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Qantas unions threaten more action

Angry unions have threatened Qantas with more industrial action in the lead-up to the holiday season, with both sides of the dispute digging their heals in.

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Transport Workers Union national secretary Tony Sheldon accuses Qantas of wanting to escalate the industrial dispute and warned all forms of action, from one-hour stoppages, over four-hour stoppages to 48-hour stoppages are being looked at.

But Qantas boss Alan Joyce, who's just received a pay boost that could take his remuneration to five million dollars, has told the company's AGM Qantas jobs will be lost if unions persist with industrial action.


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