Auckland Transport clarifies ‘Just 48 staff earn over $150k'
Wednesday, 14 August 2013, 3:41 pm Press Release: Christine Rose
Auckland Transport clarifies ‘Just 48 staff earn
over $150,000 per annum’
Auckland Transport
have responded to criticism from Waitakere Ward Council
Candidate Christine Rose, by clarifying that in the year
ending 2012 ‘just 48 staff earned over $150,000’ of the
quoted 181 staff who earn over $100,000 per year.
Mrs Rose
says however, “given that many bus drivers in the same
period were paid less than $20 per hour, these high pay
rates to managers seem extreme”. She stands by her
statement that costs are out of control, adding transparency
and accountability from this publicly funded organisation
are sorely lacking.
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