Qantas claims no delays as engineers down tools in battle for 15 per cent-plus pay hike

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Qantas claims no delays as engineers down tools in battle for 15 per cent-plus pay hike

Qantas says it is ready for battle as it boasts no flight delays from the opening rounds of industrial action by its engineers.

The airline claims to have had 300 key ground staff on duty early Monday as airport maintenance workers who are union members stopped work for two hours and joined rallies.

The Qantas Engineers’ Alliance is waging a multi-pronged industrial action. It started with engine and component maintenance workers walking off the job on Thursday, backed by front-line workers taking part in rolling stoppages.

The unions warned the Monday peak-hour stoppage was just the opening salvo in a campaign to get their first pay rise in three years.

The workers are pushing for a 15 per cent up-front payment and annual pay rises of 5 per cent. Qantas has rejected the claims, describing them as unsustainable.

Qantas has also rejected claims by the unions that flights were delayed as a result of the industrial action.

“Our teams worked hard to put contingencies in place which meant there were no delays or cancellations to flights this morning as a result of the industrial action,” Qantas said in a statement.

“We have a number of contingency plans for the remainder of this week’s planed strike action and don’t expect it to impact customers.”

It is believed about 1000 members of the *********** Manufacturing Workers’ Union, the Electrical Trades Unions and the Australia Workers’ Union are participating in the campaign.

In its statement, Qantas said only members of the participating unions could take part in the action.

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