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Authorised by M Kaine, Transport Workers Union, Sydney
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BREAKING: Federal Court upholds ruling that
@Qantas
illegally sacked 2000 workers, with compensation and penalties to be paid.
Congratulations to all workers for their strength, unity and resilience in this fight.
#AusUnions
“A shocking survey of over 1100 illegally sacked
@Qantas
has revealed almost half are still without a permanent job. No one is to blame but qantas for airport chaos” -
@NickMMcIntosh
In 2020 Theo was stood down by
@Qantas
after advising cabin cleaners of their safety rights at the start of the pandemic. Tomorrow, Theo takes on Qantas in the first prosecution of its kind in Australia.
#IStandWithTheo
The man who paid himself $24m has axed 2,500 skilled workers.
@Qantas
aims to never employ another baggage handler, push-back driver or cabin cleaner. Why did he do this? Because these workers are united and know their rights. It is a dark day for Australia
#SaveQantasjobs
BREAKING: Qantas has been charged with criminal offences for standing down health & safety rep Theo after he raised concerns about cleaning planes arriving from China early in the pandemic.
No worker should ever be targeted for raising health and safety at work.
#auspol
Yesterday
@ScottMorrisonMP
did another photo shoot inside a truck. But he didn't address the deaths and injuries ravaging our industry. There was yet another horror truck crash death in Adelaide today. We don't expect he'll be talking about this either
#SafeRates
QANTAS WORKERS WIN! The High Court has unanimously dismissed Qantas’ appeal over the illegal outsourcing of 1700 workers.
This is a massive victory for the workers who have not stopped fighting for justice since they were outsourced.
We're horrified.
- bus driver told "keep driving" while dizzy
- truckies asked to come in when still testing positive
- workers told "no need to test" after covid iso or as a close contact.
This is the mess
@ScottMorrisonMP
made.
Survey results:
#auspol
Congratulations to Toll workers taking a stand against outsourcing today, bravely walking off the job at midnight to fight for job security. Show them your support
#TruckieSolidarity
This is Theo, a cabin cleaner stood down by
@Qantas
for raising concerns about covid-19 and a lack of proper PPE. Today on
#internationalcleanersday
we're calling for more respect to these frontline heroes like Theo.
Today was a tough day for Ann & Jake - both finishing up at
@Qantas
after 27 years. Ann cleans the planes and Jake pushes them back to get you on your way. Now they face the Centrelink queues as
@Qantas
axes and outsources their jobs - to workers on lower pay & conditions
This is Theo. He worked with
@Qantas
for 7 years before he was outsourced from his job. He hasn't been able to get permanent work and is now on the disaster payment. Theo and his work mates are looking forward to getting their
@Qantas
jobs back asap
Service desk queue at Melbourne Airport after Sydney Jetstar flight cancelled 5 mins after scheduled departure and bumped to tomorrow. Little information, line not moving. This is what happens when you illegally outsource thousands.
#Qantas
BREAKING: Diego Franco took on
@Deliveroo
and has won! They sacked him without warning after working for the company for three years. This isn’t right and the Fair Work Commission agrees. It’s now time for the Fed Govt to act
#Rights4Riders
“
@Qantas
was my life for 22 years. I loved my job. I struggled to find work for ages. I had to leave aviation and take a 45% pay cut.” - illegally sacked worker Nick Bennett tells
@abc730
No access to free RATs means truck drivers are more at risk, and less likely to be at work. We warned the PM months ago that this was likely to happen.
10 days of hearings to commence in the District Court tomorrow - Qantas hit with criminal charges over targeting + standing down health and safety rep Theo in 2020.
#IStandWithTheo
in his bravery standing up for his fellow workers against Australia's worst corporate bully.
