Airport strikes by staff from the Department of Immigration and Border Protection over the Easter long weekend have been postponed after Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull directly appealed to the Department’s union members not to strike in the wake of yesterday’s terror attacks in Brussels, one of which occurred at an airport.
Around 31 people died in a series of explosions in Brussels and scores more were injured. The first two blasts occurred at the city’s Zaventem Airport in the north-east of the city centre, leaving 11 people dead and about 92 injured. Islamic State has already claimed responsibility for the attacks.
Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) National Secretary Nadine Flood is holding a press conference this morning to discuss the postponement of the strikes, which were due to begin tomorrow (Thursday) and continue throughout the Easter long weekend, affecting international travel.
The strikes are in response to the glacially slow process to get public sector enterprise bargaining agreements signed. The union has estimated that around 80 per cent of Commonwealth public servants are still without an agreement after almost two years.
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