NSW:Qantas engineers to stop work - sort of

AAP General News (Australia)
08-19-2011
NSW:Qantas engineers to stop work - sort of

Qantas engineers have announced industrial action - with a twist.

They say they'll stop work for one hour every weekday, starting next Thursday, until
the week before Christmas.

But they've offered to organise union members to work overtime, in place of the stopped workers.

STEVE PURVINAS from the Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association says that
should Qantas refuse the offer, disruptions will be of its own making.

He says the association's been negotiating with the airline for job security terms
for nearly a year - and any progress has been wiped out with Qantas announcing plans to
scrap up to a thousand Australian jobs and to set up new companies based in Asia.

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KEYWORD: QANTAS ENGINEERS (SYDNEY)

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