His name is Bijoy Paul. He is the 4th rider killed on our roads in recent weeks. He had no right to training, protective gear or insurance. This is being allowed to happen by
@ScottMorrisonMP
who is refusing to regulate the gig economy
#Rights4Riders
The package announced by the Fed Govt was cooked up by
@Qantas
which has admitted it is "the result of months of discussions between Qantas Group and government". Workers will not be able to pay their bills or mortgages as the wage subsidy is killed off
#AviationKeeper
“We have people who’ve been with
@qantas
for 30 or more years, it’s something we’re proud of” Andrew McGinnes tells Senate Inquiry…
So why did Qantas illegally sack all of its ground crew with this experience and loyalty?
Today
@Qantas
lost a landmark case after it axed & outsourced 2,000 workers illegally.
But never forget
@ScottMorrisonMP
allowed this to happen and continues to this day to pump public money into
@Qantas
with no conditions attached
“Year after year there is a reduction in
@UberEats
fares. We work in the rain, we work during the night, we work in every condition. It’s not fair.”
#Rights4Riders
BREAKING: A huge win for Menulog riders in the FWC. Riders directly employed will receive minimum rights & protections for the very first time.
A testament to the bravery & solidarity of riders who fought to lift industry conditions for years.
#auspol
@unionsaustralia
Desiree worked as a cabin cleaner for 10 years before
@Qantas
kicked her out of her job when it outsourced all ground work. After the court ruling day she's looking forward to getting her job back
This is not because of the pandemic. This has been on the cards for a decade, and an easy excuse for Qantas to get rid of loyal, experienced workers.
Qantas is a disgrace.
“We can be sent home after a 4 hour shift or we can be extended for 4 hours without earning penalty rates. It’s hard to plan childcare or manage fatigue, and we have no stability from one pay cheque to the next,”
@Qantas
freight worker David Masters, Senate Inquiry
#auspol
Theo is a workplace hero.
He stood up against Qantas to protect other workers and was illegally targeted and stood down for it.
Now he’s been vindicated in the District Court.
A sad day at
@BrisbaneAirport
. These are the last of the
@Qantas
baggage handlers and ramp workers, all pushed out as management outsources their jobs to workers on less pay. The human cost of this on workers and their families is huge
#auspol
Interesting that
@KateCarnellAus
states that late payments and financial squeeze by major companies are a killer for small businesses, in her interview to
@4corners
on Greensill. Pity she helped tear down a tribunal tackling just this for truckies 5 years ago
#4corners
It's funny that Alan Joyce would threaten this given that the way Qantas has already decimated its services has nothing to do with multi-employer bargaining.
But it does have everything to do with dragging down standards and illegally outsourcing thousands.
Alan Joyce wants Labor’s laws stopped because he has gamed the current laws in every way possible destroying job security & good jobs & customer service. Over a dozen companies employ ppl doing the same job.
First he blamed passengers, now it's airports.
But Joyce says “We had to make the difficult decisions for flights to leave without bags"
The only reason for that:
@Qantas
' illegally sacked 2000 ground and baggage crew.
“It’s too hard to feed your families on four hours a day at minimum rates. Two years ago the same jobs were done by secure, well-paid workers before
@Qantas
illegally sacked and outsourced them.” -
@NickMMcIntosh
on
@BreakfastNews
BREAKING: Senate vote tied on motion to give Jobkeeper to airport workers but fails without a majority. The Government of
@ScottMorrisonMP
is a DISGRACE for leaving thousands of workers without an income for months. They will not forget this. We will not forget this
#DnataWorkers
BREAKING: The Fair Work Commission has approved a job security strike to go ahead from midnight tonight after
@startrack
tried to exploit covid to block it.
Show your support for workers fighting to protect their jobs against outsourcing
#TruckieSolidarity
#AusUnions
If 5 workers in other industries had died at work in the last 3 months there’d be uproar. But 5 delivery riders have died, and you could hear a pin drop.
#rights4riders
Tomorrow, Theo takes on
@Qantas
in the first prosecution of its kind in Australia. Theo was a trained health and safety rep, stood down after advising cabin cleaners of their safety rights at the start of the pandemic.
