Funny enough yabby it was not you who came to mind.
Give you a hint.
Sausage sandwich's are off the menu.
But as you put your neck out.
See QUANTAS is not the Australian economy.
Its workers not the whole union movement.
Your view,that I do not understand the issue ignores the truth.
Some facts, I want the job,,, the one that settles this dispute.
I totally support the Federal ministers view ONE UNION LEADER is UN Australian.
Let me say this.
The dispute is nearly over.
Often, such officials,speak not for the majority of their members
And as a result calmer heads prevail.
Yabby, you are uninformed about unions/workers
And in time an understand both sides use them, as cannon fodder and blame takers.
Some Australian managers, useless as the proverbial, get off the hook with buck passing.
The job? love it step one meet board of Quantas, talk about how many years to make up for losses, ask for a final offer solid honest last offer.
meet with ALL WORKERS all unions in dispute.
Take on the big mouthed fool who talked sabotage, publicly.
Put Final offer, except one small, face saving but not high cost extra, get vote if QUANTAS agrees we go back to work.
Yabby taking on the fool in union shirt wins,most workers are far from militants.
this dispute is near over believe me.

It has been going wrong for a bit longer than that rehctub.

In 92 I took over running a struggling manufacturing company. It had been going down hill for some time, struggling against imports, but even then it exported 3 times what it imported.

Over the next 5 years we were forced to source more stuff from Asia, to have any chance of staying in business.

We did not have to do anything as serious as set up manufacturing facilities, there are enough contract manufacturing organisations, who will produce to your design. These companies also had marketing rights for products they were manufacturing for US clients, some of which we added to our range.

By 2002 over half our product range was imported, & our exports were less than half of what we imported.

I always was uncomfortable increasing our imports, but faced with competition from import specialists, it was that, or shut the door.

*this dispute is near over believe me*

Whatever happens to the dispute Belly, the problem
is far from over. If Qantas International is losing
200 million a year, something drastic needs to happen.

As to the dispute, Ferguson might well enforce arbitration,
as its starting to damage the tourism industry and others.

Ar belly, sooking again hey.

These workers are simply vandals as no worker has the right to hold the general public to ransom and, if they don't like thier huge pay packets,, then go and get another job somewhere and let someone who wants the job have it.

According to your puppet, that shouldn't be to hard as we have full employment. Apparently!

So what about some sympathy for the trevling public, many of which have had their dream holidays ruined by these insensitive workers and, if they complain about the CEOs pay, then become one.

Everyone expects to be paid to much today thanks mainly to the mines.

This union thuggery was a given the moment these fools came to power.

In a cruel way, I hope qantas packs up and leaves this basket case of a country,ruined by greens, unions and incopitece at every turn.

Go-ahead mate, have another sook while I enjoy my sausage sandwich.

Rechtub, road kill?
Yabby ah mate! not like that any more arbitration?

It will end soon, see my contribution in union thread.
Rechtub sook? bloke I will until dead,stand for a fair go in the workplace.
Can you under stand I mean the Employers too.
I always, had great pride, truly valued, hearing my boss, every job I ever had, bragging about how good a worker I was.
I always, found the biggest pain, for me in my roll as union official, was looking after and idiot, who thought the world owed him a living and work was for those he bludged on.
Your fixed opinion thread after thread wages are a gift to workers,
Constructs an opinion you dislike me holding.

Belly, the fact of the matter is that times have changed and just because many are doing it tough, th answer does not lie in simply increasing wages.

Many many small businesses are bleeding, most of which have had a hug decrease in profits, yet, you lot want to increase wages, increase red tape and introduce these unworkable IR laws.

The end is coming my friend, you just have to take your blinkers off to see it.

Many small businesses will close soon, myself included and I will never employ again if I have to deal with government regulations like we have now.

I hope you lot are proud of what you have achieved in less than four years.