The Transport Workers Union is renewing calls for Qantas management to resign after releasing the findings of a new survey of 1,100 outsourced ground crew.
'The outsourcing has devastated families': Transport Workers Union survey reveals toll on axed Qantas ground crew
It comes after a new union survey of 1,100 outsourced ground crew revealed 47 per cent are now unemployed or underemployed. A third say they have developed a mental health condition since the outsourcing, while one in ten said they have experienced suicidal thoughts, with many also reporting feelings of worthlessness.
The Federal Court in July 2021 ruled the national carrier breached the Fair Work Act by outsourcing about 2,000 ground crew jobs to third party contractors in the middle of the pandemic - with Swissport taking on the majority of the work.
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