Australian workers plan border strike

Australia's Department of Immigration and Border Protection workers are to strike for a day, affecting travellers and freight nationally.

The Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) has told the Department its members will walk off the job for 24 hours from midnight on August 12.

CPSU members working in other departments will hold an hour-long stop work meeting on the same day.

The strike is to protest delays to enterprise bargaining, which has been ongoing for more than three years.

The CPSU said 60 to 70 per cent of front line airport staff are union members and "as with past strikes the impact of this action is likely to vary from place to place, but may cause delays for international air passengers".

International airports, container examination facilities, client services, sea ports, international mail facilities and visa processing sections all could be affected.

This is from the 3 August 2016 edition of AIRCARGO Asia Pacific and is available at:
http://www.impactpub.com.au/aircargo/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14009:australian-workers-plan-border-strike&catid=85&Itemid=435