NATIONAL NEWS

FAIR WORK AUSTRALIA TO RULE ON QANTAS SEX DISCRIMINATION

Posted in: NATIONAL NEWS, AVIATION
The Transport Workers Union yesterday filed an application for a general protections dispute with Fair Work Australia that seeks to reverse a recent decision by Qantas to bar all women from 47 new permanent positions created at Sydney Airport.

UNIONS TELL QANTAS: FIX SEX-DISCRIMINATION FIASCO NOW

Posted in: NATIONAL NEWS, AVIATION
The Transport Workers Union has filed an application for a general protections dispute with Fair Work Australia that seeks to reverse a recent decision by Qantas to bar all women from 47 new permanent positions created at Sydney Airport.

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Paid parental leave ‘over my dead body’, says Abbott

Posted in: NATIONAL NEWS
Reports that Liberal leader Tony Abbott is considering a taxpayer-funded paid maternity leave scheme must be treated with extreme suspicion given his track record as a supporter of WorkChoices and previous hardline opponent of helping working mothers, say unions.

DRIVE FOR SAFE RATES REACHES CANBERRA

Posted in: NATIONAL NEWS, SAFE RATES
The Transport Workers Union has rolled into Canberra after a 2000 kilometre trip through regional NSW from Brisbane, highlighting the importance of a National system of safe rates for truck drivers.

QANTAS SHOWS WORLD IT IS PROFITABLE AIRLINE

Posted in: NATIONAL NEWS, AVIATION
The Transport Workers Union has congratulated Qantas employees and management on today’s announcement that Australia’s national airline had posted a yearly profit of almost $121 million.