Qantas engineers to strike from Thursday

Qantas engineers will take industrial action from Thursday. One hour stoppages will occur daily across the airline’s bases, where 1600 engineers will take turns in refusing to work for the first hour of their shifts. The action will continue until December 16. The Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association (ALAEA) has offered Qantas union-aligned ‘strike breakers’ to avoid any expected disruptions to airline’s flight schedule. The airline has refuses this offer, which it has dubbed a “blatantly cynical offer” of strike breakers on overtime wages. “No Australian company would accept this. What incentive would the union have to reach an agreement