Qantas Airlines faces global strike threats

Manila Bulletin Friday 8th April, 2011

SYDNEY, April 7, 2011 (AFP) - Australia's Qantas Airlines could face picket lines, protests and go-slow action by baggage handlers worldwide after unions warned Wednesday they were mulling a global strike against the airline. The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) said the group's executive would meet in London next week to discuss broader action against Qantas, which is facing a strike in Australia over pay and conditions. About 9,000 staff have threatened to walk out over the company's dispute with the Transport Workers' Union (TWU), and tensions escalated this week when Qantas said it was training managers as potential ''strike-breakers''. ITF general secretary David Cockroft condemned the program, saying it ''seriously call(ed) into question whether Qantas management ...

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