International unions have thrown their full support behind Qantas Families on ITF Action Day, 16 November 2011, calling for management to stop outsourcing and offshoring Qantas jobs.
Overwhelming solidarity messages received so far:
Europe (UK):
ITF Demonstration outside Australian High Commission in London (Click to view)
Trade union representatives gathered at Australia House in support of Qantas employees who were locked out during the recent industrial dispute with the Australian airline’s management. Actors in Kangaroo costumes staged mock battles with people wearing Alan Joyce (Qantas CEO) masks.
South East Asia (Philippines):
PALEA joins Global Day of Action for Qantas workers (Click to view)
The Philippine Airlines Employees’ Association (PALEA) picketed the Qantas office and Australian embassy in a show of solidarity for the embattled workers of the Australian flag carrier. “We extend the hand of solidarity to our brothers and sisters at Qantas who are for fighting for job security, decent pay and better working conditions. The struggles they are waging mirror the same demands that we are currently fighting for at PAL,” declared Gerry Rivera, PALEA president and vice chair of Partido ng Manggagawa. North America (US):
Members of the Teamsters are today joining in a multi-union action at LAX and DFW international airports in Los Angeles and Dallas as part of a day of global solidarity with the tens of thousands of Qantas airline employees who were cruelly locked out by their own employer last month.
Photo: More photos on London actions (Click to view)
Video: ITF international day of action: on Qantas' 91st birthday (Click to view)
More Media Coverage:
Kangaroos battle ‘Alan Joyce’ in Qantas protest at Australia House (Click to view)
Bryce Lowry, Aussies in the UK, 16 November 2011
Trade union representatives demonstrate against Qantas management outside Australian High Commission before delivering letter demanding government intervention to preserve the ‘spirit of Australia’. Global unions will join fight against Qantas (Click to view) Aviation unions from around the world warned Qantas last night that they would get involved in any future industrial confrontation between the flag-carrying airline and Australian unions. Qantas has no interest in cutting a deal with unions and is looking to end the long-running industrial dispute in arbitration, says the Transport Workers Union of Australia (TWU). For more information, please visit ITF Qantas Families Campaign Page:
Peter Wilson (Europe correspondent), The Australian, November 17
Qantas waiting for arbitration: unions (Click to view)
Tom Wald (London Correspondent), AAP, November 17, 2011
http://www.itfglobal.org/campaigns/support-qantas-families.cfm
INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT
