QANTAS Airways’ negotiations with the striking unions fail, the dispute is going to arbitration

QANTAS Airways (Sydney) was unable to reach an agreement with the striking unions and it has now agreed to let the dispute go to arbitration.

The company issued the following statement today:

“QANTAS has been unable to reach a new agreement with the Australian and International Pilots Association (AIPA) and both parties concluded that Fair Work Australia will need to resolve the dispute.

QANTAS has negotiated in good faith for 15 months with the pilots union including over 50 meetings including 19 days of meetings before Fair Work Australia over recent weeks.

QANTAS and the Transport Workers Union have failed to reach a new deal on pay and conditions for 3,800 employees, so there will now be binding arbitration by Fair Work Australia.

QANTAS is extremely disappointed that despite over six months of negotiations and a further three weeks of conciliation talks before Fair Work Australia the TWU has refused to remove its unreasonable demands.

QANTAS Chief Executive Officer Alan Joyce said while QANTAS preferred option had been to resolve the dispute through negotiations, it was now time to let Fair Work Australia bring the matter to a close.”

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