munitalP
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I think that until recently the general population tide of opinion has been pro union - in favour of Qantas employees being paid more - regardless of how little or how much we know about the requests being made by the unions, however, now the facts are coming to light regarding the demands - and in my opinion, the demands are borderline insane, it would seem there is a sway away for the support that was shown to the union demands just a few weeks ago.
Compound this by disrupting the travel plans of Joe public - the very people who pay the airfares to the company who in turn pays the salary, the public has become less and less tolerant as every day goes by - not of Qantas rock solid stance on not bowing to the union demands, but of the perceived selfish activities of the unions and its members in causing delays, fare hikes and general disruption in and around airports across Australia.
Thank a pro union left wing government? I think so - but everyone has a right to their beliefs so put away the flame throwers.
So, the short sightedness of the unions has now seen Qantas start playing the final hand in this game of Texas holdem. The unions hold a pair of jacks, the flop, turn and river are a jack and 2 aces - the union does not realise the full house they believe will win them the game, is about to be trumped by the two aces that Qantas hold.
What are these aces? Simple. Qantas has started and will continue to ground aircraft to offset cost/losses. Airfares will increase until only very resilient customers will continue to pay the union forced fare increases, and another Australian icon will wither to a point of no return.
The government yesterday decided to step in and tell Qantas that if there was no resolve, they would be forced to take it to arbitration - use the fair work communist laws inflicted upon Australian businesses to enter this argument, and before I get flamed again for the use of the C word, where in God's name would a government have the right to do that except a communist country and Australia? What happened to the rights of an Australian business to run their business the way they felt fit to run it good or bad? Simple answer, the Labor government (used in the loosest term) opened the doors to the Unions again, and gave them the rights to enter any workplace as they saw fit.
Another thing to remember is that the push from the unions involved are from union paid professional unionists who have no emotional ties to the "causes" they push - to them it's just another day at work where they will go home with their salary paid for by the union, whilst their "brothers" will be out in the cold burning wood in an upturned 44 gallon drum keeping warm while trying to survive off their savings - unpaid as they are on strike.
I think this needs to stop.
munitalP
Compound this by disrupting the travel plans of Joe public - the very people who pay the airfares to the company who in turn pays the salary, the public has become less and less tolerant as every day goes by - not of Qantas rock solid stance on not bowing to the union demands, but of the perceived selfish activities of the unions and its members in causing delays, fare hikes and general disruption in and around airports across Australia.
Thank a pro union left wing government? I think so - but everyone has a right to their beliefs so put away the flame throwers.
So, the short sightedness of the unions has now seen Qantas start playing the final hand in this game of Texas holdem. The unions hold a pair of jacks, the flop, turn and river are a jack and 2 aces - the union does not realise the full house they believe will win them the game, is about to be trumped by the two aces that Qantas hold.
What are these aces? Simple. Qantas has started and will continue to ground aircraft to offset cost/losses. Airfares will increase until only very resilient customers will continue to pay the union forced fare increases, and another Australian icon will wither to a point of no return.
The government yesterday decided to step in and tell Qantas that if there was no resolve, they would be forced to take it to arbitration - use the fair work communist laws inflicted upon Australian businesses to enter this argument, and before I get flamed again for the use of the C word, where in God's name would a government have the right to do that except a communist country and Australia? What happened to the rights of an Australian business to run their business the way they felt fit to run it good or bad? Simple answer, the Labor government (used in the loosest term) opened the doors to the Unions again, and gave them the rights to enter any workplace as they saw fit.
Another thing to remember is that the push from the unions involved are from union paid professional unionists who have no emotional ties to the "causes" they push - to them it's just another day at work where they will go home with their salary paid for by the union, whilst their "brothers" will be out in the cold burning wood in an upturned 44 gallon drum keeping warm while trying to survive off their savings - unpaid as they are on strike.
I think this needs to stop.
munitalP