The Transport Workers’ Union is calling for Qantas CEO Alan Joyce to resign over the squandering of over $2 billion public dollars, illegal sackings of 2000 ground and baggage crew, and trashing service and safety standards.

Since the illegal outsourcing, ground and baggage jobs have been handed to third-party companies with lower pay and conditions that can't attract or retain staff. Chronic understaffing, inexperience and lack of training has led to airport chaos, cancelled or delayed flights, and lost luggage.

Qantas management under Joyce has massive commercial power over these contracts, dictating low pay and insecure work from afar. These were deliberate tactics that began the day Alan Joyce took over as CEO of Qantas.

Under Joyce's leaderhsip, Qantas management has deliberately splintered its workforce, setting up its own labour-hire ground company to suppress and control pay and conditions before using the cover of covid to complete its mission to axe, outsource and offshore as many jobs as it could.

Passengers - blamed by Joyce for Easter holiday airport chaos - are paying the price for corporate greed with huge delays, cancellations, and lost and damaged luggage. Joyce has been paid over $100 million while his management team has torn apart our once-loved national airline.

Safety has nosedived too. Since the ground work was outsourced, several serious safety incidents have occurred including baggage belt loaders crashing into planes - once leaving a gaping hole, pins left in landing gear, and pilot's given incorrect weight information before take-off.

Enough is enough.

Add your name to demand Qantas CEO Alan Joyce resigns now, and call on the board to take action to rehire the workers who built the Spirit of Australia.