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MAN302 Australian Industrial Relations

   

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Running head: AUSTRALIA INDUSTRIAL RELATIONSAustralian Industrial RelationsName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor note

1AUSTRALIA INDUSTRIAL RELATIONSExecutive SummaryThe aim of the paper is to analyze the dispute that took place between Qantas Airlines andthree Union parties in 2011 regarding working conditions. The dispute took place in thecompany due to the sudden decision of the company to shift from Australia to Asia. Thoresolve these disputes the Fair Work Commission intervened and ended the dispute byaccepting the demand by the pilots and aircraft engineers. The FWC committee also madesettlement in favor of the committee as well.

2AUSTRALIA INDUSTRIAL RELATIONSTable of ContentsIntroduction................................................................................................................................2Background of the Dispute.........................................................................................................2Claims made by the Unions and Qantas Airlines.......................................................................3Parties that Intervened the Dispute............................................................................................4Steps taken by the Parties under the Fair Work Act 2009.........................................................5Solution to the Dispute...............................................................................................................6Recommendations......................................................................................................................7Conclusion..................................................................................................................................8References................................................................................................................................10

3AUSTRALIA INDUSTRIAL RELATIONSIntroduction The great dispute that took place between Qantas Airways and its three union partieswas visible in the aviation environment for a longer period causing various effects to theparties as well as the company. Qantas has a very strong hold in its domestic airlines marketand it has been unstable in its position in the international market. This was due to thecontinuous loss of market share that the company incurred in the international market. It wasseen in 2010 that that the share of the company in the international market fell drastically by15 percent that is it fell from 34 percent to 19 percent compared to last year. This also led to adecrease in the equity share of the company. Thus, due to these problems the company wassuggested to give up its international market. However, all these problems led to the disputein 2011 by the unions that raised issues for the long-term operations (The Conversation2017). The paper discusses about the dispute that took place between Qantas and its threeunion partners. Further, it discusses about the parties involved and intervened in the disputes.The report also analyses the steps taken to resolve the dispute and the likely chances toresolve the dispute if any.Background of the DisputeIn October 2011, Qantas airways faced a huge dispute from its three unions namedAustralian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association, The Transport Workers union and theAustralian and International Pilots Union. The dispute was raised by all the staffs of theairlines together, which led to the lock out of the company. Just after the dispute started, itwas declared that the Qantas Airways would not depart any domestic o international flightsfrom that day. The flights that were already taken will be completed soon in the respectedsectors. The dispute was due to the actions taken by the employers in this ground, which wassoon put under the Fair Work Act (Heraldsun 2017). All the three unions has their own

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