Qantas has launched legal action in the Federal Court seeking common law damages and other penalties against the TWU over a wildcat strike by its members at airports across the country in late March.
Former Patrick Stevedores chair Chris Corrigan made it clear he wanted Virgin Blue to temper its strategy of engaging with employees and unions after he acquired a majority stake in the airline in 2005, according to a newly-published book by leading Australian and North American business and IR academics.
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The OECD, in a paper released today, has urged the Federal Government to be ready to change its Fair Work laws if they lead to substantially higher entry wages that reduce demand for young workers. The paper describes the pre-Fair Work regulatory regime as "relatively lax employment protection legislation".
BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto today raised concerns over Labor's new IR laws, but both say they will be able to maintain the direct employee engagement that has characterised their approach to IR over the past decade, while Shadow IR Minister Michael Keenan said the Coalition might not go to the next election promising a complete IR law overhaul.
"This bill will decide the fate of the Australian restaurant industry", the head of its employer body has told the Senate inquiry into the transitional and consequential legislation.
SDA national secretary and ALP national executive member Joe de Bruyn today accused the Rudd Government of seeking to deliberately legislate to disadvantage fast food employees, describing it as the worst such example he has seen in his 36-year career with the union.
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Unions have called for changes to new union registration rules that form part of the Federal Government's transitional IR bill, which they say could leave state unions in a "twilight zone" or vulnerable to hijacking by their federal counterparts.
