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Qantas fined $90m for illegally sacking ground staff as judge describes airline as ‘the wrong kind of sorry’ (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 month ago by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to c/australia@aussie.zone

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[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

He described the lengthy legal battle between the TWU and Qantas as “no ordinary case” and said he had “hesitation in reaching a conclusion” as to whether Qantas was “truly contrite or rather engaging in performative remorse”.

“I do think persons of responsibility within Qantas do now have some genuine regrets but this more likely reflects the damage this case has done to the company, rather than a remorse for the damage done to the affected workers,” Lee said.

Oh i like this man

[–] MisterFrog@aussie.zone 5 points 1 month ago

“It will send a message to Qantas and other well-resourced employers that not only will they face potentially significant penalties for the breach of the Act, but those penalties will be provided to trade unions to resource [them] to fulfil their statutory roles as enforcers of the Act,” he said.

This guy is a good man. A good man indeed.