Unions threatened with legal action
by Air New Zealand over the use of the Koru in campaign
publicity material have offered to give it up to the
airline's lawyers.
Earlier this week lawyers for the
airline demanded all material bearing the adbusted campaign
logo to be delivered up, no more material be produced and a
payment of $1300 made.
The unions are campaigning against
proposals by the airline to contract out 1700 airport jobs
on significantly lower pay and conditions.
EPMU National
Secretary Andrew Little says the copyright issue is a
sideshow.
"Legal advice to us suggested that it would be
difficult for the airline to demonstrate any real damage to
the airline's brand image in these particular circumstances"
said.
"But, the priority for us is the fight to keep 1700
good jobs with the airline, not inane quibbling over a
logo.
"The reality is most of the material is out and
about and we no longer have any control over it.
"The
lawyers will have to chase it up. We've got real work to
do."
Service and Food Workers Regional Secretary Jill
Ovens says the logo issue highlights Air New Zealand's
general overreaction.
"This is another example of Air New
Zealand getting its priorities wrong. If the company spent
half as much time managing its core business as it does
managing its brand we wouldn't be in this
situation."
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