Virgin has agreed to a huge pay rise for engineers at its fly-in, fly-out service in an 11th hour deal that forced it to drop a test case of Labor’s new “intractable bargaining” laws.
Virgin has agreed to a 13.5 per cent pay rise for engineers at its fly-in, fly-out service in an 11th-hour deal that has forced it to retract a bid to arbitrate the dispute using Labor’s new “intractable bargaining” laws.first employer to test the Albanese government’s unilateral arbitration laws
About 50 VARA engineers have been taking industrial action for the past six months to support catch-up pay after they were dealt wage freezes during the pandemic despite the FIFO service being Virgin’s only profitable business during that time. A Virgin Australia spokesman said that “following matters raised as part of the proceedings, further discussions have taken place between VARA and the ALAEA”.
The ACTU and the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry also intervened in the case, which was expected to set the threshold for what cases could go to arbitration.
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