After announcing 8,500 job cuts since the beginning of the pandemic and stealing $9 million of pay and conditions from workers Qantas wants to move 5000 jobs interstate.

The Federal Government have handed over $500 million in subsidies like JobKeeper to Qantas without any protections for the workers.

WAGE THEFT: QANTAS CAUGHT OUT AGAIN

The Australian Services Union, together with the Transport Workers Union and Flight Attendants Association of Australia took Qantas to court as they have been incorrectly applying JobKeeper and delaying the payment of shift penalties and overtime.

That didn’t fly with us or our members. The Federal Court has just handed down their decision and we won!

We are now calling for Qantas to accept the court’s decision and back-pay all underpaid employees. There is never any excuse for wage theft.

The Federal Court ruled that Qantas misinterpreted the Fair Work Act when calculating JobKeeper payments. This is a landmark win for union members at Qantas.

SHAMEFUL MOVE BY QANTAS

“This is yet another move by Qantas to rattle the cage of the workforce”. ASU Secretary Natalie Lang spoke to 7NEWS about Qantas' shameful plans.

In the Sydney Morning Herald, Linda White from the Australian Services Union said the announcement was difficult for staff, who the airline was threatening to move around like "pieces on the chessboard". "People are stood down or they've survived the redundancies, and the next thing Qantas says, let’s pile on something else," Ms White said.

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