In the Philippines after 30 day lockout airline workers occupied their terminals and were evicted by Police, in Australia at Qantas zzzzzzzz ?
BUSINESS UNIONS QANTAS FRANCHISE
Divide and rule, demarcation feuding craft unions and ACTU/ALP pollytricks vs the Engineers in their trade association, baggage handlers in TWU; any Pilots who survived mauling back in 1989 by Hawke regime who busted the Pilots association with scabs and military airforce.
Wannabe PM Abbot hates unions and is encouraging Joyce to "reform" with old union buster from Howard regime Peter "I hate the MUA" Reith cheering him on....fugly "choice" of sell out Laberal or sell off Libor ?
Murdoch media globally is pushing for airline "reform" agenda which means more of what Reagan did in 1980s to bust air traffic controllers.
Since then cheaper flight racket with compromised safety and over worked and lower paid airline staff. like Ryan Air, Tiger etc.
Joyce plan is to lock everyone out "outsource" jobs eg engineers maintenance, cut pay and conditions, casualise all workers, use cheaper labour crews, and then give bonuses to those he sees were ruthless Managers.
Joyce already gave himself a pay rise and Branson's Virgin is now cashed up carrying extra passengers ex-Qantas.
This is not only Melbourne but nationwide and international dispute and the business unions with Politician wannabe Officials have baulked at direct action....
again here recall in the Philippines workers locked out for 30 days occupied terminus and were evicted by Police but finally took direct action for themselves,
here there is little or no direct action and solidarity discouraged.
HISTORY REPEATING?Back in 1969 was last time there was general strike here in Australia.
When 1 million workers stopped to free jailed tramways union official Clarrie O'Shea. Trams blockaded the City.
From the experience O"shea argued there should be progressive amalgamated union of bus, train, tram and taxi drivers, ship and airline pilots into an industrial union of all transport workers. Alas the bureaucrats in other unions and Politicians repressed the proposal.
If that had been organised Qantas, Anset, Compass and many other transport workers might still have good jobs, we might still have tram conductors, still have railway station assistants, not had racist attacks on tax-drivers...so many problems that with worker's solidarity through worker's control could have been soon overcome.
Instead we are about to have Liberal regime of Ballieu impose armed security guards on train stations at night where there is not even a public toilet any more let alone workers.
New kids on the block OCCUPY Melbourne like Occupy Sydney who went to Qantas shareholders meeting to support the 99% workers against 1% Boss Joyce.
Terminal Delegates welcomed solidarity offer of showing up at midday today but Officials with careers in mind Instead have discouraged.
this sort of injustice can cause unrest
ex-Brunswick tram depot connie
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On 30/10/2011, at 9:20 AM, Workers Solidarity Network Melbourne wrote:
Activists from the OccupyMelbourne movement have called a protest at the:
Qantas domestic terminal, Tullamarine Airport
Today Sun 30 October at 12.00 noon.
More information at Occupy Qantas on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=234828559909591
Contacts: Ben Convey 0413 208 134 Sam Salvidge 0432 803 360
PRESS RELEASE
FRIDAY, 28th of OCTOBER, 2011, 11:00pm
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
"Occupy Qantas Goes Viral on Social Media"
Industrial action at Qantas has brought the global Occupy movement to the fore of Australian economic concerns. In Melbourne, the Occupy Movement supported solidarity with Qantas workers on its first day of occupying City Square on the 15 October.
The Occupy Movement has focused on the inequalities of our prevailing economic system and is inspired by the Occupy Wall Street movement that targets corporate greed. Occupy Melbourne recognises the struggle of workers at Qantas to defend their workplace rights and public safety standards.
Alan Joyce recently received a 71% pay rise, bringing his total remuneration to $5 million, while at the same time he plans to slash the jobs of 1,000 workers.
Around 8pm on Saturday 29 October evening #occupyqantas began spontaneously trending on Twitter, reflecting an explosion of awareness about the Occupy movement and workers' rights.
Occupy Melbourne Union and Community Working Group member Ben Convey said, "This spontaneous connection between the Qantas dispute and the Occupy movement in social media makes sense because workers of the world - including at Qantas - are the 99%."
Many trade unions have expressed solidarity and support for the Occupy movement including the MUA, the CFMEU, the NUW, the CWU and the ETU.
"The global Occupy movement represents a collective struggle by the 99% against the power and influence of the 1%. Likewise, unions are groups of workers engaged in collective struggle for social justice. The connection is clear," said Ben Convey.
The Occupy Melbourne Union and Community Working Group will stage a solidarity action at the Qantas terminal at Melbourne Airport at 12 noon Sunday 30 October.
Contacts
Ben Convey 0413 208 134
Sam Salvidge 0432 803 360
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Workers Solidarity Network
http://www.workerssolidaritymelbourne.org/
0431445978