Licensed aircraft mechanical engineers employed by Qantas will go out for an hour on Friday morning, after their union claimed bargaining negotiations with the airline had "hit a brick wall".
FWA to begin conciliating Qantas-ALAEA bargaining dispute on Monday; Tribunal refuses Patrick application for cooling-off period; and Qantas appeals adverse action ruling; and Qantas-ASU agreement to go to employee ballot.
Patrick seeking cooling-off period for bulk and general industrial action; ACTU rolls out workers’ census; Proportion of employees with paid leave down since GFC; and Employers say profitability, working hours down since 2010 wage increase.
MUA members at three of Patrick's four container terminals will go out for 24 hours on Saturday, after accusing the company of failing to negotiate in good faith during two weeks of talks brokered by Fair Work Australia.
Employers must pay more than lip service to the protection of their employees' industrial freedoms under the Fair Work Act, the Federal Court has ruled in fining a company $10,000 for taking adverse action against an aviation engineer.
Qantas says aviation unions running "kamikaze campaign"; Jobwatch future under threat; and FWA upholds dismissal of worker who tested positive for alcohol.
Bankwest employees have won guaranteed 4% annual pay rises plus further performance-related rises that will provide an additional 2% for the overwhelming majority, while the bank will now engage all new recruits as seven-day workers, under its first agreement since the 2008 CBA takeover.
The Federal Court has made it clear that employees who are victims of adverse action can be compensated for hurt and humiliation, in a ruling in which it awarded $85,000 compensation to a licensed aircraft mechanical engineer who was purportedly made redundant.
