Unions are already actively boosting their presence in the companies to which Qantas outsourced ground work, leaving the Qantas board no choice but to engage.
The Transport Workers Union says Qantas chairman Richard Goyder will have “nowhere to hide” at the upcoming Senate Inquiry into the national carrier, claiming the Qantas board has been in denial about the airline’s decision to sack workers being both illegal and damaging to safety, brand and customers.– have been called before the inquiry from September 26, but the committee is still negotiating the exact timing and format of their appearances.
“The board is in denial. It’s been in denial for years. We put them on notice right at the start of all this, we warned them abut the consequences of all this for workers and for the travelling public. We’ve got Goyder coming to the Senate Inquiry and the questions will be put to him,” TWU national secretary Michael Kaine said on Sunday.
“I don’t think Qantas has an option but to change the way it looks at its customers, to change the way it looks at its workforce and to start treating its workforce as an investment not a cost,” he said.These included firearms being unloaded onto luggage carousels, dangerous goods loaded onto planes without documentation, cargo doors being left open, stairs being removed with passenger doors open, plane loads being unbalanced, staff working injured and vehicles colliding with refuelling hoses.
Mr Kaine said Qantas’ brand and reputation issues stemmed from the outsourcing decision, which caused widespread chaos at airports during the exit of the pandemic.
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