A 24-hour strike by workers who refuel Qantas and other international airline planes at Melbourne Airport is threatening to disrupt flights.
The industrial action from 4 a.m. on Wednesday to 4 a.m. on Thursday is a push for better pay and conditions for the workers employed by the Rivet Group, The Transport Workers Union said.
The company should respond to workers’ reasonable requests for recognition and sustainable pay and conditions to avoid disruptions to flights out of Melbourne, the union’s Victorian assistant branch secretary Mem Suleyman said.
“For a year, Rivet refuellers have tried to reach a fair agreement but have instead been faced with base wage freezes which impact their pay now and long into the future,”  Suleyman said….