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‘Rostering to the limits’: senior Virgin Australia pilots raise safety concerns over fatigue

Exclusive: Correspondence from pilots seen by Guardian Australia pleads for changes to the roster system to address fatigue

The Guardian - AU

Almost 1,700 illegally sacked Qantas workers would have been retrenched following year, court hears

Former chief executive says there would have been strong commercial reasons in ‘the context of the pandemic’ for choosing to outsource the roles

The Guardian - AU

Qantas workers' distress forms major compensation claim

The psychological distress of workers who were illegally sacked by Qantas during the COVID-19 pandemic will form part of a major compensation case.

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Hungry Panda delivery rider launches legal action against company claiming loss of work after protesting pay

Data seen by Guardian Australia shows Zhuoying Wang gets between 30 to 70 orders per shift but this dropped down to zero around the protest

The Guardian - AU

Virgin should get rights to extra Bali flights over Jetstar, Transport Workers Union says

TWU backs Virgin over Qantas’s budget carrier, citing former’s commitment to employing locally based crews in submission to International Air Services Commission

The Guardian - AU

A Food Delivery Rider Was Killed, And No One Reported His Death For More Than 12 Months

The death of a food delivery rider went unreported for over a year, the Transport Workers Union (TWU) union says, amid cries that unfit employment laws are endangering workers.

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Virgin signs deal with ground staff, cabin threat looms

Virgin Australia has agreed to a new deal with ground workers, but still faces the prospect of industrial action with cabin crew poised to strike.

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‘Poverty pay’: travellers may soon face airport disruption as Virgin Australia crew close in on striking

Transport Workers Union chief says ground crew and pilots fear ‘mistakes being made due to their unsustainable working conditions’

The Guardian - AU

Virgin cabin crew applying to vote on strike action

Virgin cabin crew will apply for a protected action ballot to vote on taking possible industrial action, including strikes, over pay and conditions.

AAP

Virgin ground crew clear runway for industrial action

Ground crew at Virgin Australia have applied to take industrial action over pay, safety and job security among other issues under negotiation with the airline.

AAP

Qantas CEO ordered into mediation with union to decide compensation for sacked workers

Vanessa Hudson and Transport Workers’ Union national secretary Michael Kaine to attend proceedings as penalties expected to run into hundreds of millions of dollars

The Guardian - AU

Qantas illegally outsourced 1,700 jobs during pandemic, rules court

‘These workers have been put through hell. Their lives have been dislocated’

The Independent UK

High court rules Qantas illegally outsourced 1,700 jobs during pandemic

Decision exposes embattled airline to mammoth compensation bill in major win for the Transport Workers Union

The Guardian - AU

UberEats food delivery driver dies in Sydney crash

The death is the second in a month and the 13th since 2017 of a transport gig worker, with calls for ‘life or death’ reforms to the industry

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ESA executives need to go to allow agency overhaul: paramedics' union

It was 'obviously a recipe for failure' if the executives stayed.

The Guardian - AU

Australian DoorDash workers miss out on minimum hourly rate

Local riders for delivery company will not be given the option to be paid by the hour, like their international counterparts

The New Daily

Truck drivers on strike over safety fears at Aldi

Truck drivers are protesting at Aldi stores across the country saying the international supermarket giant is putting drivers under extreme pressure.

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Truck drivers protest at Aldi over safety standards

Transport workers are protesting at Aldi stores as the union says the German supermarket giant is putting drivers under pressure.

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Bins Across Syd Vic To Be Left Uncollected As Garbos Strike For Better Working Conditions

This will be the sixth time waste workers will strike in Sydney in less than five months.

The Guardian - AU

Qantas accused of wasting ‘eye-watering’ amounts of money defending ‘illegal sackings’

Transport Workers’ Union says Qantas’s actions constitute ‘the largest case of illegal sackings in Australian history’

The Guardian - AU

Treasurer delivers budget speech – as it happened

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The New Daily

New Qantas CEO unlikely to change course from Alan Joyce

Qantas' time under Alan Joyce is coming to an end, but the airline won't be in a rush to divert from his controversial playbook.

ABC News

Gig economy shifts as Uber takes on supermarket delivery, government pushes for minimum employment standards

Deals between Coles, Uber and a key transport union establishing minimum conditions — ahead of the threat of legislation — could mean better days for gig economy workers.

AAP

Protester struck during union action

A man has been hit by a truck while protesting at a union action at waste company Cleanaway's Malaga operations in Perth on Wednesday.

The Guardian - AU

Uber Eats and Coles supermarkets to offer deliveries in Australia under new deal

Transport Workers Union praised the arrangement as a ‘powerful opportunity’ to improve workers’ conditions and entitlements

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