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[i]http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=11&art_id=96074&sid=27482954&con_type=1
[ii]http://hongkongbusiness.hk/aviation/news/cathay-pacific-staff-avail-annual-salary-increase-45
Facts: NWA started international flights and created a new cabin-attendant position of “purser” and adopted a policy of only hiring men for the purser position. The only female purser was Mary P. Laffey, who bid for a purser vacancy after nine years of being a stewardess. NWA delayed acting on her application and began to administer new tests to purser applicants. NWA hired two male pursers without benefit of any tests. Laffey final became a purser, but was placed on the bottom rung of the purser-salary schedule and was paid less than male pursers with equivalent seniority and cabin attendant service. NWA also paid female stewardesses lower salaries and pensions than male pursers, provided female cabin attendants with less expensive and less desirable layover accommodations than male cabin attendants, and a uniform cleaning allowance was not granted to female attendants. Laffey filed a class action lawsuit against NWA, claiming the refusal to hire female as pursers violated Title VII and that the differential pay scale and allowances for male pursers and female attendants violated Title VII and the Equal Pay Act.…
6,800 of Air Canada’s flight attendants were set to go on strike in 2011. However, the dispute between the union and the management escalated and got sent to the Canadian Industrial Relations Board (CIRB), and resulted in prohibition of work stoppage. Unwantingly, the employees had to resume daily operations at Air Canada. The main issues the employees brought to the table during the negotiations were: job protection, wages, working conditions and pension changes. Air Canada was planning to launch a low-cost carrier using lower paid new hires. This alarmed the current workers and resulted in job insecurity. The employees felt that this “discounted carrier” could potentially convert into a mainline carrier over time, which will jeopardize their…
Although unlikely, disruptions to the holiday plans of thousands of Qantas passengers cannot be ruled out, with the TWU to decide on Thursday whether it will mount a legal challenge to Fair Work 's order on October 31 to terminate industrial action. The union has said it will seek a stay if it decides to challenge, which would allow its members to resume work stoppages over the Christmas and New Year period.…
Qantas has had a series of disputes with Transport workers unions since the end of 2010 till the start of 2012. It started off with Unions and Qantas bargaining to start new enterprise agreements, Unions demanding for further improvements in working conditions and better wages. In the year of 2011 over 200 meetings were held. Industrial actions such as a lockout caused by the Qantas caused all employees entrance to the workplace causing major flight delays and flight grounding which cost the airline reaching $70 million in profit loss. All industrial action taken by Qantas and trade unions was terminated immediately by the Fair Work Australia because the grounding of flights was soon to effect the national economy and tourism in Australia.…
1989, Mar 4, Eastern Airlines machinists went on strike and were joined by pilots and flight attendants.…
In the profession of nursing, the common reasons for nurses to strike are patient care demands, benefits and wages. Despite differences in economics, politics, culture and health care systems across countries, nurses around the world face very similar problems and hold very similar priorities. Understaffing, safety and health, mandatory overtime, privatization, floating and the assignment of nursing assistants are seen as serious problems. (Challenges, 2003)…
An April 1 emergency meeting of the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) blamed the strikes on a lack of qualified pilots and poor consultation procedures. CAAC said pilots who took strike action on March 31 would be severely punished, and strike leaders may face a lifetime employment ban.…
According to Courtyney Bembridge (2013), nurses have voted to strike for 24 hours on 25 Feb 2013 if their pay off demand is not met. The strike taking place on 25 Feb…
On August 3, 1981, nearly 13,000 of the 17,500 members of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) staged a walk out and strike. There were four main reasons the union members of PATCO decided to go on strike. First, to address the concerns by members who felt that their work was seriously undervalued and under-rewarded. The second reason was that the Federal Aviation Administration had neglected serious deficiencies in staffing and hardware reliability. Thirdly, their work week was unreasonably long, especially when compared to controllers overseas. The fourth reason for the strike was the FAA’s (FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION) approach to management-union relations and the safety of the system.…
Cathay Pacific Holidays (CHL) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cathay Pacific Airways. Headquartered in Hong Kong, it offers a wide range of all-in-one holiday and tailor-made packages targeted at free & independent travelers market. Its company mission is to solidify the position of market leader in this market and provides good quality and value-for-money to premium products & services to its customers.…
Hong Kong is an important center for economic activity in Southeast Asia, an economic gateway to People’s Republic of China (PRC) and has world’s largest container port.…
Flexible working conditions are patterns of work that allow employees to balance work and family responsibilities more effectively. In the case of Qantas, one category of employees in particular, the flight attendants, will have some form of conflict between the work…
AVIATION SPARE PARTS SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT OPTIMISATION AT CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS LIMITED GROUP - 1 INTRODUCTION • Founded in Hong Kong on 24 Sep 1946 • Swipe Group acquired it in 1948 • Voted airline of the year in 2005 and 2006 by different magazines • 25000 staffs worldwide • In the next 5 years 46 new planes with 3 new models to be delivered. Spare Parts Classification Spares are divided into 5 classes in terms of function 1.…
Malaysia Airlines (MAS), a government linked company continues to violate worker and trade union rights. Recently, MAS commenced disciplinary action against Mohd Akram bin Osman, the Secretary General of the National Union of Flight Attendants Malaysia (NUFAM), and 30 other NUFAM members. The show cause letter date on or about 14/2/2014 asked why disciplinary action should not be taken against them by reason of their participation in an ‘illegal’ gathering on 27/11/2013 at the Ministry of Human Resources in Putrajaya.…
Cathay Pacific is the flag carrier of Hong Kong, with its head office and main hub located at Hong Kong International Airport. Then, what are the effects of the six factors on the Cathay Pacific Airway's performances in this society - Hong Kong? I will analyse them one by one.…