The Federal Court has ruled that聽Qantas unfairly sacked and outsourced thousands of baggage handlers, ramp workers and cabin cleaners late last year, using the pandemic as the聽excuse. Jim McIlroy reports.
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Workers at two council-owned inner west pools have been聽stood down by private operators聽without pay聽during聽lockdown. Pip Hinman argues this is the ugly consequence of聽councils聽contracting out community services.
On July 30, Liverpool Council outdoor staff walked off the job after hearing that management wants to 鈥渢ender out鈥 cleaners鈥 jobs.
Management wants to 鈥渃ut costs鈥 by tendering the jobs to cheaper firms which would pay less and provide a poorer service for residents. The United Services Union (USU) said that management, cynically, had offered to help workers prepare a tender for their own jobs!