AIRPORTS – BAGGAGE HANDLING – AUSTRALIA

Bleak Xmas for ex-Qantas staff who won $210m payout

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Original article by Tansy Harcourt
The Australian – Page: 14 : 24-Dec-25

It has been revealed that more than 1,800 former Qantas ground staff have received just 10 per cent of the compensation they were awarded for being unlawfully sacked during the pandemic. Qantas had paid $120m into to a compensation fund administered by law firm Maurice Blackburn in early 2025, while a court subsequently ruled that $40m of Qantas’s record fine of $90m should also be distributed to the baggage handlers. However, some of the workers only received a payment this week, and only because the Federal Court’s Justice Michael Lee recently ruked that each worker must recieve an interim payment of $3,333 before Christmas.

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QANTAS AIRWAYS LIMITED – ASX QAN, MAURICE BLACKBURN PTY LTD, FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Pay deal averts airport strike

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Original article by Robyn Ironside
The Australian – Page: 15 : 10-Dec-24

Over 1,000 ramp, cargo and baggage operations workers employed by Emirates-owned dnata had been threatening to strike for 24 hours on Wednesday in search of better rostering, job security and pay, with the proposed strike threatened to disrupt international flights. However, the strike has been averted after talks between dnata and the Transport Workers Union on Monday, with dnata agreeing to a number of demands, including a 11 per cent pay rise over two years and seven days’ notice of roster changes.

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DNATA CARGO AGENCIES, EMIRATES AIRLINES, TRANSPORT WORKERS’ UNION

Virgin ground crews set to strike over pay deal

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Original article by Ayesha de Kretser
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 3 : 24-Oct-23

The Transport Workers’ Union has applied to the Fair Work Commission to undertake a ballot on protected industrial action by Virgin Australia’s ground staff. The TWU’s assistant national secretary Nick McIntosh says Virgin has some of the lowest pay and conditions across the sector. The union has rejected Virgin’s proposed three-year wage deal, which includes a pay rise of between three per cent and 12.8 per cent in the first year, and three per cent in the following two years. Virgin’s cabin crew are also seeking a pay rise.

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VIRGIN AUSTRALIA HOLDINGS LIMITED, TRANSPORT WORKERS’ UNION, AUSTRALIA. FAIR WORK COMMISSION

Christmas pain as Jetstar faces further strikes

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Original article by Ewin Hannan
The Australian – Page: 2 : 16-Dec-19

The Transport Workers’ Union’s national secretary Michael Kaine says passengers of budget airline Jetstar can expect further industrial action in the lead-up to Christmas. Jetstar pilots walked off the job on the weekend of 14-15 December, resulting in nearly 100 flights being cancelled. Jetstar is offering an annual pay rise of three per cent, but CEO Gareth Evans says the wage claim equates to an increase of 15 per cent. Jetstar’s ground crew and baggage handlers will impose work stoppages on 19 December.

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JETSTAR AIRLINES PTY LTD, TRANSPORT WORKERS’ UNION, AUSTRALIAN FEDERATION OF AIR PILOTS