Qantas strike

2022 - 9 - 5

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Qantas Passengers Face Delays Amid Ground Strikes (Simple Flying)

Passengers of Qantas on international flights are likely to have their flights canceled and delayed, and their checked-in baggage not loaded, as hundreds of ...

[flight](https://simpleflying.com/tag/flights/) operations. [ground handling](https://simpleflying.com/tag/ground-handling/) companies also included the many competitors against Dnata, such as [Swissport](https://simpleflying.com/tag/swissport/) and Menzies Aviation. The [union](https://simpleflying.com/tag/union/), which represents the ground handlers, has repeatedly claimed that the Australian flag carrier's requirements for a ground handling company with the lowest cost have caused Dnata not to provide fair wages and even scale back on overtime rates. [Qantas](https://simpleflying.com/tag/qantas/) on international flights are likely to have their flights canceled and delayed, and their checked-in baggage not loaded, as hundreds of the airline's ground staff, contracted from Dnata, are set to go on strike on September 12th. Unsurprisingly, most of the polled workers, accounting for about 96%, voted yes to walking off the job for a day. We need to rebalance aviation towards good, secure jobs that keep skilled workers in the industry and ensure the safety of the traveling public."

Qantas Travellers Face Delays Over Strike (WSFM)

International travellers using airlines including Qantas, Emirates and Etihad face potential delays as baggage handlers agree to take strike action.

Qantas is challenging in the High Court a recent Federal Court decision declaring the airline’s outsourcing of ground crew workers to be illegal. He pinned the fall in conditions on outsourcing by Qantas and the lack of JobKeeper payments for Dnata workers under the former Morrison government. The transport union’s national secretary Michael Kaine said ground handlers couldn’t afford to stay in the industry because of a drop in pay and conditions.

Australian union limits Qantas aircraft engineers to one-minute strikes (WSWS)

With workers facing wage cuts and attacks on conditions, the Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association is preparing to sell-out its members.

In order to advance their struggle for real wage increases and improved conditions, workers at Qantas and across the aviation sector must take matters into their own hands. The company expects to return to pre-COVID levels of profitability this year and exceed them in 2023. Inflation was 6.1 percent for the year ending in June and is predicted to exceed 7 percent before the end of 2022. All of the union bureaucracies, including in the airlines, uphold the authority of the FWC and use it as a battering ram against workers’ demands for action. While Qantas demands wage freezes, Purvinas and the ALAEA continue to hold “good faith negotiations” with the airline. It came after 897 Qantas, Jetstar and Network Aviation workers, 93 percent of respondents, or 76 percent of the total workforce, voted in favour of strikes “up to 12 hours in length.”

Qantas baggage handler strike to impact international travellers (KarryOn)

Ground handlers contracted to Qantas, Emirates, Etihad Airways and other airlines have agreed to take industrial action on 12 September.

TWU National Secretary Michael Kaine said ground handlers couldn’t afford to stay in the industry because of a drop in pay and conditions. The Qantas spokesperson said the negotiations were a matter for Dnata and the carrier had contingency plans in place to curb disruptions. A Qantas spokesperson said Dnata provided services to more than 20 airlines across Australia and a strike would potentially have an impact across the sector.

Qantas ground handlers to strike next week - Travel Weekly (Travel Weekly)

96 per cent of Dnata workers voted in favour of the strikes, triggering protected industrial action for about 350 workers across Brisbane, Sydney and Adelaide.