Airport Unrest Far From Over

Date: 27 March 2000

Ansett workers at Sydney and Canberra airport today voted to escalate industrial action if management does enter meaningful pay talks.

Airport services were disrupted this morning, when Ansett customer service and cargo staff, members of the Australian Services Union, walked off the job over the company's failure to negotiate an enterprise agreement.

The deadlock has arisen against the back-drop of the feared takeover of Ansett by Air New Zealand.

Ansett staff this morning endorsed four key points that the company must move on:
- withdrawal of the current proposal to extend the span of hours and change of shift penalties.
- agree to a fair and enforceable restructuring agreement.
- agree to a package of ASU delegates' rights.
- and finalise an agreement with the ASU by March 31, 2000.

"Ansett customers need to be aware that the clock is ticking," ASU airlines organiser Ted Tamplin said.

"Should Ansett not agree to these proposals members have authorised coordinated industrial action which can include bans on overtime, higher duties and stopwork meetings of varying durations," he said.

For further information

Contact:	Ted Tamplin
Union:	Labor Council of NSW
Phone:	0419 403076
WWW:	http://workers.labor.net.au/

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