid disruptions.”
“It’s unfortunate that our negotiations have been unsuccessful, 1600 members would love to come to work with a smile on their faces once again knowing that the attack on their livelihoods was over and the airline was headed by a CEO who was as proud of Qantas as they are.”
The main issues in dispute between Qantas and the Engineers relate to the retention of existing aircraft safety checks by Licensed Engineers and the growing amount of work carried out by overseas providers and contractors. Two hour work stoppages begin in Melbourne next Monday morning.
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Innovative to say the least.
Hope they choke on their weeties reading that one.
Hope they choke on their weeties reading that one.
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...and the ALAEA will actually be saving the company money! Last time, they had to fork out $100,000 per strikebreaker for six months!!! Bringing in LAME's on their day off to cover has gotta be cheaper!
Qantas 'offers $100k to strike-breakers' - National - theage.com.au
Qantas 'offers $100k to strike-breakers' - National - theage.com.au
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...and the ALAEA will actually be saving the company money! Last time, they had to fork out $100,000 per strikebreaker for six months!!! Bringing in LAME's on their day off to cover has gotta be cheaper!
Qantas 'offers $100k to strike-breakers' - National - theage.com.au
Qantas 'offers $100k to strike-breakers' - National - theage.com.au
