Qf LAME EBA Negotiations Begin
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Can't get disengaged anymore!
Qantas have NOT been negotiating in good faith for almost a year. It's time we took some action to attempt to get QF management to take the negotiations seriously.
An Australia wide 2 day stop work for the 24/25 August might work! Wonder if AJ is going to be available on those days?
How about it Steve?
An Australia wide 2 day stop work for the 24/25 August might work! Wonder if AJ is going to be available on those days?
How about it Steve?
Or a complete stop until Alan Joyce comes to the table and negotiates in good faith.
I'm sure the pilots will join in too.
We all have our fingers crossed for you and you have our support.
We need to have a win here else our children will never get the chance to work for Qantas.
We need the unions/staff to pass a motion of no confidence in the CEO and board and ask for their resignation.
A two tier board needs to be set up, with any major strategic direction needing to be passed by the second board. This should be made up of stakeholders voted in by their peers and represent the various facets of the Qantas business.
It's time to take the power back and show these imports that we won't lay down and take it. This is our national airline and the people own the brand
and what it represents, not a leprechaun from Ireland with no emotional attachment to what the brand represents and what it means to Australia.
Qantas is not a spreadsheet with black and red, it's a living breathing entity and the people of Australia built it with their blood sweat and tears.
Go stick it to them.
I'm sure the pilots will join in too.
We all have our fingers crossed for you and you have our support.
We need to have a win here else our children will never get the chance to work for Qantas.
We need the unions/staff to pass a motion of no confidence in the CEO and board and ask for their resignation.
A two tier board needs to be set up, with any major strategic direction needing to be passed by the second board. This should be made up of stakeholders voted in by their peers and represent the various facets of the Qantas business.
It's time to take the power back and show these imports that we won't lay down and take it. This is our national airline and the people own the brand
and what it represents, not a leprechaun from Ireland with no emotional attachment to what the brand represents and what it means to Australia.
Qantas is not a spreadsheet with black and red, it's a living breathing entity and the people of Australia built it with their blood sweat and tears.
Go stick it to them.
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An Australia wide 2 day stop work for the 24/25 August
We are far more 'effective' on-the-job.
Poison pen is ready. Mightier than thy sword.
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Walking off the job is NOT the right tactic!
Neither is walking out of negotiation meetings...
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Steve..
In your notice you say.....
So what's CN's intention, that LAMEs should spend between now and next April wondering if they're going to be one of the ones who.....
Does he expect that the LAMEs will put their life on hold for nine months while we find out who's getting the boot and who stays ?
Great
way to boost moral and get the staff engaged 
ST
(Hey, worked so well for BNE didn't it )
In your notice you say.....
A breakdown of the redundancies was explained with the following impact on Engineering. Qantas advised us that the changes take effect from April 2012 and may not all necessarily be voluntary
may not all necessarily be voluntary
Great
way to boost moral and get the staff engaged ST
(Hey, worked so well for BNE didn't it
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CN is the same guy that shutdown AirNZ.Hes at QF to do a job then to leave with a great wad of cash.Dont believe a word he says.Talk to our Air NZ mates.Memories run long.
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Looks like it's game on. Stoppages until xmas.
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QANTAS faces a prolonged period of rolling industrial action with the airline’s engineers to tell the airline today it will undertake a ‘‘program’’ of one hour strikes that will stretch until mid December.
Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association federal secretary Steve Purvinas said the union had been negotiating with Qantas for nearly a year over ‘‘job security’’ but the airline’s announcement of a major restructure with 1000 jobs to be shed had ended that ‘‘Any progress that had been made has now been eliminated with Qantas announcing its intention to shrink Qantas in favour of new companies based in Asia.”
As foreshadowed by Fairfax Media the action by the engineers will start next Thursday and it will target Qantas facilities in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide on different days. The one hour strikes will occur when night shift workers start their shifts.
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The engineers can badly affect the airline’s operations and in 2008 their strikes cost Qantas $130 million. Association members have already endorsed industrial action.
Mr Purvinas again questioned whether the international business of Qantas was losing money saying load factors were higher ‘‘than they ever have been’’ while fuel is 25 per cent cheaper than in 2008, which he said was their most profitable year.
‘‘The future of the airline should not be left in the hands of those who concocted this plan.”
Qantas has forecast its international business would lose $200 million this financial year and the airline has dismissed as ‘‘laughable’’ claims this was in any way overstated. A spokesman has said previously its results were audited and it had a legal obligation to provide accurate information.
Mr Purvinas said the union would also offer to co-ordinate its members to undertake overtime to replace the striking workers — an offer Qantas is almost certain to reject.
A call has been placed with Qantas for comment.
Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association federal secretary Steve Purvinas said the union had been negotiating with Qantas for nearly a year over ‘‘job security’’ but the airline’s announcement of a major restructure with 1000 jobs to be shed had ended that ‘‘Any progress that had been made has now been eliminated with Qantas announcing its intention to shrink Qantas in favour of new companies based in Asia.”
As foreshadowed by Fairfax Media the action by the engineers will start next Thursday and it will target Qantas facilities in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide on different days. The one hour strikes will occur when night shift workers start their shifts.
Advertisement: Story continues below
The engineers can badly affect the airline’s operations and in 2008 their strikes cost Qantas $130 million. Association members have already endorsed industrial action.
Mr Purvinas again questioned whether the international business of Qantas was losing money saying load factors were higher ‘‘than they ever have been’’ while fuel is 25 per cent cheaper than in 2008, which he said was their most profitable year.
‘‘The future of the airline should not be left in the hands of those who concocted this plan.”
Qantas has forecast its international business would lose $200 million this financial year and the airline has dismissed as ‘‘laughable’’ claims this was in any way overstated. A spokesman has said previously its results were audited and it had a legal obligation to provide accurate information.
Mr Purvinas said the union would also offer to co-ordinate its members to undertake overtime to replace the striking workers — an offer Qantas is almost certain to reject.
A call has been placed with Qantas for comment.
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Poison pen is ready. Mightier than thy sword.
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I guess this is just a start?
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I ahve a young son who rightly or wrongly idolises me, each afternoon he sits downs and watches me pack my bag, grab my tools and in my Qantas uniform head off to work. Many a time he has said to me "dad I want to be an en-gin-eer for Qantas". On Tuesday arvo when I arrived home he was in tears and incnsolable finally when I could talk to him he said. "I cant be an en-gin-eer because there will be no Qantas"
At this point I am afraid tears welled in my eyes for many years I have tried hard to do my job the right way and encourage my kids to believe in good honest work, now we all are being striped of our dignity and sold to Asia.
I absolutely despise the Qantas board and I will do my damndest to see them pay for their lies
At this point I am afraid tears welled in my eyes for many years I have tried hard to do my job the right way and encourage my kids to believe in good honest work, now we all are being striped of our dignity and sold to Asia.
I absolutely despise the Qantas board and I will do my damndest to see them pay for their lies