"A major union is hoping to force Qantas to pay millions in compensation to former workers whose jobs were illegally outsourced during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Transport Workers Union is suing the airline in the Federal Court over what it says is "the largest case of illegal sackings in Australia's corporate history".The court heard on Monday some of the workers suffered significant psychological distress after losing their jobs and had to take medication to cope.One worker was taking four Valiums a day, the court heard, while another was prescribed antidepressants Qantas outsourced the roles of almost 1700 ground staff. A court previously found Qantas contravened the Fair Work Act by its decision to outsource the roles of almost 1700 ground staff at 10 Australian airports in late 2020. Continue reading The airline fought the case all the way to the High Court, but lost its appeal in September."
"Former Qantas CEO Alan Joyce was paid $21.4 million in the last financial year" Long live Mr. Joyce for showing us how much Qantas group profit could be made in neoliberal Australia while working under a duopolistic system with virtual no internal competition. A categoric proof that under a free-market system, as Adam Smith very well said, there is a "guiding hand' bringing prosperity to all [CEOS].
