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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Ben Butler

Employers ‘rushing’ to terminate enterprise agreements, Australian unions say

Woman walks past Qantas kangaroo logo sign on wall
Qantas has applied to terminate its enterprise agreement for flight attendants ‘as a last resort to change restrictive and outdated rostering processes’. Photograph: Saeed Khan/AFP/Getty Images

Unions are bracing for a flood of employers to follow the lead set by airline Qantas and stevedore Patrick Terminals by trying to rip up enterprise agreements with staff before the federal election.

Labor, which has been performing strongly in recent polling, has promised to stop employers from unilaterally terminating agreements if it wins the election which is due to be held on or before 21 May.

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