Customs staff set to strike
GOLD Coast Airport customs staff will go on strike tomorrow in protest over stalled pay negotiations.
Customs management and Community and Public Sector Union delegates met for crisis talks yesterday, but a resolution to the industrial action was not achieved.
"We would urge people collecting inbound international passengers on Thursday to factor possible delays into their plans," CPSU national secretary Nadine Flood said.
"Our members only take industrial action as a last resort, but they are becoming very frustrated by what they see as pointless delays and third party interference.
"If customs put forward a reasonable deal that the government is prepared to support, this dispute will be over."
Ms Flood said that while negotiating a pay deal was still the CPSU's preferred option, the refusal of the Federal Government to allow Customs freedom to negotiate had led to the stalemate.
Customs staff at the Gold Coast Airport will stop working for two hours at 8.30am and again at 4.30pm.