Show Theo your support with
#IStandWithTheo
#ShameQantas
“These are the workers that kept delivering throughout the pandemic. They just want job security and a pay rise that keeps up with the cost of living.” -
@sallymcmanus
#TruckieSolidarity
Qantas CEO Vanessa Hudson: “Things have become strained with our people because of decisions we HAD to take during covid”
No one HAS to make illegal decisions. No one SHOULD make illegal decisions. Especially when it destroys livelihoods.
BREAKING: 1,000 aviation workers shut out of Jobkeeper are to be made redundant. We want
@ScottMorrisonMP
to explain to these workers why he refused Jobkeeper payment to them and why their jobs are now gone
#saveAviation
Truckies are crossing closed border to get you the food, fuel and medicines you need. We're calling on all state Governments to ensure protections for them and that rest stops are kept open so they can keep doing this vital work.
#covid19australia
BREAKING: After brave national strikes & months of negotiations, Toll workers have WON significant job security protections.
If the agreement is endorsed, Toll workers won’t participate in national strikes flagged for next week.
#auspol
#truckiesolidarity
The PM
@scottmorrisonmp
has said ‘job, jobs, jobs’. But what about our jobs?
@Qantas
took $1.2bn in public money and trashed our job: Don Qantas worker for 21 years
Graham was a baggage handler illegally outsourced by
@Qantas
. Almost 15 years of experience.
“This chaos has nothing to do with inexperienced travellers. What it comes down to is inexperienced workers. That’s not the workers’ fault - it’s Qantas’.”
Utterly shocked at
@ScottMorrisonMP
shaming
@JEChalmers
for showing emotion. At a time when thousands of
@Qantas
workers and others are going through serious anxiety at the prospect of losing their jobs we do not need a Prime Minister who pokes fun at people for crying
#auspol
This is significant.
@ALDIAustralia
has pursued truck drivers and the TWU in court for over three years to stop us talking about safety in its supply chain. The powerful global brand tried to use its might and millions and failed. Trucking is a deadly industry. Time to talk Aldi
“My nephew Burak went under a truck at 12.51. He received a food delivery job request at 12.51, and a reminder at 12.53 while he lay dying on the road. But the gig company said he wasn’t working at the time. Gig workers have no rights. They need rights.” - Yavuz Cikar
This is Theo. He was a cabin cleaner with
@Qantas
for seven years before the airline outsourced him and 2,500 workers. He's at Federal Court today to challenge the move to trash these jobs
Have you noticed that those campaigning hard against Labor’s IR laws that are about fair pay rises for average Australians have all received big pay rises themselves?
We need an explanation as to why
@scottmorrisonmp
has effectively given
@Qantas
a bailout but has tied not one condition to it to retain workers or ensure affordable reliable air travel for passengers throughout Australia
#RNBreakfast
#BREAKING
: A landmark
@TWUNSW
win in the NSW Industrial Relations Commission.
Pay rises for couriers for the first time in 15 years - up 40% for some drivers.
In a world-first, Amazon Flex drivers will also be entitled to enforceable minimum rates.
#auspol
@unionsaustralia
During this pandemic Alan Joyce has refused to pay sick workers their leave, abused JobKeeper and is now axing jobs that exist. He must resign now:
@TWUMichaelKaine
Tales of Michaelia Cash media stunts: The day after she tore down a trucking safety tribunal we got a media query at 5.11pm asking for a response to a letter sent from her office. When we checked that letter got to us at 5.06pm
#auspol
They delivery your meals so you don't have to leave the house. They are keeping our local restaurants open through the work they do. Delivery riders on visas are part of our community and should not be denied
#jobkeeperpayment
#wagesubsidyforall
Don’t forget the truck drivers keeping us supplied with food, medicine, toilet paper! The bus drivers and rideshare drivers getting people to medical appointments. Aviation workers bringing Australians home.
