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The TWU will oppose the approval of what it alleges is a substandard ground-handling agreement put forward by a company within the Emirates airlines group that offers workers 60 hours' work per month with no weekly guarantee.

The TWU is calling on a Qantas ground handling subsidiary to provide a more regular pattern of hours and a minimum 30 hour engagement for its employees.

Jetstar ground handling employees will earn bonuses of up to $600 a year for reducing baggage "misdirects" under a side deal to a proposed new enterprise agreement that delivers new allowances for towing and training.

A new agreement for the Reserve Bank increases weekly working hours from 35 to 37 for a pay rise of just 2% a year.

The MUA will start protected strikes at three of DP World's container ports today, despite the company threatening to respond by locking out workers.