“Welcome to the New Spirit of Australia.” the National Secretary of the TWU Tony Sheldon said today,
“These employees were delivered official letters from Qantas under cover of darkness from 10pm to 4am this morning. Most had families woken by loud knocks on the door by Qantas messengers hell bent on delivering Qantas letters.
“A number of the letters’ recipients thought it was the police or someone else delivering bad news. It makes you wonder how Qantas thought this was sound management practice.
“The fact that Qantas would rather go out in the dead of night delivering letters to shocked and frankly worried staff speaks volumes about why unions are unable to reach any reasonable settlement. The question for Alan Joyce and Qantas Chairman Leigh Clifford is ‘who endorsed this disgraceful strategy?’” Mr Sheldon said.
To rub insult into injury, Qantas workers were also locked out today and prevented from resuming work after deciding to shorten the industrial stoppage.
Qantas management rejected efforts by their own workers to resume work early in the interests of the travelling public.
“Qantas is now in a sorry state. They put management pay up by 50% to 71%, sacked a thousand workers, junked their international business, then when night falls they knock on the door of employees, some of who earn as little as $37,000 per year base.
“If this is the new spirit, then it is a sad day for Australia and the iconic brand of Qantas “ said Mr Sheldon.
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