How do you know when Easter or Christmas is close... when the aviation industry threatens to go on strike.
This time it's the aviation firefighters who are threatening to walk off the job at airports right across the country over the Easter long weekend, jeopardising the travel plans of thousands of domestic and international holidaymakers.
On Thursday, Airservices Australia staff aligned with the United Firefighters Union of Australia’s Aviation Branch (UFUAV) are set to vote on whether to pursue industrial action over the peak holiday period as a wage dispute comes to a head.
The two parties have been in negotiations relating to a demanded pay rise of 20 per cent over three years since September, in the face of what the union claims are critical understaffing issues.
The UFUAV says firefighters have been burdened and fatigued at work due to regularly being short staffed and their ability to meet their safety obligations has been hampered as a result.
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