Four years after 1700 Qantas workers were sacked and outsourced, and a year after the High Court agreed that it was illegal, Qantas has been ordered to compensate them. Jim McIlroy听谤别辫辞谤迟蝉.
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Transport Workers Union (TWU)
From misappropriating JobKeeper funds, to illegally sacking thousands of workers, to Alan Joyce鈥檚 enormous 鈥減ay鈥 rises, the scandals associated with Qantas are piling up. Mary Merkenich argues it should be renationalised.
The High Court is hearing an appeal by Qantas that it did not unfairly sack baggage handlers, under the Fair Work, and outsource their jobs during the pandemic. Jim McIlroy reports.听听听
Qantas CEO Alan Joyce鈥檚 aggressive cost-cutting program at the start of the pandemic has been blamed for听Qantas鈥檚 poor performance. Jim McIlroy argues Labor鈥檚听decision to privatise Qantas in the early 1990s is the root cause.
Ground crew workers employed by Dubai National Air Travel Agency听(dnata) called off a planned strike after reaching an in principle agreement on a new enterprise agreement. Jim McIlroy reports.
Qantas received $2 billion in federal assistance 鈥斕齰ia the taxpayer 鈥 and still sacked听5000 employees. Binoy Kampmark argues听its business听model is in tatters.
Hundreds of听truck听drivers and their vehicles converged on Parliament House in Canberra demanding transport industry safety rules. Jim McIlroy reports.
A new agreement between the Transport Workers Union and Uber means food delivery and rideshare drivers will have safer, fairer working conditions and dispute procedures. Jim McIlroy reports.
The Transport Workers Union has welcomed a full bench decision by the Federal Court听that Qantas鈥 outsourcing of nearly 2000 ground crew workers two years ago was illegal. Jim McIlroy reports.
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NSW bus drivers are striking to receive the same pay and conditions for the same work across the network, reports Jim McIlroy .
Transport Workers Union members at听StarTrack walked off the job for 24 hours following the company鈥檚 refusal to negotiate a fair enterprise agreement. Jim McIlroy reports.
Up to 2000 Transport Workers' Union members at听StarTrack went on strike for 24 hours to protect jobs and win job security guarantees. Jim听McIlroy reports.
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