Jetstar ground crews expand industrial action at Australian airports

Ground personnel employed by Jetstar across major Australian airports have expanded their ongoing industrial action. Unionized employees represented by the Australian Services Union initiated these measures on Friday, maintaining them across the entire weekend. This operational action is taking place due to deadlocked negotiations between the union and Jetstar regarding employee wages and working conditions.

Under these measures, ground staff are purposefully omitting various non-mandatory operational tasks. The impacted activities include standard passenger announcements as well as support tasks typically conducted during flight delays and cancellations.

Additionally, ground workers are once again refusing to collect specific airline fees from travelers, specifically charges levied for excess baggage, late arrivals, and seat changes. Beyond the refusal to perform these designated duties, the unionized staff have also scheduled one-hour work stoppages across the carrier's operations.