Overview
- Hundreds of Certis security screeners walked off at Sydney Airport on Friday for two four‑hour stoppages from 6:00–10:00 and 17:00–21:00, affecting passenger processing in domestic and international terminals.
- The union says workers struck over pay, job security, demands for more full‑time roles and proposed cuts to part‑time hours after crisis bargaining talks failed on Thursday.
- Certis says it put a fresh offer to staff on Thursday and is negotiating in good faith while Sydney Airport says it has rostered extra staff and contingency arrangements to minimise disruption.
- Early‑morning operations showed only minor delays, but authorities warned passengers to allow extra time and expect congestion during the planned strike windows.
- The dispute highlights tensions in outsourcing and airport contracting after prior late‑September walk‑offs and comes as the union points to worker fatigue, income insecurity and Sydney Airport’s reported AUD 584.3 million profit as reasons it should intervene.