Overview
- About 130 instructors are stopping work at eight Skydive Australia sites in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.
- The action follows roughly 10 months of stalled bargaining over a first enterprise agreement for the workforce.
- The union alleges proposed changes would cut pay by $20,000 to $100,000 and reduce the minimum salary from $57,000 to $49,000, including the removal of productivity bonuses.
- Experience Co rejects the claims, calling the strike unreasonable, saying it has made six offers and that its proposals would deliver some of the sector’s highest pay, with affected customers offered alternatives or refunds.
- Separately, the federal government has received the United States’ review of the AUKUS submarine program.