Aviation, General News 30/09/2024 05:21

ALERT: QANTAS ENGINEERS RALLYING THIS MORNING

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ALERT: QANTAS ENGINEERS RALLYING THIS MORNING

More than a thousand Qantas engineers, fed up with management’s refusal to negotiate reasonable wages, are set to escalate the impact of their ongoing industrial action with line maintenance engineers – whose duties include the towing and marshalling of aircraft – to walk off the job during peak-hour flights on Monday morning.

Alliance spokespeople available to the media at rallies on Monday morning at:

Sydney: 7:30am AEST, Qantas HQ 10 Bourke Road, Mascot

Speakers:
AMWU National Secretary Steve Murphy
AWU National Secretary Paul Farrow
ETU National Secretary Michael Wright

Media contacts:
Sonia Feng 0478 599 580 Sonia.Feng@amwu.org.au
Matt Murphy 0416 060 717 Matt@etuaustralia.org.au
Alana Drayton 0436 654 478 alana.drayton@nat.awu.net.au

Brisbane: 8am AEST, Brisbane Qantas Domestic Terminal

Speakers:
AMWU Lead Organiser Gary Strauss
AWU QLD Branch Secretary Stacey Schinnerl
ETU Organiser Scott Reichman

Media contact: Angus Haigh 0407 473 023 Angus.Haigh@amwu.org.au

Perth: 7am AWST, Taxi rank outside Terminal 4 Perth International Airport

AMWU Lead Organiser Alan Lindsay
AMWU Delegate Dale Smith

Media contact: Darcy Gunning 0408 877 136 Darcy.Gunning@amwu.org.au

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