#qanda
Brian has two kids and a mortgage but hasn’t been paid since the end of March. As a Dnata worker he is appealing to
@ScottMorrisonMP
&
@JoshFrydenberg
: let airport workers get Jobkeeper now
This is Jim. He, his dad, brother and uncle have together put in 100 years’ work at
@Qantas
. Their loyalty is being rewarded by the company showing them the door today.
@ArtistAffame
Hi Melissa, we are the union that covers some aviation workers and would like to find out more about this shocking situation. Please could you DM us or contact us at twu
@twu
.com.au
Just on
@9NewsAus
: Anne Guirguis a cabin cleaner at
@Qantas
for 27 years who has just been axed from her job due to outsourcing: “we don’t know where to go; we are lost”
Unions built this country. Thank you, Mr. President, for standing up for workers' right to stand together in our
#union
. Let's pass the
#PROact
now.
#unionsforall
#1u
Last year, Qantas illegally outsourced 2,000 workers.
Reinstatement hearings begin today. Workers have been bravely fighting for justice for over a year & they want to get back to work.
It’s time to
#ReturnQantasJobs
.
#auspol
Investigative journalist Adele Ferguson uncovered some of the most widespread cases of wage theft this country has ever seen. She says fines aren't enough - there needs to be jail time for wage theft.
#AusUnions
#WageTheft
“It's theft. It's wage fraud. If you're deliberately not paying someone what they should be paid, you're stealing from them.”
@adele_ferguson
says It's hard to comprehend just how rampant the problem with underpaying workers is, and those responsible should face prison
#TheDrum
In 2020,
@Qantas
cabin crew received awards and letters from Alan Joyce for bringing stranded Aussies home.
In 2022, Qantas has applied to slash their hourly rate by 40-60% and halve rest breaks between long haul flights.
#NOTthespiritofAus
The Fed Govt must ensure priority access to government-funded rapid testing for transport workers to keep the industry safe & supply chains open.
Without enough supply,
@ScottMorrisonMP
runs the risk of again bringing transport to its knees.
#auspol
"It's absolutely disgusting that some companies have profiteered during this pandemic, while working people have had attacks to their jobs and pay.
Toll workers worked hard keeping Australia going, and in return, Toll is attacking your jobs"-
@sallymcmanus
#TruckieSolidarity
Today the High Court will be asked to decide if it should hear
@Qantas
’ appeal over the largest case of illegal sackings in Australia history.
#shameqantas
Amelita is waiting for
@ScottMorrisonMP
&
@JoshFrydenberg
to announce that since they have $60bn spare, she'll finally get Jobkeeper. She prepares inflight meals and has paid taxes for decades. Her family needs the support urgently
#DnataWorkers
The TWU is committed to working with
@Menulog
on this important move towards
#rights4riders
. Fed Gov must regulate now to protect and encourage companies doing right by workers.
#Qantas
worker Don Dixon: I’ve loaded your bags onto your plane for 20 years. Saying ‘I work for
@Qantas
’ has made us proud. Now we are being replaced. It is devastating
#SaveQantasJobs
We have made sure vaccines will not be disrupted today. We would never do that - Transport worker Guillaume on strike for job protections today
#TruckieSolidarity
Bare shelves all over the country - that's what happens when
@ScottMorrisonMP
doesn't listen to workers.
We even spelled out the solutions back in September with our Transport Roadmap - and a crucial part of it is free and accessible RATs in transport:
“Nearly every job could be turned into an app-based delivery. If we don’t address this problem it will spread and spread.”
@sallymcmanus
on the need for reform in the gig economy
"StarTrack workers are bravely standing up for themselves & their families to say enough is enough. No worker should have to agree to have their jobs outsourced to the lowest bidder. These brave workers deserve job security" -
@TWUMichaelKaine
#TruckieSolidarity
#auspol
It is unfair that
@scottmorrisonmp
and other politicians pull in 15.4% super and people like these bus drivers are forced to remain on 9.5%:
@StephenJonesMP
Pricey front page advertising for a company that refuses to pay its workers battling cancer and heart disease the sick leave they have built. Nice one
@Qantas