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The ITF has condemned Australian airline Qantas’ reported training of managers for potential use as strikebreakers in the event of possible industrial action by baggage handlers and ground staff.
The members of the Executive Board of IKAGI (the Cabin Crew Union of Garuda Indonesia) met with Gabriel Mocho Rodriguez in Jakarta to plan the strategy towards the recognition of the CBA for the Cabin Crew of Garuda and how the unions in the ITF could support them.
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) today responded to Australian airline Qantas’ reported training of managers in the USA for possible use as strikebreakers in the event of possible industrial action by baggage handlers and ground staff. According to Australian press reports the training has been taking place in secret.
The ITF has criticised the use of force against a unionist in Turkey while he was carrying out his union duties and expressed concern over the dismissal of four others.
(Reuters) – President Barack Obama would veto sweeping aviation legislation if Republicans in Congress succeed in gutting a rule favorable to airline and railroad union organizing, the White House said on Wednesday.
March 30 (Bloomberg) — International Consolidated Airlines Group SA, formed from the merger of British Airways and Spain’s Iberia, said it may consider investing in Japan Airlines Corp. after the Asian carrier came out of bankruptcy this week.
DALLAS (AP)—The machinists’ union won an election Monday to represent about 2,900 fleet and reservations employees at AirTran Airways with 34 percent of the vote.
Japan Airlines Corp is considering establishing a low-cost carrier for domestic flights with Australian budget airline Jetstar Airways, sources close to the matter said Monday. Kyodo News.